Prevention of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder After Trauma: Current Evidence and Future Directions

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-11

  Qi, Wei ^a   Gevonden, Martin ^a   Shalev, Arieh ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavioral therapy; Early treatment; Pharmacotherapy; Post traumatic stress disorder; Prevention; Targeted intervention

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; ESCITALOPRAM; HYDROCORTISONE; MORPHINE; OXYTOCIN; PROPRANOLOL;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL DEBRIEFING; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INJURY; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

COGNITIVE THERAPY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84955510910     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-015-0655-0     Document Type: Review

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