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Author Bremner, J. Douglas, 1961-

Title Does stress damage the brain? : understanding trauma-related disorders from a mind-body perspective / J. Douglas Bremner.

Publication Info. New York : W.W. Norton, [2002]
©2002

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  616.8521 B836D    Check Shelf
Description xii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index.
Contents PART I. MIND AND RAIN FROM A TRAUMA-CENTRIC PERSPECTIVE -- Lasting effects of stress on mind and brain -- Working mind: what it does and why -- Evolving concepts for the biology of stress -- Effects of stress on memory and the brain -- PART II. THE WIDENING INFLUENCE OF TRAUMA IN THE WORLD TODAY -- Scope and breadth of traumatic stress in society today -- Brief history of the classification of stress-induced psychiatric illness -- PTSD and other stress-related psychiatric disorders as diseases of the brain caused by stress -- Treatments for PTSD and other stress-related disorders may act through the brain -- Whole-body approach to understanding traumatic stress.
Subject Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Traumatism.
Stress (Psychology)
Stress (Physiology)
Neuropsychiatry.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
Psychophysiology.
ISBN 0393703452
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