Concordance between physiological arousal and subjective distress among vietnam combat veterans undergoing challenge testing for PTSD

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 416-425

  Marx, Brian P ^a,b   Bovin, Michelle J ^a   Suvak, Michael K ^a,c   Monson, Candice M ^a,e   Sloan, Denise M ^a,b   Fredman, Steffany J ^a,b,f   Humphreys, Kathryn L ^d   Kaloupek, Danny G ^a,b   Keane, Terence M ^a,b  

^a VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOPATHY; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VETERAN; WAR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; AROUSAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; VETERANS; VIETNAM CONFLICT; WAR;

EID: 84864756591     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.21729     Document Type: Article

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