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Survivors of Disasters, Victims of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
A patient arrives alert and conscious to the Trauma Center at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center (DHMC). As an adult Hispanic woman with no preexisting psychological condition, she is unremarkable save for the fact that she has survived an acute life-threatening event. She is interviewed upon arrival and administered a series of tests to quantitatively assess her injuries. This process is t...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Prehospital and Disaster Medicine
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1049-023X,1945-1938
DOI: 10.1017/s1049023x00012292