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O impacto do estresse pós-traumático pode ser observado nas alterações da cognição, do humor e do padrão do sono. Estes prejuízos ocorrem em graus variáveis que dependem das condições pré-clínicas da saúde física e mental do indivíduo. O objetivo do…

The session will: explain four different meanings of the word “dissociation" and clarify which ones are relevant to the psychobiology of dissociation; review the structural model of dissociation and how it unifies the dissociative disorders and PTSD;…

This book, written by contributors from the Institute of Psychiatry in London, represents the fruits of ten years of working with survivors of accidents and disasters. It contains a coherent approach to the psychology underpinning their stress…

Aside from marked advances in the treatment of PTSD in the last few years, the other major field of discovery has been in the area of neurobiology. Probes into stress hormone changes, as well as neuro-imaging, have provided us with new clues about…

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the short-term effectiveness of eye movement desensitization (EMD) in reducing negative affect associated with traumatic memory in PTSD patients. In addition to evaluating the general efficacy of the EMD…

Participants will have basic knowledge about 1) the variety of psychophysiological responses to trauma; 2) current status of our knowledge about how the shutting off of the trauma response is mediated on hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, and the…

Whereas most patients with PTSD construct a narrative of their trauma over time, it is a characteristic of PTSD that sensory elements of the trauma itself continue to intrude as flashbacks and nightmares, altered states of consciousness in which the…