Impaired fear inhibition learning predicts the persistence of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1991-1997

  Sijbrandij, Marit ^a,b,c   Engelhard, Iris M ^a   Lommen, Miriam J J ^a,d   Leer, Arne ^a   Baas, Johanna M P ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic startle; Classical conditioning; Conditional discrimination; Fear inhibition; Military; Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ELECTRIC SHOCK; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEAR; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STARTLE REFLEX; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SYMPTOM;

ACOUSTIC STARTLE; CLASSICAL CONDITIONING; CONDITIONAL DISCRIMINATION; FEAR INHIBITION; MILITARY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD);

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886095658     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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