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Is there tonic immobility in humans? Biological evidence from victims of trauma...
Volchan, Eliane; Souza, Gabriela Guerra Leal de; Franklin, Camila Martins; Norte, Carlos Eduardo; Rego, Vanessa da Rocha; Oliveira, José Magalhães deTonic immobility, characterized by profound motor inhibition, is elicited under inescapable threat in many species. To fully support the existence of tonic immobility in humans, our aim was to elicit this reaction in a laboratory setting and measure it objectively. To mimic exposure to life-threatening events in the lab, trauma-exposed participants with PTSD (n = 18) and without PTSD (n = 15) listened to the sc...
Negligence of current diagnostic classifications in dissociative phenomena of p...
Lima, Alessandra Azevedo; Fiszman, Adriana; Portella, Carla Marques; Almeida, Yasmim Andrade; Salomão, Fernanda PereiraBACKGROUND: In spite of the growing importance of dissociation in post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dissociative symptoms are not included in the diagnostic criteria of official classifications (CID-10, DSM-IV). Research in psychophysiology, functional neuroimaging, psycho-endocrinology and opioid systems provides support for a dissociative subtype of PTSD. CASE REPORT: A case study on a PTSD patient with ...