Baseline and modulated acoustic startle responses in adolescent girls with posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 807-814

  Lipschitz, Deborah S ^a,c   Mayes, Linda M ^b   Rasmusson, Ann M ^a   Anyan, Walter ^a   Billingslea, Eileen ^a   Gueorguieva, Ralitza ^a   Southwick, Steven M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Pediatrics   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Adolescent girls; Post traumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF REPORT; STARTLE REFLEX; STRESS; ADULT; BLINKING; CHILD; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINKING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 22644438619     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.chi.0000166379.60769.b6     Document Type: Article

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