Preventing PTSD in trauma survivors.

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This article highlights some of the core issues in the prevention of PTSD in trauma survivors. A review of some of the noteworthy research is presented along with new directions for research, training, education, and social planning efforts.

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Prevalence of personality disorders among combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.

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Prospective study of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depressive reactions after earthquake and political violence.

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The authors sought to assess the severity and longitudinal course of posttraumatic stress, anxiety, and depressive reactions among two groups of adults differentially exposed to severe and mild earthquake trauma and a third group exposed to severe violence. They also examined interrelationships among these reactions and predictors of outcome and compared posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptom category profile and course between those exposed to earthquake and those exposed to violence.

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Effect of the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake on posttraumatic stress, lifestyle changes, and cortisol levels of victims.

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A typology of residential fire survivors' multidimensional needs.

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Similarity of prior trauma exposure as a determinant of chronic stress responding to an airline disaster.

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What parts of PTSD are normal: intrusion, avoidance, or arousal? Data from the Northridge, California, earthquake.

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An investigation of the impact of posttraumatic stress disorder on physical health.

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Coping with technological disaster: an application of the conservation of resources model to the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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Physician-diagnosed medical disorders in relation to PTSD symptoms in older male military veterans.

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