Learning and memory in Holocaust survivors with posttraumatic stress disorder
Biological PsychiatryPublished 16 October 2003
Rachel Yehuda, Julia A. Golier, Sarah L. Halligan, Philip D. Harvey
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The most robust impairment observed in posttraumatic stress disorder was in verbal learning, which may be a risk factor for or consequence of chronic post traumatic stress disorder.
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The most robust impairment observed in posttraumatic stress disorder was in verbal learning, which may be a risk factor for or consequence of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. The negative association between performance and age may reflect accelerated cognitive decline in posttraumatic stress disorder.
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