Journal article
A multisite study of the capacity of acute stress disorder diagnosis to predict posttraumatic stress disorder
Richard A Bryant, Mark Creamer, Meaghan L O'Donnell, Derrick Silove, Alexander C McFarlane
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHIATRY | PHYSICIANS POSTGRADUATE PRESS | Published : 2008
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0606
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Previous studies investigating the relationship between acute stress disorder (ASD) and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have reported mixed findings and have been flawed by small sample sizes and single sites. This study addresses these limitations by conducting a large-scale and multisite study to evaluate the extent to which ASD predicts subsequent PTSD. METHOD: Between April 2004 and April 2005, patients admitted consecutively to 4 major trauma hospitals across Australia (N = 597) were randomly selected and assessed for ASD (DSM-IV criteria) during hospital admission (within 1 month of trauma exposure) and were subsequently reassessed for PTSD 3 months after the initial as..
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