[Magneto-encephalographic (MEG) brain recordings during traumatic memory recall in women with post-traumatic stress disorder: A pilot study].

Aim Of The Study: The experiment studied the effects of a short duration exposure to traumatic memories using magneto-encephalography (MEG).

Patients: Nine right-handed DSM-4 PTSD patients were recruited from a unit for anxiety disorders and an organisation supporting victims of violence. In order to have a homogeneous sample, we included only women who suffered from civilian PTSD.

Randomized controlled comparison of cognitive behavior therapy with Rogerian supportive therapy in chronic post-traumatic stress disorder: a 2-year follow-up.

Background: To date, there have been no studies comparing cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) with Rogerian therapy in post-traumatic stress disorder.

Method: Sixty outpatients with DSM-IV chronic post-traumatic stress disorder were randomized into two groups for 16 weekly individual sessions of CBT or Rogerian supportive therapy (ST) at two centers. No medication was prescribed.

[Post-traumatic stress disorder in an anxiety disorder unit and in a victims support association].

The post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) represents an original and frequent pathological entity concerning people confronted with one or more significant traumatic events. We present here a comparative study concerning subjects who present a post-traumatic stress disorder received in an anxiety disorder unit (ADU) or in a victims support association (VSA). One hundred and twenty seven people have been included in the study, according to DSMIV for PTSD, during three years.

[Evaluation of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: validation of a measure, the PCLS].

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder frequently found in psychiatric clinic and in the population of victims of traumatic events. PTSD, characterized by an intense fear, helplessness or horror, resulting from exposure to a traumatic event, is clinically manifested with three main syndromes: reexperiencing, avoidance behavior and numbing of emotion, and physiological hyperarousal. The Post-Traumatic Checklist Scale (PCLS) is a brief and self-report questionnaire for evaluating the severity of three main syndromes of PTSD.

The validation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Scale in posttraumatic stress disorder and nonclinical subjects.

Background: The Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Scale (PCLS) is a short self-report inventory for assessing the 3 main syndromes of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The aim of this study was the validation of the French version of the PCLS in PTSD subjects and nonclinical subjects.

Methods: One-hundred and thirteen outpatients suffering from PTSD according to DSM-IV were administered the PCLS.