Prediction of remission of acute posttraumatic stress disorder in motor vehicle accident victims

✍ Scribed by Edward B. Blanchard; Edward J. Hickling; Catherine A. Forneris; Ann E. Taylor; Todd C. Buckley; Warren R. Loos; James Jaccard

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 990 KB
• Volume: 10
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490100205

✦ Synopsis

One hundred forty five individuals who sought medical attention as a result of a motor vehicle accident (MVA), and who were initially assessed 1 to 4 months post-WA, were followed up prospectively for 6 months to determine how many of the 55 with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the 43 with sub-syndromal PTSD would remit and what variables would predict remission. Thirty (55%) of those with initial PTSD had remitted at least in part by 6 months while 67% of those with sub-syndromal PTSD had remitted (and 5 % had worsened). Four variables, including severity of initial symptoms, degree of initial physical injury, relative degree of physical recovery by 4 months and whether a close family member suffered a trauma during the follow-up interval, combined to classifi, 6-month clinical status of 84% of those with initial PTSD secondary to W A S .