Cryptotrauma and “Accident Neurosis”
- 1 September 1985
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Royal College of Psychiatrists in The British Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 147 (3) , 310-311
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.147.3.310
Abstract
Accidents may often have been far more traumatic psychologically and emotionally than appears to be the case at first sight. Attention is drawn to such “Cryptotrauma” and illustrated with three clinical vignettes. Emphasis is placed on the need for painstaking analysis of the accident in all its details. Without such careful investigation “Post traumatic stress disorders” can easily be overlooked, since patients tend not to offer the information spontaneously.Keywords
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