General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 414-417 , September 2006

Neuroticism and low educational level predict the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder in women after miscarriage or stillbirth

  • Iris M. Engelhard, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel: +31 30 2531542.
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  • Marcel A. van den Hout, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Psychology, Utrecht University, PO Box 80.140, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • Erik G.W. Schouten

      Affiliations

    • Medical, Clinical and Experimental Psychology, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 3 May 2006 ,Accepted 5 July 2006.

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☆ This article has been published before as Engelhard IM, van den Hout MA, Schouten E. Vroege identificatie van vrouwen met verhoogd risico op post-traumatische stress stoornis na miskraam of doodgeboorte. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2004;148:2540–44.

PII: S0163-8343(06)00125-3

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.07.001

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 414-417 , September 2006

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