APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Differential Patterns of Cognitive Performance in PTSD Patients Based on Dissociative Symptomatology
- Korine Cabrera
McLean Hospital - M. Kathryn Dahlgren
Tufts University - M. Kathryn Dahlgren
McLean Hospital - Megan Racine
McLean Hospital - Lauren Lebois
McLean Hospital - Jonathan Wolff
McLean Hospital - Sherry Winternitz
Harvard Medical School - Sherry Winternitz
McLean Hospital - Nina Lewis-Schroeder
Harvard Medical School - Nina Lewis-Schroeder
McLean Hospital - Kerry Ressler
Harvard Medical School - Kerry Ressler
McLean Hospital - Milissa Kaufman
Harvard Medical School - Milissa Kaufman
McLean Hospital - Staci Gruber
Harvard Medical School - Staci Gruber
McLean Hospital
Abstract
Patients diagnosed with PTSD with the dissociative subtype or DID performed worse than control participants on executive function tasks. Interestingly, patients with higher levels of dissociative symptomatology performed better than those with lower levels of symptoms. This finding may reflect adaptation, as high-dissociators are more accustomed to filtering irrelevant information.
Neuropsychology
