A symptom provocation study of posttraumatic stress disorder using positron emission tomography and script-driven imagery

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 380-387

  Rauch, Scott L ^a,b   Van Der Kolk, Bessel A ^a,b   Fisler, Rita E ^a,b   Alpert, Nathaniel M ^a,b   Orr, Scott P ^a,c   Savage, Cary R ^a,b   Fischman, Alan J ^a,b   Jenike, Michael A ^a,b   Pitman, Roger K ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Manchester VA Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROVOCATION TEST; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030009676     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830050014003     Document Type: Article

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