[Childhood-onset versus acute, adult-onset traumatized patients in the light of amnestic tendencies and derealisation].

Objectives: In the present study we examined the facial affective behaviour of acute adult-onset traumatized patients versus childhood-onset traumatized patients. Furthermore, we analyzed whether a decrease in emotional numbing results from a reduction of symptoms. We used amnestic tendencies as a moderator variable.

Facial expression and experience of emotions in psychodynamic interviews with patients with PTSD in comparison to healthy subjects.

Background: The facial affective behavior of traumatized patients and of a healthy control group was compared.

Sampling And Methods: Data of 15 videotaped clinical interviews of traumatized inpatients and of 15 healthy women (absence of mental/psychiatric disorder according to ICD-10) were ascertained. The affective facial expression of both groups was coded with the Emotional Facial Acting Coding System.

Fibromyalgia, facial expression and emotional experience.

Background: The present study aims at analyzing the nonverbal affective behavior of female fibromyalgia (FM) inpatients in comparison to healthy women.

Methods: Videotaped psychodynamic interviews of each of 15 female FM inpatients and healthy women were analyzed. Afterwards the analyses of facial expression were related to gazing behavior and emotional experience.

[On the relationship between traumatization, amnesia and symptom stress--an empirical pilot study].

Objectives: In the present study we examined facial affective behavior in acutely traumatized patients undergoing EMDR therapy. Furthermore, we analyzed whether a decrease in emotional numbing was due to a reduction of symptoms. Amnestic tendencies were used as a moderator variable.