创伤后应激障碍的未来思维:改变事件构造的初步证据
Mieke Verfaellie1, Virginie Patt2, Ginette Lafleche2
1Memory Disorders Research Center, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston MA, USA; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston MA, USA.
Psychiatry research
|February 7, 2024
概括
患有创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 的退伍军人构建的具体未来事件较少,尤其是当抑郁症存在时的积极事件. 事件构造与临床因素和事件类型有关.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 创伤研究 创伤研究
背景情况:
- 创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 显著影响认知功能,包括未来的思维.
- 了解未来事件结构对于评估PTSD严重程度和治疗需求至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 调查战区退伍军人与没有PTSD的未来事件构建.
- 确定与创伤后应激障碍中改变未来事件结构相关的临床特征.
主要方法:
- 对38名遭受创伤的退伍军人 (25名患有PTSD,13名没有) 进行了未来事件流性任务.
- 参与者在一分钟内为近期和遥远的未来时间框架生成了积极和消极的未来事件.
主要成果:
- 与没有PTSD组相比,PTSD组产生的特定未来事件较少.
- 在积极事件中,这种特异性差异更为明显,特别是在伴随性抑郁症患者中.
- 事件构造的临床相关性根据产生的事件的价值 (正/负) 不同.
结论:
- 创伤后应激障碍与构建特定未来事件的困难有关.
- 伴随性抑郁症在PTSD中加剧了积极未来事件生成的缺陷.
- 未来事件的构建特征是临床相关的,并且根据退伍军人的事件价值而有所不同.
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