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Translating the psychobiology of post‐traumatic stress disorder into clinically useful analogy
Author(s) -
Scott Michael J.,
Stradling Stephen G.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
british journal of medical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.102
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 2044-8341
pISSN - 0007-1129
DOI - 10.1348/000711201160957
Subject(s) - behavioral neuroscience , analogy , psychology , traumatic stress , psychotherapist , alliance , psychoanalysis , clinical psychology , psychiatry , epistemology , philosophy , political science , law
Psychological theorizing about post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has developed considerably since early behavioural formulations (Brewin, Dalgleish, & Joseph, 1996; Mowrer, 1960) and there have been parallel developments in biological understanding (Yehuda, 1998). However clinical practice has not been affected by the new psychobiology. It is suggested that it is possible to translate this new understanding into a clinically useful analogy that will help circumvent the difficulties of forming a therapeutic alliance with trauma victims which have been reported (Pitman et al. , 1991; Scott & Stradling, 1997).