Attention to threats and combat-related posttraumatic stress symptoms

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 401-409

  Wald, Ilan ^a   Degnan, Kathryn A ^b   Gorodetsky, Elena ^c   Charney, Dennis S ^d   Fox, Nathan A ^b   Fruchter, Eyal ^e   Goldman, David ^f   Lubin, Gad ^e   Pine, Daniel S ^c   Bar Haim, Yair ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Mental Health Department   (Israel)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; THREAT;

EID: 84876037528     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/2013.jamapsychiatry.188     Document Type: Article

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