Z Psychosom Med Psyc
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Z Psychosom Med Psyc · Jan 2008
[Childhood-onset versus acute, adult-onset traumatized patients in the light of amnestic tendencies and derealisation].
In the present study we examined the facial affective behaviour of acute adult-onset traumatized patients versus childhood-onset traumatized patients. Furthermore, we analyzed whether a decrease in emotional numbing results from a reduction of symptoms. We used amnestic tendencies as a moderator variable. ⋯ The facial affective reduction remains constant over time. Also childhood-onset traumatized patients developed more psychic complaints and greater derealisation.