Evolution and posttraumatic stress : disorders of vigilance and defence /
Cantor, Chris.
London : Routledge,
2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-216) and index.
A brief history of PTSD -- A clinical perspective of PTSD -- Conventional theories of PTSD -- The evolution of human defensive behaviours -- Defence in overdrive: evolution, PTSD and parsimony -- Perspectives and possibilities: vigilance, avoidance and attentive immobility -- He who fights and runs away: withdrawal, aggressive defence and numbing -- The paradox of appeasement -- A last resort: tonic immobility -- Agonic switching, preparedness and psychobiological response patterns -- PTSD in other species?
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Evolutionary psychology.