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A critical survey of hypotheses regarding post‐traumatic stress disorders in light of recent research findings
Author(s) -
Kolb Lawrence C.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490010303
Subject(s) - psychology , neuropsychology , phenomenology (philosophy) , clinical psychology , traumatic stress , psychiatry , cognition , epistemology , philosophy
This paper reviews briefly recent findings from psychobiological research upon Post‐traumatic Stress Disorders. A critical assay is provided of the various hypotheses advanced as the result of this research data. The author suggests neuropsychological theory provides the best explanation for understanding and classifying both the clinical phenomenology and the biological abnormalities discovered in the chronic forms of PTSD.