The aetiology of post-traumatic stress disorders following a natural disaster.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1988Description: 7p., 20 refsSubject: The onset of post-traumatic stress disorders in a group of firefighters who had an intense exposure to a bushfire disaster was investigated using a longitudinal research design. Contrary to expectation, the intensity of exposure, the perceived threat, and the losses sustained in the disaster, when considered independantly, were not predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder. By contrast, intoversion, neuroticism, and a past history and family history of psychiatric disorder were premorbid factors significantly associated with the development of chronic post-traumatic stress disorders
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Australian Emergency Management Library | BOOK | 616.8521 MFA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 005323308 |
Reprinted from British Journal of Psychiatry, 1988; Vol. 152; pp116-121
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The onset of post-traumatic stress disorders in a group of firefighters who had an intense exposure to a bushfire disaster was investigated using a longitudinal research design. Contrary to expectation, the intensity of exposure, the perceived threat, and the losses sustained in the disaster, when considered independantly, were not predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder. By contrast, intoversion, neuroticism, and a past history and family history of psychiatric disorder were premorbid factors significantly associated with the development of chronic post-traumatic stress disorders
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