Review: Chemtob, C., Roitblat, H. L., Hamada, R. S., Carbon, J. G., Twentyman, C. T. (1988) A cognitive action theory of post traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2, 253-275)

The authors of this paper attempt to integrate the existing models of PTSD from associative learning theory, psychodynamic theory, and information processing models of the brain. In the integration they elaborate on a "hierarchical network view of cognition" and specifically detail how it might account for PTSD symptoms.

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Sweet, A. (1991, August). Review: Chemtob, C., Roitblat, H. L., Hamada, R. S., Carbon, J. G., Twentyman, C. T. (1988) A cognitive action theory of post traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders (2, 253-275). EMDR Network Newsletter, 1(1), 3