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Abstract:
Evaluated the role of physiological arousal in the Induced Anxiety therapy procedure. Assigned 21 normal Ss to either conventional Induced Anxiety Induced Anxiety supplemented by the drug ketamine during arousal, or a no-treatment condition. The ketamine group was superior to the conventional group which was superior to the no-treatment group in reducing negative affect experienced during stressful situations. Most of the reduction was in depressive affect. The superior results obtained by increasing physiological arousal could not be accounted for by increased subjective emotional arousal.
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