Stress Hormones and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Basic Studies and Clinical Perspectives

Stress Hormones and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Basic Studies and Clinical Perspectives
ISBN-10
0080556477
ISBN-13
9780080556475
Category
Science
Pages
338
Language
English
Published
2007-12-18
Publisher
Elsevier
Authors
Eric Vermetten, E. Ronald de Kloet, Melly S. Oitzl

Description

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) arises from the experience of severe stressors and trauma. The disorder is characterized by recurrent recall of intrusive memories to the event, nightmares with insomnia, emotional numbing, hyperarousal, which are all long-lasting and relatively resistant to therapy. The focus of this book is on the question of how stress hormones are involved in PTSD. Recent evidence suggests that a dysregulation in stress hormones promotes the precipitation of PTSD and that correction of these hormones may ameliorate the disorder. This book combines state-of-the-art basic research on stress hormones from gene to behaviour with clinical research demonstrating the progress in understanding via imaging techniques, genetics, vulnerable phenotypes and co-morbidity with other disorders and physical illness.

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