Post-traumatic stress disorder as a sequela of Guillain-Barre syndrome.
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was observed in a 24 year-old female following severe Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS). A review of the literature uncovered no previously mentioned examples of PTSD resulting from GBS or other medical illnesses. GBS-induced PTSD shared the features of PTSD seen following other traumatic events.
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Stress Disorders Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs, Honolulu, Hawaii 96850.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D011129:Polyradiculoneuropathy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000523:psychology; D012934:Social Isolation; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*