Yohimbine use in a natural setting: Effects on posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 442-444

  Southwick, Steven M ^a,b   Morgan III, Charles A ^a,b   Charney, Dennis S ^a,b   High, James R ^c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flashback; Naturalistic; Norepinephrine; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Sensitization; Yohimbine

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; YOHIMBINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PANIC; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SOLDIER;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; ANXIETY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; PANIC DISORDER; RECREATION; RECURRENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOHIMBINE;

EID: 0032811148     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00107-9     Document Type: Article

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