Effects of Nicotine on Emotional Reactivity in PTSD and Non-PTSD Smokers: Results of a Pilot fMRI Study
Table 1
Participant demographicsab.
Sub.
Age
Sex
FTND
Cigs/day
Yrs smoked
BDI
PTSD(CAPS)
Psychiatric history
Trauma event
Drug dep. hx
P-1
27
F
5
10
9
1
Yes
MDD, OCD, Adjustment disorder
Witness to assault
Alcohol
P-2
41
F
3
20
25
11
Yes
None
Death of daughter
None
P-3
28
F
8
50
11
24
Yes
Agoraphobia, specific phobia (heights), MDD
Children removed by social services
None
P-4
31
F
6
15
15
9
Yes
MDD
Child sexual abuse
C-1
68
F
5
60
49
2
No
MDD
Death of husband
Alcohol
C-2
27
M
4
15
8
0
No
None
Hurricane
None
C-3
28
F
3
13
12
1
No
None
None
None
C-4
43
F
10
39
31
10
No
Subthreshold OCD
Death of friend
None
aPTSD group subjects are denoted as de-identified subject numbers P-1 through P-4.
bControl group subjects are denoted as de-identified subject numbers C-1 through C-4.
