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Imagery and posttraumatic stress disorder: an overview
Abstract
A review of theories of traumatic neurosis or posttraumatic stress disorder reveals a relative neglect of the role of posttraumatic imagery. The broad range of imagery has not been recognized, nor its role in the disorder adequately formulated. A two-dimensional framework for understanding posttraumatic stress disorder based on 1) repetitions of trauma-related images, affects, somatic states, and actions and 2) defensive functioning puts into perspective the centrality of traumatic imagery, implies a reorganization of DSM-III criteria, points to new directions for research, and clarifies diagnostic and clinical confusion.
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Metadata
- Venue
- American Journal of Psychiatry
- Published
- 1985-04-01
- Volume
- 142
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 417-424
- ISSN
- 0002-953X (ISSN-L)
- 1535-7228
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- W17721310
- Cited by
- 184
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 21.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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