ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 October 1980
Page Count: 5

Onset of Psychotraumatic Reactions
Braverman, M
Associate clinical professor of psychiatry, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Calif.

(Received 18 December 1979; accepted 9 May 1980)

Abstract

This study was planned to examine the onset of the p0sttraumatic psychiatric reaction. Two hundred two injured persons were examined during two summers (1978 and 1979) at the Salzburg Accident Hospital, Austria. Eighty-six of 1 10 persons with posttraumatic psychiatric reactions developed their symptoms two weeks to two months after the injury. Ninety-two of the 110 showed irritability as the initial symptom.

Keywords:
psychiatry, posttraumatic reaction, human behavior

Paper ID: JFS11297J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11297J
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