The classic fight-or-flight response to perceived threat is a reflexive nervous phenomenon
thai has obvious survival advantages in evolutionary terms. However, the systems that …

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

Objective The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a substantial stressor that could eventuate in
psychological distress. Evidence suggests that individuals previously exposed to traumatic …

John Briere and Catherine Scott′ s Principles of Trauma Therapy, Third Edition is both
comprehensive in scope and highly practical in application. This best selling text provides a …

A review of 2,647 studies of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) yielded 476 potential
candidates for a meta-analysis of predictors of PTSD or of its symptoms. From these, 68 …

Questions about the nature of normative and atypical development in adolescence have
taken on special significance in the last few years, as scientists have begun to recast old …

An update to the classic text that links neuroscience and human behavior in the context of
therapy. This groundbreaking book explores the recent revolution in psychotherapy that has …

This review examines the psychological impact of adult sexual assault through an ecological
theoretical perspective to understand how factors at multiple levels of the social ecology …

The notion that chronic stress fosters disease by activating the hypothalamic-pituitary-
adrenocortical (HPA) axis is featured prominently in many theories. The research linking …

Exposure to traumatic stress is associated with increased risk for posttraumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and alterations of hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenocortical (HPA) function …