Processing threatening information in posttraumatic stress disorder

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A modified version of the Stroop color-naming task with strong threat, mild threat, positive and neutral words to study the interpretation of threatening information by Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients involved in motor vehicle accidents. The PTSD patients showed higher interference on strong threat words than did simple phobia or low anxiety patients. The findings validate the previous results that PTSD subjects give more attention to potentially threatening information.

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Construct validity of the posttraumatic stress disorder checklist in cancer survivors: Analyses based on two samples

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The investigation on the factorial validity of the posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) checklist (PCL) with data from 236 cancer survivors who received a bone marrow or stem cell transplantation is done. The relations of PTSD symptoms with sociodemographic and medical variables are also explored.

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Acute stress disorder scale: A self-report measure of acute stress disorder

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The Acute Stress Disorder Scale (ASDS) indexes acute stress disorder (ASD) and predicts post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). ASDS was able to predict 91% of bushfire survivors who developed PTSD and 93% of those who did not.

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