Stress Disorders, Traumatic
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Epidemiology of child traumatic stress.

30 Jul 2009 In this article, we present an update on epidemiologic research that addresses the scope and impact of children's exposure to traumatic events in daily living, as well as under special circumstances, such as natural disasters. Toward this end, we ... Read more...

Exposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine associations between exposure to physical violence (PV) or sexual violence (SV) and adverse health behaviours among a sample of children in five African countries. METHODS: In a cross-sectional analysis of data from Namibia, ... Read more...

MOSAIC (MOthers' Advocates In the Community): protocol and sample description of a cluster randomised trial of mentor mother support to reduce intimate partner violence among pregnant or recent mothers.

25 May 2009 BACKGROUND: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is prevalent globally, experienced by a significant minority of women in the early childbearing years and is harmful to the mental and physical health of women and children. There are very few studies with ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Stress Disorders, Traumatic'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Epidemiology of child traumatic stress. 30 Jul 2009
• Exposure to physical and sexual violence and adverse health behaviours in African children: results from the Global School-based Student Health Survey. 30 May 2009
• Rebuilding lives, healing minds. 30 May 2009
• MOSAIC (MOthers' Advocates In the Community): protocol and sample description of a cluster randomised trial of mentor mother support to reduce intimate partner violence among pregnant or recent mothers. 25 May 2009
• Stress response in female veterans: an allostatic perspective. 29 Apr 2009
• Pessimism, trauma, risky sex: covariates of depression in college students. 29 Apr 2009
• [Relationship between NR1 subunit of N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor and visceral hypersensitivity caused by acute restraint stress: experiment with rats] 12 Apr 2009
• Poststroke emotional and behavior impairment: a narrative review. Apr 2009
• Peritraumatic panic attacks and health outcomes two years after psychological trauma: implications for intervention and research. 29 Mar 2009
• Casualties of war: compassion fatigue and health care providers. 27 Feb 2009
• The relationship of thyroid hormone status with myocardial function in stress cardiomyopathy. 14 Feb 2009
• Evidence of secondary traumatic stress, safety concerns, and burnout among a homogeneous group of judges in a single jurisdiction. 30 Dec 2008
• Serum melatonin concentration in the child with non-organic failure to thrive: comparison with other types of stress. 30 Dec 2008
• The trauma of insidious racism. 30 Dec 2008
• A guide to the forensic assessment of race-based traumatic stress reactions. 30 Dec 2008
• [Development of schizophrenia-spectrum psychoses caused by psychotraumatic events] 30 Dec 2008
• International Anesthesiology Clinics. Preface. 30 Dec 2008
• Pheochromocytoma: an endocrine stress mimicking disorder. 29 Nov 2008
• Sharing the load. Rescuing the healer after trauma. 29 Nov 2008
• Early intervention for trauma: where are we and where do we need to go? A commentary. 29 Nov 2008

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Technical information about 'Stress Disorders, Traumatic'

Definition: Anxiety disorders manifested by the development of characteristic symptoms following a psychologically traumatic event that is outside the normal range of usual human experience. Symptoms include re-experiencing the traumatic event, increased arousal, and numbing of responsiveness to or reduced involvement with the external world. Traumatic stress disorders can be further classified by the time of onset and the duration of these symptoms.

Descriptor UI: D040921

Alternative terms: Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Stress Disorder, Traumatic; Traumatic Stress Disorder; Traumatic Stress Disorders; Stress Disorders; Stress Disorder;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: F03.080.931;

History Note: 2003

Technical Notes: STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE is also available