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Battlefield Psychologists Investigate Stress in Combat and After: (SCIENCE DAILY)
July 22, 2010
In a new study in the American Journal of Psychiatry, Prof. Yair Bar Haim of TAU's Department of Psychology reports that people confronted with acute stress -- daily rocket attacks -- tend to dissociate from threats instead of becoming more vigilant. This research overturns accepted convention and may lead to better understanding of the mechanisms underlying acute stress reactions, he says. [click here to view] (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100719112006.htm)
