Citation

McFarlane AC. Br. J. Psychiatry 1988; 152: 116-121.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Flinders University of South Australia, Bedford Park.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3167319

Abstract

The onset of post-traumatic stress disorders in a group of firefighters who had an intense exposure to a bushfire disaster was investigated using a longitudinal research design. Contrary to expectation, the intensity of exposure, the perceived threat, and the losses sustained in the disaster, when considered independently, were not predictors of post-traumatic stress disorder. By contrast, introversion, neuroticism, and a past history and family history of psychiatric disorder were premorbid factors significantly associated with the development of chronic post-traumatic stress disorders.

Language: en