Heart Rate Responsivity to Script-Driven Imagery in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Specificity of Response and Effects of Psychotherapy
Ramón T. L. Lindauer, MA, MD,
Els P. M. van Meijel, MA,
Margje Jalink, MD,
Miranda Olff, MA, PhD,
Ingrid V. E. Carlier, MA, PhD and
Berthold P. R. Gersons, MD, PhD
From the Centre for Psychological Trauma, Department of Psychiatry (R.J.L.L., E.P.M.v.M., M.J., M.O., B.P.R.G.), de Bascule and Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Academic Medical Centre (R.J.L.L.), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Graduate School Neurosciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (R.J.L.L.); and Centre for Work-Related Mental Disorders, Altrecht Institute for Mental Health Care, Utrecht, The Netherlands (I.V.E.C.).

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Figure 1. Flow diagram of patients with posttraumatic stress disorder who were included, randomly assigned, received treatment, and analyzed for the primary outcome.
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Figure 2. Heart rate responses to trauma scripts in two posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) populations and a control group, and the effects of psychotherapy in a randomized controlled trial. TG indicates treatment group posttreatment; WG, waitlist group posttreatment; HR, heart rate. *p < .05, **p < .01, and ***p < .001.
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