Disasters cause swee** damage, hardship, and loss of life. In this article, we first consider
the dominant psychological approach to disasters and its narrow focus on psychopathology …

Responses to highly aversive or potentially traumatic events are typically defined in terms of
binary outcomes, most commonly the presence or absence of post-traumatic stress disorder …

Given the rapid proliferation of trajectory-based approaches to study clinical consequences
to stress and potentially traumatic events (PTEs), there is a need to evaluate emerging …

Decades of research have consistently shown that the most common outcome following
potential trauma is a stable trajectory of healthy functioning, or resilience. However, attempts …

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in 5–10% of the population and is twice as
common in women as in men. Although trauma exposure is the precipitating event for PTSD …

Questions of how altered functioning of the hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis
contribute to the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) …

Psychological distress is a major contributor to human physiology and pathophysiology, and
it has been linked to several conditions, such as auto-immune diseases, metabolic …

Psychological resilience can be defined as individual's ability to withstand and adapt to
adverse and traumatic events. Resilience is traditionally assessed by subjective reports, a …

Over the life course, we are invariably faced with some form of adversity. The process of
positively adapting to adverse events is known as 'resilience'. Despite the acknowledgement …

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a heterogeneous disorder that affects individuals
exposed to trauma (eg, combat, interpersonal violence, and natural disasters). Although its …