| Literature DB >> 12450636 |
Tamara V Gurvits1, Natasha B Lasko, Ann L Repak, Linda J Metzger, Scott P Orr, Roger K Pitman.
Abstract
The ability to copy figures was evaluated in 41 subjects with chronic posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and 27 trauma-exposed, non-PTSD comparison subjects. Individuals with PTSD demonstrated significantly impaired performance. However, after adjusting for pre-trauma variables, there was only a marginally significant association between figure-copying performance and PTSD. These findings are consistent with pre-trauma visual-spatial impairment as being among the risk factors for chronic PTSD.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12450636 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1781(02)00234-2
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychiatry Res ISSN: 0165-1781 Impact factor: 3.222