The acute stress response following motor vehicle accidents and its relation to PTSD
The acute stress response following motor vehicle accidents and its relation to PTSD
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1749-6632.1997.tb48299.x
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1997-01-01
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Yehuda, R
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作者:
McFarlane, AC;Atchison, M;Yehuda, R
METHODSubjects. The study group consisted of 40 individuals (30 males, 10 females) ranging in age from 15 to 77 years. They were recruited from a larger study of 200 motor vehicle accident victims who had been admitted for at least one night to a major teaching hospital. By law, all motor vehicle accident victims must have a blood sample taken for estimation of their alcohol level. Cortisol levels and lymphocyte glucocorticoid receptors were then determined by the hospitals pathology service. Subjects were interviewed on the day following admission (Day 2). 10 days, and 6 months after the accident. During the Day 2 screening, after receiving appropriate consent, subjects were given the IES? Brief SASRQ: 36-item DSQ? and a concentration questionnaire. The IES, SASRQ, and concentration measure were repeated on Day 10, along with the DISSI (Diagnostic Interview Schedule Screening Interview) 6 to account for preexisting psychiatric disorder. These measures were also repeated at a 6-month follow-up, in conjunction with the zyxwvutsrqpo CAPS,’STAI-Anxiety? Beck