Psychophysiologic assessment of women with posttraumatic stress disorder resulting from childhood sexual abuse.

SP, Orr; NB, Lasko; LJ, Metzger; NJ, Berry; CE, Ahern; RK, Pitman

doi:10.1037//0022-006x.66.6.906

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Psychophysiologic assessment of women with posttraumatic stress disorder resulting from childhood sexual abuse.

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Authors:

Orr SP

Lasko NB

Metzger LJ

Abstract

Heart rate, skin conductance, and left lateral frontalis and corrugator facial electromyogram responses were measured during script-driven imagery of personal childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and other life experiences among women with and without Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (3...

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