Heart rate responses to standardized trauma-related pictures in acute posttraumatic stress disorder

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-34

  Ehlers, Anke ^a   Suendermann, Oliver ^a   Boellinghaus, Inga ^a   Vossbeck Elsebusch, Anna ^a   Gamer, Matthias ^b   Briddon, Emma ^a   Martin, Melanie Walwyn ^a   Glucksman, Edward ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Associative learning; Cognitive models; Depression; Heart rate; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Stimulus generalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956398235     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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