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Article: Police officers who panic during traumatic event have greatest risk of PTSD.(post-traumatic stress disorder)(Brief Article)
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- Pain & Central Nervous System Week
- Article date:
- March 4, 2002
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2002 MAR 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Police officers are more likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if they experience high levels of emotional distress, including panic reactions, at the time of traumatic events, such as a partner being injured or killed or their own life being threatened, according to a study from San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center researchers.
The researchers also confirmed a finding from their earlier studies of combat veterans - that those who feel the event is unreal as it unfolds, as if they were in a dream, a movie or a play - have a higher risk of developing symptoms.
The study also found ...