Posttraumatic stress disorder and blindness.
Four cases of posttraumatic stress disorder in blind patients are described. They demonstrate the importance of visual imagery in the processing of traumatic events and highlight the disruption of selective attention in this disorder.
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Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Flinders University, South Australia, Bedford Park.
D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D001766:Blindness / Q000151:congenital / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D011902:Rape; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology*