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- Title
The Effects of Initial Trauma Exposure on the Symptomatic Response to a Subsequent Trauma.
- Authors
Brunet, Alain; Boyer, Richard; Weiss, Daniel S.; Marmar, Charles R.
- Abstract
The effect of initial trauma on the symptomatic response to a subsequent trauma was investigated in a cross-sectional study of urban bus drivers. Comparisons were made among 175 drivers who had developed either high or low symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the initial trauma, and a third group exposed to only a single trauma. The group with high levels of PTSD symptoms after the initial trauma reported high PTSD symptoms for a subsequent trauma (75%) significantly more often than the other two groups who did not differ from each other (Low PTSD symptoms group 49%, No prior trauma group 41%). These results suggest that unless trauma exposure leads to significant PTSD symptoms, it is not a risk factor for high PTSD symptoms after exposure to a subsequent traumatic event.
- Subjects
POST-traumatic stress disorder; BUS drivers; TRAUMATISM; TRAUMATIC neuroses; POST-traumatic stress
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 2001, Vol 33, Issue 2, p97
- ISSN
0008-400X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1037/h0087132