Narrative exposure therapy for PTSD increases top-down processing of aversive stimuli - evidence from a randomized controlled treatment trial

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Adenauer, Hannah ^a   Catani, Claudia ^b   Gola, Hannah ^c   Keil, Julian ^a   Ruf, Martina ^a   Schauer, Maggie ^a   Neuner, Frank ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NARRATIVE EXPOSURE THERAPY; OSCILLATORY POTENTIAL; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; FEAR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPLOSIVE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83655203228     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-12-127     Document Type: Article

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