Fear conditioning and early life vulnerabilities: two distinct pathways of emotional dysregulation and brain dysfunction in PTSD

The newly proposed criteria for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-V) include dysregulation of a variety of emotional states including fear, anger, guilt, and shame, in addition to dissociation and numbing. Consistent with these revisions, we postulate...

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Main Authors: Ruth A. Lanius, Paul A. Frewen, Eric Vermetten, Rachel Yehuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2010-12-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://www.eurojnlofpsychotraumatol.net/index.php/ejpt/article/view/5467/pdf_66