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The psychobiology of PTSD: Perspectives and reflections on the past, present, and future
Author(s) -
Kolb Lawrence C.
Publication year - 1993
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.2490060302
Subject(s) - behavioral neuroscience , psychopathology , psychology , neuropsychology , traumatic stress , psychotherapist , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition
This article reviews historic, clinical, therapeutic, and research work regarding psychopathological responses to massive emotional stress. From these emerge the suggestion that post‐traumatic stress disorder represents a physioneurosis. Psychophysiological and neuroendocrine investigations of the last decade are summarized, as well as the neuropsychological hypothesis the author has derived therefrom about the etiologic development of post‐traumatic stress disorders. Lines of future research are suggested.