Rationale Cigarette smokers smoke in part because nicotine helps regulate attention.
Prepulse inhibition (PPI) of the startle reflex is a measure of early attentional gating that is …

Background Traumatic events experienced in childhood can lead to increased risk of
cardiovascular disorders in adulthood. Black Americans are disproportionately affected, as …

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is an efficacious treatment for posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) symptoms, but the effect of CBT on physiological indicators is largely …

Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) currently is diagnosed via clinical
interview in which subjective self reports of traumatic events and associated experiences are …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a major public health concern, which has been
seeing increased recent attention partly due to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Historically …

In the ICD-11, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), adjustment disorder (AjD), and
prolonged grief disorder (PGD) belong together to the new grouping of disorders specifically …

In improvisatory group music therapy of the Zentrum Überleben in Berlin patients with
complex trauma disorders induced by war, torture and flight frequently report an unpleasant …

Background Individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are more likely to present
with metabolic diseases such as type-2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and cardiovascular …

Ein Trauma ist ein äußeres Ereignis, das bei den Betroffenen das Gefühl einer
überwältigenden Bedrohung und Katastrophe vermittelt und Todesangst, Panik, Ohnmacht …

The earliest biologically oriented research on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) used
psychophysiological measures in an attempt to assess its emotional pathology1–3 (see Orr4 …