Post-traumatic stress disorder: a right temporal lobe syndrome?

In a recent paper (Georgopoulos et al 2010 J. Neural Eng. 7 016011) we reported on the power of the magnetoencephalography (MEG)-based synchronous neural interactions (SNI) test to differentiate post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) subjects from healthy control subjects and to classify them with a high degree of accuracy.

A comparative study of posttraumatic stress disorder assessment under standard conditions and in the field.

Little is known about the performance of clinician-administered structured diagnostic interviews when given under variable levels of examiner training and monitoring. We sought to explore this question. We examined the performance of a self-report questionnaire and a structured clinical interview in the assessment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in two community samples of war veterans.

PTSD in former prisoners of war: prewar, wartime, and postwar factors.

We investigated relationships among prewar, wartime, and postwar factors and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) severity in a community sample of 160 former prisoners of war (POWs). Data were collected from structured clinical interviews, self-report questionnaires, and military service records. POW camp trauma was most predictive of PTSD severity, followed by a refined postwar Social Support variable: Interpersonal Connection.

Posttraumatic stress disorder, dissociation, and sexual abuse history in epileptic and nonepileptic seizure patients.

Rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dissociative symptoms, and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) are believed to be higher among patients with nonepileptic seizures (NES) than those with epileptic seizures (ES). However, women have higher rates of CSA and sexual assault than men. Comparisons of seizure type controlling for gender may produce different results.

A neuropsychological outcome study of a child's left pericallosal arteriovenous malformation with occult fornix lesion.

Pericallosal arteriovenous malformations are rarely reported, particularly in children. Moreover, few arteriovenous malformation studies report thorough neuropsychological outcome data for assessing post-surgical functioning. This case report provides a longitudinal study of a boy who initially presented for neuropsychological testing at the age of 8 years and 1 month, following polyvinyl alcohol embolization, two craniotomies and resections and stereotactic radiosurgery for a pericallosal arteriovenous malformation involving nearly all of the corpus callosum.

Cognitive and neuropsychological functioning in children with cerebral palsy.

This article reviews the extant literature on intellectual functioning in different subtypes of cerebral palsy. Following a definition of the characteristics of each of three major cerebral palsy groups, typical neurologic and magnetic resonance imaging findings are reported. More recent studies that examine the intellectual and neuropsychological functioning of children within these classification groups are also reviewed.

Startle potentiation by threat of aversive stimuli and darkness in adolescents: a multi-site study.

In recent years, the startle reflex has become an exciting new tool to investigate affective responses to aversive stimuli in humans. The popularity of this methodology is largely based on the substantial amount of animal research available on this topic. Several procedures have been developed to examine startle potentiation in humans, but most studies have been carried out in adults and may not be appropriate for children or adolescents.

Comorbidity and course of psychiatric disorders in a community sample of former prisoners of war.

Objective: The authors assessed DSM-III-R disorders among American former prisoners of war. Comorbidity, time of onset, and the relationship of trauma severity to complicated versus uncomplicated posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) were examined.

Method: A community sample (N=262) of men exposed to combat and imprisonment was assessed by clinicians using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-III-R.

Posttraumatic stress disorder in a community group of former prisoners of war: a normative response to severe trauma.

Objective: The goal of this study was to assess and describe the long-term impact of traumatic prisoner of war (POW) experiences within the context of posttraumatic psychopathology. Specifically, the authors attempted to investigate the relative degree of normative response represented by posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in comparison to other DSM axis I disorders often found to be present, either alone or concomitant with other disorders, in survivors of trauma.

Method: A community group of 262 U.