R A Bryant

Summary

Affiliation: University of New South Wales
Country: Australia

Publications

  1. ncbi Autobiographical memory and the self-memory system in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Kylie Sutherland
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 22:555-60. 2008
  2. ncbi The influence of litigation on maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Nerv Ment Dis 191:191-3. 2003
  3. ncbi Does dissociation further our understanding of PTSD?
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 21:183-91. 2007
  4. ncbi Treatment of acute stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:659-67. 2008
  5. ncbi Is pathological grief lasting more than 12 months grief or depression?
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
    Curr Opin Psychiatry 26:41-6. 2013
  6. ncbi Grief as a psychiatric disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    Br J Psychiatry 201:9-10. 2012
  7. ncbi The neural circuitry of conversion disorder and its recovery
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales and Brain Dynamics Centre, Sydney, Australia
    J Abnorm Psychol 121:289-96. 2012
  8. ncbi The capacity of acute stress disorder to predict posttraumatic psychiatric disorders
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Australia
    J Psychiatr Res 46:168-73. 2012
  9. ncbi Heart rate as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder in children
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:66-8. 2007
  10. ncbi Enhanced amygdala and medial prefrontal activation during nonconscious processing of fear in posttraumatic stress disorder: an fMRI study
    Richard A Bryant
    Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital, Sydeny, New South Wales, Australia
    Hum Brain Mapp 29:517-23. 2008

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  1. ncbi Autobiographical memory and the self-memory system in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Kylie Sutherland
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 22:555-60. 2008
    ..These findings are discussed in terms of the role of the self-memory system in adjustment to trauma...
  2. ncbi The influence of litigation on maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Nerv Ment Dis 191:191-3. 2003
  3. ncbi Does dissociation further our understanding of PTSD?
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 21:183-91. 2007
    ..Future research should abandon the global construct of dissociation, and study the specific responses that involve altered awareness under experimental conditions...
  4. ncbi Treatment of acute stress disorder: a randomized controlled trial
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    Arch Gen Psychiatry 65:659-67. 2008
    ..Cognitive behavioral therapy for ASD may prevent PTSD, but trauma survivors may not tolerate exposure-based therapy in the acute phase. There is a need to compare nonexposure therapy techniques with prolonged exposure for ASD...
  5. ncbi Is pathological grief lasting more than 12 months grief or depression?
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
    Curr Opin Psychiatry 26:41-6. 2013
    ..These initiatives have sparked much controversy because of concerns that diagnosing grief responses may overpathologize normative distress following bereavement. This review outlines the evidence for diagnosing grief...
  6. ncbi Grief as a psychiatric disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    Br J Psychiatry 201:9-10. 2012
    ..In contrast, there is strong evidence for a diagnosis of prolonged grief that is distinguished from depression and involves marked impairment...
  7. ncbi The neural circuitry of conversion disorder and its recovery
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales and Brain Dynamics Centre, Sydney, Australia
    J Abnorm Psychol 121:289-96. 2012
    ..This pattern suggests that during the conversion disorder there was impaired connectivity between speech networks and networks that regulate anxiety...
  8. ncbi The capacity of acute stress disorder to predict posttraumatic psychiatric disorders
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Australia
    J Psychiatr Res 46:168-73. 2012
    ....
  9. ncbi Heart rate as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder in children
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 29:66-8. 2007
    ..This study indexed the relationship between resting heart rates (HRs) after injury and subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in children...
  10. ncbi Enhanced amygdala and medial prefrontal activation during nonconscious processing of fear in posttraumatic stress disorder: an fMRI study
    Richard A Bryant
    Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital, Sydeny, New South Wales, Australia
    Hum Brain Mapp 29:517-23. 2008
    ..These data extend existing models by suggesting that the impaired MPFC activation in PTSD may be limited to conscious fear processing. Hum Brain Mapp, 2008. (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc...
  11. ncbi A prospective study of appraisals in childhood posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Behav Res Ther 45:2502-7. 2007
    ..This study supports cognitive models of PTSD, and suggests that younger children who exaggerate their vulnerability after trauma exposure are high risk for PTSD after trauma...
  12. ncbi Taking the feeling out of emotional memories - a study of hypnotic emotional numbing: a brief communication
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 55:426-34. 2007
    ..These findings point to the capacity for hypnotic emotional inhibition to differentially influence affective and semantic components of the emotional response...
  13. ncbi Maladaptive self-appraisals before trauma exposure predict posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    J Consult Clin Psychol 75:812-5. 2007
    ..Pretrauma negative appraisals about oneself accounted for 20% of variance in PTSD severity at follow-up. These data provide the first evidence that preexisting negative appraisals are a risk factor for PTSD...
  14. ncbi Amygdala and ventral anterior cingulate activation predicts treatment response to cognitive behaviour therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Psychol Med 38:555-61. 2008
    ..No studies have investigated the capacity for neural responses during fear processing to predict treatment response in PTSD...
  15. ncbi Enhancing thought suppression with hypnosis
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 54:488-99. 2006
    ..Whereas lows instructed to suppress displayed a delayed increase in suppressed thoughts, highs did not. These findings support the proposition that hypnosis facilitates thought suppression...
  16. ncbi Sleep disturbance immediately prior to trauma predicts subsequent psychiatric disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Sleep 33:69-74. 2010
    ..This study investigated the extent to which sleep disturbance in the period immediately prior to a traumatic event predicted development of subsequent psychiatric disorder...
  17. ncbi Hypnotic conflict: a brief report
    David Mallard
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 54:292-302. 2006
    ..Limitations in applying the nonexperimental procedure to this paradigm and the need for further investigation are discussed...
  18. ncbi Cultural sensitivity: making trauma assessment and treatment plans culturally relevant
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Clin Psychiatry 67:74-9. 2006
    ..We advocate a culturally sensitive approach to ensure that the impact of interventions is optimized to benefit the communities recovering from such a traumatic disaster...
  19. ncbi Hypnotherapy and cognitive behaviour therapy of acute stress disorder: a 3-year follow-up
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Sydney, Australia
    Behav Res Ther 44:1331-5. 2006
    ..These findings point to the long-term benefits of early provision of CBT in the initial month after trauma...
  20. ncbi The role of panic in acute dissociative reactions following trauma
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Br J Clin Psychol 44:489-94. 2005
    ..This study investigated panic symptoms that occurs at the time of the trauma and their relationship to ongoing dissociation in acute stress disorder...
  21. ncbi Maladaptive appraisals as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress: a study of trainee firefighters
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Psychol Sci 16:749-52. 2005
    ..These findings accord with cognitive models predicting that a tendency to catastrophize about negative events is a risk factor for developing posttraumatic stress symptoms...
  22. ncbi Neural networks of information processing in posttraumatic stress disorder: a functional magnetic resonance imaging study
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Biol Psychiatry 58:111-8. 2005
    ..We investigated whether anterior cingulate-amygdala dysregulation in PTSD would generalize to salient, but nonthreat related signals...
  23. ncbi The additive benefit of hypnosis and cognitive-behavioral therapy in treating acute stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    J Consult Clin Psychol 73:334-40. 2005
    ..CBT-hypnosis resulted in greater reduction in reexperiencing symptoms at posttreatment than CBT. These findings suggest that hypnosis may have use in facilitating the treatment effects of CBT for posttraumatic stress...
  24. ncbi Hypnotic emotional numbing: a study of implicit emotion
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 53:26-36. 2005
    ..In contrast, hypnotic emotional numbing diminished this pattern in highs. These results are discussed in terms of the influence of hypnotic emotional numbing at a preattentive stage of processing...
  25. ncbi Impaired specific autobiographical memory as a risk factor for posttraumatic stress after trauma
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Abnorm Psychol 116:837-41. 2007
    ..These findings provide initial evidence that impaired specific retrieval of memories may be a risk factor for posttraumatic stress...
  26. ncbi Hypnosis and thought suppression - more data: a brief communication
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 56:37-46. 2008
    ..In contrast, high hypnotizable participants did not display any rebound effects. These findings support the proposition that hypnosis facilitates thought suppression...
  27. ncbi The relationship between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in injured children
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Trauma Stress 20:1075-9. 2007
    ..These findings suggest that the current ASD diagnosis is not optimal in identifying younger children who are high risk for PTSD development...
  28. ncbi Post-traumatic stress disorder vs traumatic brain injury
    Richard Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Dialogues Clin Neurosci 13:251-62. 2011
    ....
  29. ncbi A review of acute stress disorder in DSM-5
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
    Depress Anxiety 28:802-17. 2011
    ..It is proposed that ASD may be better conceptualized as the severity of acute stress responses that does not require specific clusters to be present...
  30. ncbi Oxytocin as a moderator of hypnotizability
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 37:162-6. 2012
    ..This is the first demonstration of a neurochemical basis for hypnotic responding, and points to a potential neural mechanism to explain hypnotizability...
  31. ncbi Peritraumatic dissociation mediates the relationship between acute panic and chronic posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Pschology, University of New South Wales, Australia
    Behav Res Ther 49:346-51. 2011
    ..Whereas peritraumatic derealization is associated with chronic PTSD symptoms, this relationship is influenced by initial acute panic responses...
  32. ncbi Early intervention for post-traumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Early Interv Psychiatry 1:19-26. 2007
    ..This review critiques the evidence for psychological debriefing approaches and alternate early intervention strategies...
  33. ncbi Acute stress disorder as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder: a systematic review
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Clin Psychiatry 72:233-9. 2011
    ..The utility of the acute stress disorder diagnosis to describe acute stress reactions and predict subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was evaluated...
  34. ncbi Posttraumatic intrusive symptoms across psychiatric disorders
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
    J Psychiatr Res 45:842-7. 2011
    ..50, 95% CI: 2.09-9.71). Whereas intrusive memories and reactions are common across posttraumatic disorders, flashbacks and dissociative amnesia are distinctive to PTSD...
  35. ncbi Dream rebound of suppressed emotional thoughts: the influence of cognitive load
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Conscious Cogn 20:515-22. 2011
    ..These findings indicate that thought suppression prior to sleep leads to dream rebound, and this effect is enhanced by cognitive load...
  36. ncbi The association between menstrual cycle and traumatic memories
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Australia
    J Affect Disord 131:398-401. 2011
    ..We investigated the extent to which experiencing a traumatic event during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle is associated with stronger traumatic flashback memories...
  37. ncbi Preliminary evidence of the short allele of the serotonin transporter gene predicting poor response to cognitive behavior therapy in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Biol Psychiatry 67:1217-9. 2010
    ..This study was intended to assess the extent to which the low-expression alleles of the serotonin transporter gene promoter predict poor response to cognitive behavior therapy in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
  38. ncbi The psychiatric sequelae of traumatic injury
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 167:312-20. 2010
    ..The authors sought to determine the range of new psychiatric disorders occurring after traumatic injury and the influence of mild TBI on psychiatric status...
  39. ncbi A study of the protective function of acute morphine administration on subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Biol Psychiatry 65:438-40. 2009
    ..To index the extent to which acute administration of morphine is protective against development of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
  40. ncbi A multisite study of initial respiration rate and heart rate as predictors of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:1694-701. 2008
    ..This multisite study evaluated the extent to which acute heart rate and respiration rate predict subsequent chronic PTSD...
  41. ncbi A randomized controlled trial of exposure therapy and cognitive restructuring for posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Consult Clin Psychol 76:695-703. 2008
    ..These findings suggest that optimal treatment outcome may be achieved by combining CR with exposure therapy in treating PTSD patients...
  42. ncbi Rostral anterior cingulate volume predicts treatment response to cognitive-behavioural therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia
    J Psychiatry Neurosci 33:142-6. 2008
    ..To index the extent to which treatment response in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is predicted by rostral anterior cingulate cortex (rACC) volume...
  43. ncbi Reality monitoring in hypnosis: a real-simulating analysis
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 53:13-25. 2005
    ..These findings suggest that the reality attributed to a hypnotic suggestion cannot be attributed to demand characteristics...
  44. ncbi Seeing is believing: the reality of hypnotic hallucinations
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Conscious Cogn 12:219-30. 2003
    ..These findings indicate that elevated hypnotizability and hypnosis are associated with attributions of external reality to suggested experiences...
  45. ncbi Acute Stress Disorder Scale: a self-report measure of acute stress disorder
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Psychol Assess 12:61-8. 2000
    ..The ASDS shows promise as a screening instrument to identify acutely traumatized individuals who warrant more thorough assessment for risk of PTSD...
  46. ncbi A prospective study of psychophysiological arousal, acute stress disorder, and posttraumatic stress disorder
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Abnorm Psychol 109:341-4. 2000
    ..These findings are discussed in terms of acute arousal and longer term adaptation to trauma...
  47. ncbi Imaginal exposure alone and imaginal exposure with cognitive restructuring in treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Consult Clin Psychol 71:706-12. 2003
    ..Further, IE/CR participants had greater reductions in PTSD and maladaptive cognitive styles than IE participants at follow-up. These findings suggest that providing CR in combination with IE may enhance treatment gains...
  48. ncbi Telephone crisis intervention skills: a simulated caller paradigm
    R A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Crisis 21:90-4. 2000
    ..The simulated caller paradigm appears to be an effective paradigm for training and evaluation of telephone counselors...
  49. ncbi Gender differences in the relationship between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder following motor vehicle accidents
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales 2052, Australia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 37:226-9. 2003
    ..This study aimed to index the influence of gender on the relationship between ASD and PTSD...
  50. ncbi Hypnotizability in acute stress disorder
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052 Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 158:600-4. 2001
    ..This study investigated the relationship between acute dissociative reactions to trauma and hypnotizability...
  51. ncbi Hypnotically induced emotional numbing
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW, 2052, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 49:220-30. 2001
    ..These findings suggest that hypnotic emotional numbing may be a useful paradigm in which to explore processes in emotion inhibition...
  52. ncbi Panic symptoms during trauma and acute stress disorder
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Behav Res Ther 39:961-6. 2001
    ....
  53. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury: can they co-exist?
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Clin Psychol Rev 21:931-48. 2001
    ..This review concludes that TBI populations provide a useful means by which the role of traumatic memories (and impaired memories) in posttraumatic adjustment can be studied...
  54. ncbi Hypnotically induced emotional numbing: a real-simulating analysis
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Abnorm Psychol 111:203-7. 2002
    ..Reals (not simulators) displayed a dissociation between their affective response and awareness of the negative content of the stimuli following the numbing suggestion...
  55. ncbi Delayed-onset posttraumatic stress disorder: a prospective evaluation
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Austalia
    Aust N Z J Psychiatry 36:205-9. 2002
    ..Delayed onset posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) refers to PTSD that develops at least 6 months after the traumatic event. This study aimed to index the features of patients who develop delayed-onset PTSD...
  56. ncbi Hypnotizability and posttraumatic stress disorder: a prospective study
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 51:382-9. 2003
    ..This finding suggests that elevated hypnotizability in PTSD populations may not be entirely stable and may be associated with specific PTSD responses...
  57. ncbi Coping style and post-traumatic stress disorder following severe traumatic brain injury
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Brain Inj 14:175-80. 2000
    ..These findings indicate that reduction of PTSD and management of severe TBI may be facilitated by teaching patients more adaptive coping strategies...
  58. ncbi Psychosocial approaches of acute stress reactions
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    CNS Spectr 10:116-22. 2005
    ..D-cycloserine provides exciting opportunities to enhance the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy, and points to closer understanding of the biological mechanisms that underpin clinical gains achieved by psychological therapies...
  59. ncbi Acute stress disorder: a critical review of diagnostic issues
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
    Clin Psychol Rev 17:757-73. 1997
    ..It is argued that future revisions of ASD criteria need to be based on empirical evidence of acutely traumatized individuals...
  60. ncbi Relationship between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder following mild traumatic brain injury
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 155:625-9. 1998
    ..The aim of this study was to index the frequency of occurrence of acute stress disorder following mild traumatic brain injury and to determine its utility in predicting posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...
  61. ncbi Elevated resting heart rate as a predictor of posttraumatic stress disorder after severe traumatic brain injury
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, 2052, Australia
    Psychosom Med 66:760-1. 2004
    ..This study indexed the relationship between resting heart rates (HRs) after injury and subsequent posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in patients who sustained severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)...
  62. ncbi An analysis of calls to a Vietnam veterans' telephone counselling service
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
    J Trauma Stress 11:589-96. 1998
    ..The survey findings indicate that telephone counselling can be an appropriate means to provide support for many veterans who may avoid conventional counselling agencies...
  63. ncbi Reality monitoring in hypnosis: a pilot investigation
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 52:188-97. 2004
    ..These pilot data are discussed in terms of developing a paradigm to objectively index the perceived reality of hypnotically suggested experiences...
  64. ncbi Treatment of acute stress disorder: a comparison of cognitive-behavioral therapy and supportive counseling
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    J Consult Clin Psychol 66:862-6. 1998
    ..This study represents the 1st demonstration of successful treatment of ASD with CBT and its efficacy in preventing chronic PTSD...
  65. ncbi Treating acute stress disorder following mild traumatic brain injury
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 160:585-7. 2003
    ..This study aimed to prevent PTSD in people who developed acute stress disorder after a mild brain injury by early provision of cognitive behavior therapy...
  66. ncbi Acute stress reactions: can biological responses predict posttraumatic stress disorder?
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    CNS Spectr 8:668-74. 2003
    ..The roles of peritraumatic dissociation and vulnerability factors for acute stress reaction are also reviewed. The major challenges for research on psychobiological responses to trauma are highlighted...
  67. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder and mild brain injury: controversies, causes and consequences
    R A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 23:718-28. 2001
    ..Finally, the implications of PTSD after MBI for assessment and treatment are reviewed...
  68. ncbi Treating acute stress disorder: an evaluation of cognitive behavior therapy and supportive counseling techniques
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 156:1780-6. 1999
    ..This study aimed to prevent PTSD by an early provision of cognitive behavior therapy. Specifically, this study indexed the relative efficacy of prolonged exposure and anxiety management in the treatment of acute stress disorder...
  69. ncbi Posthypnotic amnesia for material learned before hypnosis
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 47:46-64. 1999
    ..The implications of these findings for the use of post-hypnotic amnesia as a laboratory analog of disorders of autobiographical memory are discussed...
  70. ncbi Acute psychophysiological arousal and posttraumatic stress disorder: a two-year prospective study
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Trauma Stress 16:439-43. 2003
    ..These findings suggest that caution is required in using acute HR as a predictor of longer-term PTSD following trauma...
  71. ncbi Two-year prospective evaluation of the relationship between acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder following mild traumatic brain injury
    A G Harvey
    School of Psychology, Unviersity of New South Wales, Sydney
    Am J Psychiatry 157:626-8. 2000
    ..To assess the ability of acute stress disorder to predict posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the relationship between acute stress disorder and PTSD over the 2 years following mild traumatic brain injury was determined...
  72. ncbi Attentional bias in complicated grief
    Fiona Maccallum
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Affect Disord 125:316-22. 2010
    ..Despite the significant health costs associated with CG, relatively little is known about the cognitive processes associated with the condition. This study investigated information processing in CG...
  73. ncbi Induced arousal and reexperiencing in acute stress disorder
    Reginald D V Nixon
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Anxiety Disord 19:587-94. 2005
    ..Intrusive symptoms were significantly correlated with elevated arousal following the HVPT. The findings provide evidence that reexperiencing is directly associated with elevated states of arousal...
  74. ncbi The impact of fear for family on mental health in a resettled Iraqi refugee community
    Angela Nickerson
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    J Psychiatr Res 44:229-35. 2010
    ..The effect of ongoing threat to family still living in conflict-ridden countries on the mental health of refugees should be further considered in the context of healthcare...
  75. ncbi Neural biases to covert and overt signals of fear: dissociation by trait anxiety and depression
    Leanne M Williams
    University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    J Cogn Neurosci 19:1595-608. 2007
    ....
  76. ncbi Influence of comorbid depression on fear in posttraumatic stress disorder: an fMRI study
    Andrew H Kemp
    Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital and Western Clinical, School University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Psychiatry Res 155:265-9. 2007
    ..Amygdala and medial prefrontal activity was reduced in PTSD-depression compared to PTSD-alone samples, highlighting the need to account for comorbidity...
  77. ncbi Heterogeneity of non-conscious fear perception in posttraumatic stress disorder as a function of physiological arousal: an fMRI study
    Andrew H Kemp
    School of Psychology, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Psychiatry Res 174:158-61. 2009
    ....
  78. ncbi Anterior cingulate activity to salient stimuli is modulated by autonomic arousal in posttraumatic stress disorder
    Kim L Felmingham
    The Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Millenium Institute and Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, NSW 2145, Australia
    Psychiatry Res 173:59-62. 2009
    ..This reduction in vACC in PTSD relative to controls was not apparent in without-SCR responses. These findings suggest that a reduction in vACC in PTSD occurs specifically when arousal networks are engaged...
  79. ncbi Keeping memories at an arm's length: vantage point of trauma memories
    Lucy M Kenny
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Behav Res Ther 45:1915-20. 2007
    ..Avoidance did not influence vantage point for positive or neutral memories. These data support the proposal that adoption of the observer vantage point for trauma memories may serve an avoidant function for people affected by trauma...
  80. ncbi Mapping frontal-limbic correlates of orienting to change detection
    Leanne M Williams
    The Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Millennium Institute and Western Clinical School, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Neuroreport 18:197-202. 2007
    ....
  81. ncbi Auditory startle response in firefighters before and after trauma exposure
    Rachel M Guthrie
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 162:283-90. 2005
    ..CONCLUSIONS: These results provide initial support for elevated startle response being a vulnerability factor for posttraumatic stress responses...
  82. ncbi Interaction of posttraumatic stress disorder and chronic pain following traumatic brain injury
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, New South Wales, Australia
    J Head Trauma Rehabil 14:588-94. 1999
    ..To investigate the association between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and chronic pain in patients who had sustained a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI)...
  83. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder after severe traumatic brain injury
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of Ne South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Am J Psychiatry 157:629-31. 2000
    ..This study indexed the profile of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after severe traumatic injury to the brain...
  84. ncbi Posttraumatic stress disorder and psychosocial functioning after severe traumatic brain injury
    R A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Nerv Ment Dis 189:109-13. 2001
    ..Patients with PTSD reported higher scores on the GHQ and BDI, and lower scores on the FAM, CIQ, OAS, and SWLS than those without PTSD. Effective rehabilitation after severe TBI may be enhanced by management of PTSD...
  85. ncbi Hypnotically induced emotional numbing: the roles of hypnosis and hypnotizability
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 54:281-91. 2006
    ..These findings suggest that elevated hypnotic susceptibility, rather than hypnosis, is an important mediator of emotional numbing. The importance of individual differences in emotional numbing is discussed...
  86. ncbi Recovery after the tsunami: timeline for rehabilitation
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Clin Psychiatry 67:50-5. 2006
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  87. ncbi Working memory function in post-traumatic stress disorder: an event-related potential study
    Melinda D Veltmeyer
    Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, School of Psychology, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
    Clin Neurophysiol 120:1096-106. 2009
    ..This study investigated effects of psychotropic medication (primarily antidepressants) on these ERP components...
  88. ncbi Amygdala-prefrontal dissociation of subliminal and supraliminal fear
    Leanne M Williams
    Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital, Westmead Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Hum Brain Mapp 27:652-61. 2006
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  89. ncbi Distant memories: a prospective study of vantage point of trauma memories
    Lucy M Kenny
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Psychol Sci 20:1049-52. 2009
    ..These results suggest that remembering trauma from an observer vantage point is related to both immediate and ongoing PTSD symptoms...
  90. ncbi Trauma modulates amygdala and medial prefrontal responses to consciously attended fear
    Leanne M Williams
    Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
    Neuroimage 29:347-57. 2006
    ..Over the time course, trauma was related to a distinct pattern of ACC and amygdala connections. The findings suggest that major life trauma may disrupt the normal pattern of medial prefrontal and amygdala regulation...
  91. ncbi Cognitive behaviour therapy of acute stress disorder: a four-year follow-up
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, School of Psychology, NSW 2052 Australia
    Behav Res Ther 41:489-94. 2003
    ..These findings suggest that early provision of CBT in the initial month after trauma has long-term benefits for people who are at risk of developing PTSD...
  92. ncbi Extinction learning before trauma and subsequent posttraumatic stress
    Rachel M Guthrie
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Australia
    Psychosom Med 68:307-11. 2006
    ..CONCLUSIONS: This result provides preliminary support for reduced extinction of a conditioned emotional response as a vulnerability factor for posttraumatic stress...
  93. ncbi Post-traumatic amnesia and the nature of post-traumatic stress disorder after mild traumatic brain injury
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    J Int Neuropsychol Soc 15:862-7. 2009
    ..These findings indicate that PTSD may be more likely following MTBI, however, longer post-traumatic amnesia appears to be protective against selected re-experiencing symptoms...
  94. ncbi Event-related potential dysfunction in posttraumatic stress disorder: the role of numbing
    Kim L Felmingham
    University of New South Wales, School of Psychology, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
    Psychiatry Res 109:171-9. 2002
    ..The finding that numbing was associated with reduced attention processing (P300) is consistent with models positing a relationship between disordered arousal and attention in PTSD...
  95. ncbi Longitudinal psychophysiological studies of heart rate: mediating effects and implications for treatment
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, NSW 2052, Australia
    Ann N Y Acad Sci 1071:19-26. 2006
    ..The association between HR and PTSD does suggest that HR is a useful means to test fear conditioning models of trauma response...
  96. ncbi Predicting posttraumatic stress disorder from acute reactions
    Richard A Bryant
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Trauma Dissociation 6:5-15. 2005
    ..The evidence suggests that dissociation needs to be considered in the context of other factors in the aftermath of trauma if optimal identification of high-risk individuals is to be achieved...
  97. ncbi A multisite study of the capacity of acute stress disorder diagnosis to predict posttraumatic stress disorder
    Richard A Bryant
    School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Clin Psychiatry 69:923-9. 2008
    ..This study addresses these limitations by conducting a large-scale and multisite study to evaluate the extent to which ASD predicts subsequent PTSD...
  98. ncbi Mild traumatic brain injury does not predict acute postconcussion syndrome
    S Meares
    Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
    J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 79:300-6. 2008
    ..Identifying acute PCS (within the first 14 days after injury) may optimise initial recovery and rehabilitation, identify those at risk and increase understanding of PCS...
  99. ncbi Interactions between BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and early life stress predict brain and arousal pathways to syndromal depression and anxiety
    J M Gatt
    The Brain Dynamics Centre, Westmead Millennium Institute and University of Sydney at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Mol Psychiatry 14:681-95. 2009
    ..Such findings may aid establishing an evidence base for more tailored intervention strategies...
  100. ncbi Posthypnotic amnesia for material learned before or during hypnosis: explicit and implicit memory effects
    A J Barnier
    University of New South Wales, Australia
    Int J Clin Exp Hypn 49:286-304. 2001
    ..These findings highlight the impact of methodological choices on theoretical interpretations of memory performance following a suggestion for PHA...
  101. ncbi An investigation of retrieval inhibition in acute stress disorder
    Michelle L Moulds
    University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
    J Trauma Stress 18:233-6. 2005
    ..Severity of acute posttraumatic stress response was associated with retrieval impairments. The cumulative findings suggest that ASD is associated with impoverished memory for trauma-related and positive material...