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- Title
Multivariate assessment of explicit memory function in combat veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder.
- Authors
Gilbertson, M W; Gurvits, T V; Lasko, N B; Orr, S P; Pitman, R K
- Abstract
Declarative memory impairment is a frequent complaint of patients suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We assessed memory, attention, visual spatial skills, and executive function in Vietnam combat veterans with (n = 19) and without (n = 13) PTSD. Although PTSD subjects demonstrated a "generalized impairment" relative to non-PTSD subjects on a majority of tasks, only attention and memory provided unique and independent prediction of PTSD versus non-PTSD status. Our findings suggest that memory functioning represents a neurocognitive domain of specific relevance to the development of PTSD in trauma-exposed individuals, which can be distinguished from generalized attentional impairment as well as the effects of trauma exposure severity, IQ, comorbid depression, history of alcohol use, and history of developmental learning problems.
- Publication
Journal of traumatic stress, 2001, Vol 14, Issue 2, p413
- ISSN
0894-9867
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1011181305501