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  • Psychophysiology
  • Trauma Studies
  • Mood Disorders

Background:

  • Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is linked to increased physiological responsiveness to trauma memories.
  • Physiological reactivity during recall of distressing events in depression remains understudied.
  • The association between physiological responses, memory quality, and avoidance in depression and PTSD requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine physiological reactivity (heart rate, skin conductance) during script-driven recall of distressing events in individuals with depression, PTSD, and controls.
  • To compare physiological responses between these groups.
  • To explore the relationship between physiological reactivity, memory impact, quality, and avoidance behaviors.

Main Methods:

  • Assessed heart rate (HR) and skin conductance (SC) reactivity during script-driven recall.
  • Recruited participants with a depressive episode without PTSD (n=24), PTSD (n=24), and nondisordered controls (n=24).
  • Collected self-report data on event impact, memory quality, and avoidance.

Main Results:

  • PTSD participants exhibited significantly higher HR and SC reactivity during trauma recall compared to other events and both depressed and control groups.
  • Depressed participants showed a trend toward attenuated reactivity to memories associated with symptom onset.
  • Avoidance was linked to lower HR reactivity in depression but higher HR reactivity in PTSD.

Conclusions:

  • Trauma recall in PTSD is characterized by distinct, high physiological reactivity compared to depression.
  • Physiological responses to distressing memories differ significantly between PTSD and depression.
  • Avoidance strategies play a differential role in modulating physiological reactivity to memory recall in depression versus PTSD.