A randomized controlled trial of a brief intervention for delayed psychological effects in snakebite victims

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Wijesinghe, Chamara A ^a   Williams, Shehan S ^a   Kasturiratne, Anuradhani ^a   Dolawaththa, Nishantha ^b   Wimalaratne, Piyal ^b   Wijewickrema, Buddhika ^a   Jayamanne, Shaluka F ^a   Isbister, Geoffrey K ^c,d   Dawson, Andrew H ^c,e   Lalloo, David G ^f   de Silva, H Janaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KELANIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b District General Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^c South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; ENVENOMATION; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HEALTH BELIEF; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOEDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SNAKEBITE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SRI LANKA; ANIMAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SNAKE BITES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SNAKE BITES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84940663098     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003989     Document Type: Article

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