Perturbed threat monitoring following a traumatic event predicts risk for post-traumatic stress disorder

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2077-2084

  Naim, R ^a   Wald, I ^a   Lior, A ^b   Pine, D S ^c   Fox, N A ^d   Sheppes, G ^a   Halpern, P ^a,b   Bar Haim, Y ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention bias; Dissociation; PTSD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84902274980     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713002456     Document Type: Article

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