Harm expectancy violation during exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder

Highlights • Prior to exposure therapy, PTSD patients had relatively high harm expectancies and almost all patients feared their own reactions to imaginal exposure. • Exposure therapy promoted harm expectancy violation. • Harm expectancy violation was not related to treatment outcome. • Fear habitua...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of anxiety disorders 2017-06, Vol.49, p.48-52
Hauptverfasser:	de Kleine, Rianne A, Hendriks, Lotte, Becker, Eni S, Broekman, Theo G, van Minnen, Agnes
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Chronic Disease Emotions Expectancy violation Exposure therapy Fear Fear habituation Female Habituation, Psychophysiologic - physiology Humans Implosive Therapy - methods Male Mechanisms of change Middle Aged Psychiatry PTSD Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - psychology Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic - therapy Treatment Outcome
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Prior to exposure therapy, PTSD patients had relatively high harm expectancies and almost all patients feared their own reactions to imaginal exposure. • Exposure therapy promoted harm expectancy violation. • Harm expectancy violation was not related to treatment outcome. • Fear habituation, both within and between session, was positively related to treatment outcome.
ISSN:	0887-6185 1873-7897
DOI:	10.1016/j.janxdis.2017.03.008