Overview: Comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).Covers epidemiological findings, neurobiology and neurophysiology, and brain imaging findings.Details .Post-traumatic stress disorder is a psychiatric illness that can occur in anyone who has experienced a life-threatening or violent event. The trauma can be due to war, terrorism, torture, natural disasters, violence, or rape. In PTSD the brain areas that are likely to be affected are the hippocampus (memory), amygdala (fear association), the prefrontal cortex (cognitive processing), and
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