Association of Time Since Deployment, Combat Intensity, and
Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms With Neuropsychological Outcomes
Following Iraq War Deployment <for resiliency file>
Context Previous research has demonstrated neuropsychological changes following Iraq deployment. It is unknown whether these changes endure without subsequent war-zone exposure or chronic stress symptoms.
Objective To determine the associations of time since deployment, combat intensity, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression symptoms with longer-term neuropsychological outcomes in war-deployed soldiers.
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Responding to the Psychological Impact of War on the Iraqi People and U.S. Veterans: Mixing Icing, Praying for Cake
Available online 7 January 2010.
The
psychological impact of the war in Iraq stimulated major initiatives to
build a modern mental health care system for the Iraqi people and to
improve mental health services for U.S. veterans of the Iraq war.
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Preventing the return of fear in humans using reconsolidation update mechanisms
PUBLICATION: Article
Abstract:
Recent research on changing fears has examined targeting reconsolidation. During reconsolidation, stored information is rendered labile after being retrieved. Pharmacological manipulations at this stage result in an inability to retrieve the memories at later times, suggesting that they are erased or persistently inhibited. Unfortunately, the use of these pharmacological manipulations in humans can be problematic.
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