Development and preliminary performance of a risk factor screen to predict posttraumatic psychological disorder after trauma exposure

We examined data from a prospective study of risk factors that increase vulnerability or resilience, exacerbate distress, or foster recovery to determine whether risk factors accurately predict which individuals will later have high posttraumatic (PT) symptom levels and whether brief measures of risk factors also accurately predict later symptom elevations.
Source: General Hospital Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research