Battlefield-like stress following simulated combat and suppression of attention bias to threat

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 699-707

  Wald, I ^a   Lubin, G ^b   Holoshitz, Y ^c   Muller, D ^c   Fruchter, E ^b   Pine, D S ^d   Charney, D S ^c   Bar Haim, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Medical Corps ^*  (Israel)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; attention bias; combat; PTSD; stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; ORIENTATION; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; SOLDIER;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; COMBAT DISORDERS; CUES; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; ORIENTATION; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959549750     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291710002308     Document Type: Article

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