Examining cognitive examining cognitive processes and drinking urge in PTSD

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• 作者：Jennifer P. Read^a ; ^{jpread@buffalo.edu} ; Rachel L. Bachrach^b ; Jeffrey D. Wardell^c ; Scott F. Coffey^d
• 关键词：PTSD ; Cognition ; Stroop ; Trauma ; Alcohol
• 刊名：Behaviour Research and Therapy
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：March 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：90
• 期：Complete
• 页码：159-168
• 全文大小：623 K
• 卷排序：90

文摘

We examined information processing pathways that may shed light on associations between posttraumatic stress disorder and drinking. PTSD and non-PTSD participants completed trauma/neutral cue exposure, drinking urge, and a modified Stroop (alcohol, neutral, trauma words). PTSD participants exposed to the trauma cue showed a general slowing to all Stroop stimuli. This slowing was associated with urge to drink alcohol. General slowing to Stroop stimuli in those with PTSD may reflect a depletion of cognitive resources in response to trauma cue exposure. Individual (PTSD) and environmental (cue) factors may work conjointly to precipitate changes in alcohol-related cognitive processing.