CONTAGION IN STRESS - AN INFECTIOUS-DISEASE MODEL FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS IN CHILDREN

Authors
PFEFFERBAUM B PFEFFERBAUM RL
Citation
B. Pfefferbaum et Rl. Pfefferbaum, CONTAGION IN STRESS - AN INFECTIOUS-DISEASE MODEL FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS IN CHILDREN, Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America, 7(1), 1998, pp. 183
Citations number
50
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
Child and adolescent psychiatric clinics of North America → ACNP
ISSN journal
10564993
Volume
7
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
1056-4993(1998)7:1<183:CIS-AI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Posttraumatic stress responses involve the development of characterist ic symptoms of reexperiencing, arousal, and avoidance following exposu re to a traumatic event. This article uses an infectious disease model to describe exposure and transmission of posttraumatic stress respons es, individual susceptibility and resilience, onset of symptoms, and p revention and control.