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Intrusive Traumatic Reexperiencing: Pathognomonic of the Psychological Response to Traumatic Stress

Yair Bar-Haim, Ph.D. [email protected], Murray B. Stein, M.D., M.P.H., Richard A. Bryant, Ph.D., Paul D. Bliese, Ph.D., Ariel Ben Yehuda, M.D., Morten L. Kringelbach, Ph.D., Sonia Jain, Ph.D., Orrie Dan, Ph.D., Amit Lazarov, Ph.D., Ilan Wald, Ph.D., Ofir Levi, Ph.D., Yuval Neria, Ph.D., and Daniel S. Pine, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations
Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry
Volume 178, Number 2
https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ajp.2020.19121231
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Volume 178 • Number 2 • February 01, 2021
Pages: 119 - 122

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Accepted: 24 June 2020
Published online: 1 February 2021
Published in print: February 01, 2021

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Yair Bar-Haim, Ph.D. [email protected]
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Murray B. Stein, M.D., M.P.H.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Richard A. Bryant, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Paul D. Bliese, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Ariel Ben Yehuda, M.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Morten L. Kringelbach, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Sonia Jain, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Orrie Dan, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Amit Lazarov, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Ilan Wald, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Ofir Levi, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Yuval Neria, Ph.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Daniel S. Pine, M.D.
School of Psychological Sciences (Bar-Haim, Lazarov, Wald), Sagol School of Neuroscience (Bar-Haim), and School of Social Work (Levi), Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Department of Psychiatry (Stein) and Department of Family Medicine and Public Health (Stein, Jain), University of California, San Diego, La Jolla; School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia (Bryant); Department of Management, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina, Columbia (Bliese); Department of Mental Health, Medical Corps, Israel Defense Forces, Ramat Gan, Israel (Ben Yehuda); Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, U.K. (Kringelbach); Department of Psychology, Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Emek Yezreel, Israel (Dan); Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University Medical Center and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York (Neria); Section on Development and Affective Neuroscience, NIMH, Bethesda, Md. (Pine).
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Notes

Send correspondence to Dr. Bar-Haim ([email protected]).

Competing Interests

Dr. Stein has served as a consultant to Acadia, Actelion, Aptinyx, Bionomics, Epivario, GW Pharmaceuticals, Janssen, Jazz, Neurocrine, and Oxeia, and he owns stock in Oxeia. Dr. Pine is Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Psychiatry; the editors’ disclosures appear in the April 2020 issue of the Journal. The other authors report no financial relationships with commercial interests.

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