Pharmacological prevention of post-traumatic stress disorder and acute stress disorder: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 413-421

  Sijbrandij, Marit ^a,b   Kleiboer, Annet ^a,b   Bisson, Jonathan I ^c   Barbui, Corrado ^d   Cuijpers, Pim ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATENOLOL; CARVEDILOL; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMIPRAMINE; METOPROLOL; MORPHINE; PLACEBO; PROPRANOLOL; SALBUTAMOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; ARTICLE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZZINESS; DRUG EFFECT; EMBASE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCINFO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE;

HUMANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE;

EID: 84933513084     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)00121-7     Document Type: Article

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