Actas luso-españolas de neurología, psiquiatría y ciencias afines
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Actas Luso Esp Neurol Psiquiatr Cienc Afines · Sep 1995
[The psychiatric consultation-liaison program and posttraumatic stress disorder due to burns].
Sixty-five acute burned inpatients were evaluated prospectively by structured questionnaire and clinical interview. All of the subjects hospitalized in a Burn Unit were referred for psychiatric examination to a psychiatric consultation-liaison programme. ⋯ There were no significant differences among patients with PTSD and Adjustment Disorder for severity and type of burn injuries. The discussion deals with PTSD is a frequent missed disorder by the medical staff of burn units, and also the importance of the patients subjective appraisal of the stressor as a factor precipitating PTSD.