@article{ref1,
title="Psychological morbidity associated with motor vehicle accidents",
journal="Behaviour research and therapy",
year="1994",
author="Blanchard, E. B. and Hickling, E. J. and Taylor, A. E. and Loos, W. R. and Gerardi, R. J.",
volume="32",
number="3",
pages="283-290",
abstract="Fifty victims of recent motor vehicle accidents (MVAs), who had sought medical attention after their accidents, were assessed for possible psychological morbidity as a result of the accident. Forty age, gender-matched controls were also assessed with the same instruments. Forty-six percent of the MVA victims met the criteria for current post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD) as a result of the accident while 20% showed a sub-syndromal version (the reexperiencing symptom cluster plus either the avoidance/numbing cluster or the over-arousal cluster) of PTSD. Although all MVA victims showed some form of driving reluctance, only 1 S met the criteria for driving phobia. Those MVA victims who met the criteria for PTSD or sub-syndromal PTSD were significantly more likely to have experienced previous trauma, other than a serious MVA, and were more likely (P = 0.008) to have previously met the criteria for PTSD as a result of that trauma. Forty-eight percent of MVA victims who met the criteria for current PTSD also met the criteria for current major depression. Significantly more current MVA-PTSDs had suffered previous major depressive episodes.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0005-7967",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}