Can horror movies induce PTSD-like syndrome?
Autor: | Alexandre Xavier Gomes de Araújo, Mariana Pires Luz, William Berger, Luiz Felipe Pagotto, Ivan Figueira, Mauro V. Mendlowicz |
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Jazyk: | English<br />Portuguese |
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Zdroj: | Revista Latinoamericana de Psicopatologia Fundamental, Vol 22, Iss 2, Pp 360-375 |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1984-0381 1415-4714 |
DOI: | 10.1590/1415-4714.2019v22n2p360.11 |
Popis: | We reported a case of a 10-year-old girl who developed a PTSD-like syndrome after watching a horror movie. After 6 years, the now 16-year-old patient still fulfilled the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD, except for the trauma itself. We reviewed the scientific literature for case reports of PTSD-like syndrome induced by horror movies and found 13 cases. In only two was the presence of the DSM criteria confirmed. Watching horror movies may thus trigger PTSD-like syndromes in vulnerable viewers |
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