Evolution and posttraumatic stress disorders of vigilance and defence
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder remains one of the most contentious and poorly understood psychiatric disorders. Evolution and Posttraumatic Stress provides a valuable new perspective on its nature and causes.This book is the first to examine PTSD from an evolutionary perspective. Beginning with a rev...
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| Format: | eBook |
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London :
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2005.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798036506719 |
Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I Posttraumatic stress disorder; Chapter 1 A brief history of PTSD; Chapter 2 A clinical perspective of PTSD; Chapter 3 Conventional theories of PTSD; Part II Evolution and posttraumatic stress disorders; Chapter 4 The evolution of human defensive behaviours; Chapter 5 Defence in overdrive; Chapter 6 Perspectives and possibilities; Chapter 7 He who fights and runs away ...; Chapter 8 The paradox of appeasement; Chapter 9 A last resort
- Chapter 10 Agonic switching, preparedness and psychobiological response patternsEpilogue PTSD in other species?; Glossary; References; Index
