Psychophysiologic assessment of aversive conditioning in posttraumatic stress disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 512-519

  Peri, Tuvia ^a   Ben Shakhar, Gershon ^b   Orr, Scott P ^c   Shalev, Arieh Y ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical conditioning; Post traumatic stress disorder; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVERSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE;

ADULT; AVERSIVE THERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; EXTINCTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0343851737     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(99)00144-4     Document Type: Article

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