Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Resource Type

Book

Description

"Risk Factors for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder assembles almost 20 experts to examine the latest research on this topic. Specifically, it covers: Several important demographic and environmental risk factors for the development of PTSD Genetic risk factors identified through twin studies Neurbiological risk factors of PTSD and findings from several family studies Psychophysiological expressions of risk factors as well as neurocognitive risk factors for PTSD Personality characteristics in individuals with a propensity to develop PTSD and risk factors for the acute biological and psychological response to trauma"--(www.appi.org)

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

0880488166

Author

Rachel Yehuda Ph.D.

Publication

1999 American Psychiatric Publishing

Availability

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• American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc - American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (APPI) is the world's premier publisher of books, journals, and multimedia on psychiatry, mental health and behavioral science. We offer authoritative, up-to-date and affordable information geared toward psychiatrists, other mental health professionals, psychiatric residents, medical students and the general public.
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