Image vividness as a psychophysiological regulator in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-48

  Laor, Nathaniel ^a,b   Wolmer, Leo ^c   Wiener, Zeev ^c   Sharon, Orit ^c   Weizman, Ronit ^c   Toren, Paz ^c   Samuel, Ron ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; WAR;

EID: 0032780649     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.21.1.39.946     Document Type: Article

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