Psychophysiologic responses to the Rorschach in PTSD patients, noncombat and combat controls

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 112-120

  Goldfinger, David A ^a,b   Amdur, Richard L ^a   Liberzon, Israel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Combat veterans; Heart rate; Posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD; Psychophysiology; Rorschach; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOLDIER;

ADULT; AROUSAL; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RORSCHACH TEST; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VETERANS; VIETNAM; WAR;

EID: 0031789708     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1998)8:3<112::AID-DA3>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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