David Spiegel
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Predictors of posttraumatic stress symptoms among survivors of the Oakland/Berkeley, Calif., firestorm.
Am J Psychiatry. 1994; (6): 888-94
The purpose of this study was to examine factors predicting the development of posttraumatic stress symptoms after a traumatic event, the 1991 Oakland/Berkeley firestorm. The major predictive factors of interest were dissociative, anxiety, and loss of personal autonomy symptoms reported in the immediate aftermath of the fire; contact with the fire; and life stressors before and after the fire.
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