Book Details

PTSD : Brain Mechanisms and Clinical Implications

Publication year: 2006

ISBN: 978-4-431-29567-9

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This book breaks new ground by offering neuroscientific insights into PTSD and their implications for diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. The recent explosion of biological investigation into this distressing and disabling condition has been led by this volume’s authors, who range from skilled basic scientists to experienced diagnosticians and therapists. Their contributions epitomize state-of-the-art, translational research in clinical neuroscience, and will prove to be an invaluable source of reference for practitioners and researchers in this field.


Subject: Biomedical and Life Sciences, brain, cortex, drug discovery, glucocorticoids, neuroimaging, neuroscience, pathophysiology, physiology, posttraumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorder, psychiatry, research, stress, trauma, women