Sustained attention in combat-related posttraumatic stress disorder

被引:27
作者
Golier, J
Yehuda, R
Cornblatt, B
Harvey, P
Gerber, D
Levengood, R
机构
[1] MT SINAI SCH MED,DEPT VET AFFAIRS,NEW YORK,NY
[2] MT SINAI SCH MED,DEPT PSYCHIAT,NEW YORK,NY
关键词
False Alarm Rate; Sustained Attention; Rape Victim; Ptsd Patient; Comparison Subject;
D O I
10.1007/BF02688613
中图分类号
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
There is substantial evidence that PTSD patients have information processing abnormalities for stimuli that are highly relevant to the traumas they have endured. The goal of the present study was to examine whether this extends to neutral stimuli as well. Twenty-four male Vietnam combat veterans with PTSD were compared to fifteen normal male comparison subjects on their performance on a sensitive measure of sustained attention, the Continuous Performance Test-Identical Pairs version (CPT-IP). PTSD subjects did not differ from controls in their ability to discriminate target stimuli from background noise on the CPT. Additionally they performed as well as controls, even in the presence of external distraction. Thus, this study did not find a generalized deficit in attention associated with PTSD on the CPT-IP. Nevertheless, further clarification of the nature of the information processing disturbance in PTSD is warranted.
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页码:52 / 61
页数:10
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