2024
Emotional State Transitions in Trauma-Exposed Individuals With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Korem N, Duek O, Spiller T, Ben-Zion Z, Levy I, Harpaz-Rotem I. Emotional State Transitions in Trauma-Exposed Individuals With and Without Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e246813. PMID: 38625701, PMCID: PMC11022112, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.6813.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPosttraumatic stress disorderTrauma-exposed individualsEmotional numbing symptomsTrauma-exposed controlsNegative emotional statesNumbing symptomsEmotional numbingDSM-5Valence ratingsStress disorderEmotional statesTrauma-exposed control groupPTSD experiencesPosttraumatic stress disorder symptomsPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ChecklistDSM-5 criteriaAge-related associationsStimulus valencePCL-5Emotional responsesEmotional state transitionEmotional transitionSymptomsParticipantsDisorders
2022
Distinguishing emotional numbing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder from major depressive disorder
Duek O, Seidemann R, Pietrzak R, Harpaz-Rotem I. Distinguishing emotional numbing symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder from major depressive disorder. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2022, 324: 294-299. PMID: 36586605, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.105.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotional numbing symptomsPosttraumatic stress disorderNumbing symptomsEmotional numbingStress disorderSymptom clustersTrauma-exposed individualsGreater PTSD severityMajor depressive disorderContext of traumaUnique variancePTSD symptomsPTSD phenotypePTSD severityDifferent symptom clustersWorse treatment outcomesDepressive disorderCore aspectsNumbingDistinct contributionsMDD symptomsDSM-IIIFunctional impairmentDisordersTreatment outcomes