Predictors of PTSD symptoms in brazilian police officers: the synergy of negative affect and peritraumatic dissociation Preditores de sintomas de transtorno de estresse pós-traumático em policiais brasileiros: a interação entre afeto negativo e dissociação peritraumática

BACKGROUND: Exposure to traumatic events is a necessary but not a sufficient condition for the development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Pretrauma, peritrauma and posttrauma factors interact to impact on symptom severity. The aim of the present study is to determine risk factors for PTSD...

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Main Authors: Deborah B Maia, Charles R Marmar, Clare Henn-Haase, Augusta Nóbrega, Adriana Fiszman, Carla Marques-Portella, Mauro V Mendlowicz, Evandro S.F Coutinho, Ivan Figueira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2011-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462011000400009