@article{ref1,
title="Amnesia, neuroendocrine levels and PTSD in motor vehicle accident victims",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2001",
author="Flesher, M. R. and Delahanty, Douglas L. and Raimonde, A. J. and Spoonster, E.",
volume="15",
number="10",
pages="879-889",
abstract="PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To examine the initial neuroendocrine responses and subsequent PTSD symptomatology among amnesic and non-amnesic victims of motor vehicle accidents. It was hypothesized that amnesic patients would be less likely to meet PTSD criteria at 1 month follow-up and would display lower catechalomine levels and higher basal cortisol than non-amnesics. METHODS AND PROCEDURE: Fifteen-hour urinary hormone samples were collected from 70 MVA victims upon hospital admission. Participants were assessed for PTSD symptomatology 1 month later. Main outcomes and results: Amnesic patients displayed lower NE/cortisol ratios than non-amnesics, were less likely than non-amnesics to develop PTSD, and displayed fewer PTSD symptoms than non-amnesics. CONCLUSIONS: Amnesics may physiologically experience a motor vehicle accident differently from non-amnesics and have lower subsequent PTSD incidence. These results provide partial support for the hypothesis that amnesia for a traumatic event can serve as a buffering function in the development of subsequent PTSD among MVA victims.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699050110065682",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699050110065682"
}