Attention training modulates resting-state neurophysiological abnormalities in posttraumatic stress disorder.

ABSTRACT: Recent research indicates the relative benefits of computerized attention control treatment (ACT) and attention bias modification treatment (ABMT) for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD); however, neural changes underlying these therapeutic effects remain unknown. This study examines how these two types of attention training modulate neurological dysfunction in veterans with PTSD. A community sample of 46 combat veterans with PTSD participated in a randomized double-blinded clinical trial of ACT versus ABMT and 32 of those veterans also agreed to undergo resting-state magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings. Twenty-four veterans completed psychological and MEG assessments at pre- and post-training to evaluate treatment effects. MEG data were imaged using an advanced Bayesian reconstructio

SUBMITTER: Badura-Brack A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5741514 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature