Anterior hippocampal volume predicts affect-focused psychotherapy outcome
Suarez-Jimenez B, Zhu X, Lazarov A, Mann J, Schneier F, Gerber A, Barber J, Chambless D, Neria Y, Milrod B, Markowitz J. Anterior hippocampal volume predicts affect-focused psychotherapy outcome. Psychological Medicine 2019, 50: 396-402. PMID: 30773148, PMCID: PMC6698431, DOI: 10.1017/s0033291719000187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnterior hippocampal volumePosterior hippocampal volumePosttraumatic stress disorderHippocampal volumeTreatment outcomesExposure-based treatmentsAnterior hippocampusMagnetic resonance imagingPanic disorderClinical trialsPosterior hippocampusClinical outcome changesClinical severity scoreLarge clinical trialsStructural magnetic resonance imagingWhole hippocampal volumeIndependent clinical trialsClinical improvementClinical outcomesSeverity scoreTherapeutic findingsResonance imagingTreatment improvementStress disorderHippocampus