Standardized mirror confrontation: Body-related emotions cognitions and level of dissociation in patients with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder after childhood sexual abuse

摘要

BackgroundA criterion for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is the avoidance of trauma-associated stimuli that trigger emotional suffering. First studies on body image of patients with PTSD after childhood sexual abuse (CSA) support the hypothesis that awareness of the own body triggers emotional suffering.