Psychophysiological reactivity to traumatic and abandonment scripts in borderline personality and posttraumatic stress disorders: A preliminary report

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 33-42

  Schmahl, Christian G ^a   Elzinga, Bernet M ^b   Ebner, Ulrich W ^a   Simms, Timothy ^c   Sanislow, Charles ^d   Vermetten, Eric ^e   McGlashan, Thomas H ^d   Bremner, J Douglas ^f,g  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandonment; Borderline personality disorder; Early abuse; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Psychophysiology; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD ABUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HISTORY; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL ABUSE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRAUMATIC AMPUTATION;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD, ABANDONED; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 1842634684     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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