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Robin Blades1, Sergio Becerra1, Sheldon Jordan1,2
1Neurological Associates - The Interventional Group, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Abstract:
Two service members were diagnosed with PTSD due to military trauma exposure. One presented with the classical manifestation; the other presented with the dissociative subtype. A statistical map revealed anterior localization of insula connectivity in the classical PTSD patient and posterior localization in the dissociative PTSD patient. These differences suggest that dissociative PTSD may be identified, understood, and treated as a disorder related to increased posterior insula connectivity. This double case study provides preliminary evidence for a concrete neuroanatomical discrepancy between insula function in classical and dissociative PTSD that may help explain the emergence of different coping strategies.
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