Changes in trauma-potentiated startle with treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder in combat Veterans

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 358-362

  Robison Andrew, E Jenna ^a   Duval, Elizabeth R ^b,c   Nelson, C Beau ^b,c   Echiverri Cohen, Aileen ^b   Giardino, Nicholas ^b,c   Defever, Andrew ^b   Norrholm, Seth D ^d   Jovanovic, Tanja ^d   Rothbaum, Barbara O ^d   Liberzon, Israel ^b,c   Rauch, Sheila A M ^b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CBT; Combat; Exposure therapy; PTSD; Trauma; Treatment; Veteran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESENT CENTERED THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STARTLE REFLEX; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAUMA POTENTIATED STARTLE RESPONSE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VETERAN;

CBT; COMBAT; EXPOSURE THERAPY; PTSD; TRAUMA; TREATMENT; VETERAN;

ADULT; COMBAT DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STARTLE REACTION; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899514965     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: 18737897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2014.04.002     Document Type: Article

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