Fear and avoidance study in PTSD and healthy volunteers
Part of Mental health clinical trials.
This study looks at how people with current PTSD—or people without PTSD—respond to fear and avoiding things they might find threatening. It may help researchers understand these patterns and how they differ after trauma.
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Who can take part
- Be age 18 to 70
- Have a current diagnosis of PTSD (or be a healthy person for the control group)
- If you are a control group member: have no current mental health diagnoses and no past trauma exposure (healthy control) or have past trauma exposure but no current mental health diagnoses (trauma-exposed control)
- Be able and willing to sign informed consent
- Avoid factors that can interfere with brain testing (no seizure history or significant head injury; no metal implants or MRI-incompatible devices)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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