Overall Assessment
Overall each of the articles contribute significantly to the study of PTSD. The impact of memory and learning issues for those that have the disorder should not be downplayed as such issues can negatively impact the quality of life for those with the disorder.
Each of the articles provide answers to disqualify certain hypotheses and qualified others as worth further study Overall Assessment.
With each of the articles the medical and mental health community came one step closer to targeting and discovering exactly where the problem is in learning and memory issues for people with PTSD. Even when the answer is, "no" that is not where the problem is, it helps narrow down where in fact the problem does originate from.
References
RACHEL YEHUDA,1 JULIA a. GOLIER,1 LISA TISCHLER,1
KARINA STAVITSKY,1 and PHILIP D. HARVEY1
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 274 Taylor & Francis Taylor and Francis 325 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphiaPA191 NCEN Taylor & Francis Ltd. 36370 10.1080/138033990520223 2005 126 R. Yehuda et al. Learning and Memory in Veterans with PTSD Learning and Memory in Aging Combat
Veterans with PTSD
Ram n J.L. Lindauer, Miranda Olff, Els P.M. van Meijel, Ingrid V.E. Carlier, and Berthold P.R. Gersons (1999) Cortisol, Learning, Memory, and Attention in Relation to Smaller Hippocampal Volume in Police Officers with Posttraumatic…
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References
RACHEL YEHUDA,1 JULIA a. GOLIER,1 LISA TISCHLER,1
KARINA STAVITSKY,1 and PHILIP D. HARVEY1
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology 274 Taylor & Francis Taylor and Francis 325 Chestnut StreetPhiladelphiaPA191 NCEN Taylor & Francis Ltd. 36370 10.1080/138033990520223 2005 126 R. Yehuda et al. Learning and Memory in Veterans with PTSD Learning and Memory in Aging Combat
Veterans with PTSD
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