Evolution and posttraumatic stress
Subtitle: disorders of vigilance and defence
By: Chris Cantor.
Publisher: Brunner-Routledge; Routledge
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Hove, East Sussex; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder; Evolutionary psychology; Evolution; Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic; Behavior, Animal; Genetics, Behavioral; Psychology, Comparative
Description: "This book is the first to examine PTSD from an evolutionary perspective. Beginning with a review of conventional theories, Chris Cantor provides a clear and succinct overview of the history, clinical features and epidemiology of PTSD before going on to introduce and integrate evolutionary theory." "This original presentation of PTSD as a defensive strategy describes how the use of evolutionary theory provides a more coherent and successful model for diagnosis and treatment, greatly improving understanding of usually mystifying symptoms. It will be of great interest to psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, sociologists and anthropologists."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A brief history of PTSD; title: A clinical perspective of PTSD; title: Conventional theories of PTSD; title: The evolution of human defensive behaviours; title: Defence in overdrive: evolution, PTSD and parsimony; title: Perspectives and possibilities: vigilance, avoidance and attentive immobility vigilance; title: He who fights and runs away: withdrawal, aggessive defence and numbing withdrawal; title: The paradox of appeasement; title: A last resort: tonic immobility; title: Agonic switching, preparedness and psychobiological response patterns; title: PTSD in other species?