Dissociative states induced by relaxation training in a PTSD combat veteran: Failure to identify trigger mechanisms

✍ Scribed by Stephen G. Fitzgerald; Edgardo Gonzalez

• Book ID: 102447783
• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 264 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490070111

✦ Synopsis

PTSD is often treated with anxiety management techniques, including relaxation training. A case report is presented which describes a PTSD combat veteran who experienced dissociative states induced by relaxation training. Hypnotherapy subsequently identified traumatic memories which were recalled during relaxation training but trigering mechankms for the recall of these traumatic memories were not identified.