Sex differences in heart rate responses to script-driven imagery soon after trauma and risk of posttraumatic stress disorder

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 917-924

  Kleim, Birgit ^a   Wilhelm, Frank H ^b   Glucksman, Edward ^c   Ehlers, Anke ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Heart rate; Heart rate reactivity; Heart rate variability; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Prediction; Psychophysiology; Script driven imagery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GUIDED IMAGERY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NARRATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESPIRATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS; TAPE RECORDING; VIOLENCE;

EID: 78651374892     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181f8894b     Document Type: Article

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