| Description |
xii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Pt. I. Mind and Brain from a Trauma-Centric Perspective -- 1. The Lasting Effects of Stress on Mind and Brain -- 2. The Working Mind: What It Does and Why -- 3. Evolving Concepts for the Biology of Stress -- 4. Effects of Stress on Memory and the Brain -- Pt. II. The Widening Influence of Trauma in the World Today -- 5. The Scope and Breadth of Traumatic Stress In Society Today -- 6. A Brief History of the Classification of Stress-Induced Psychiatric Illness -- 7. PTSD and Other Stress-Related Psychiatric Disorders as Diseases of the Brain Caused by Stress -- 8. Treatments for PTSD and Other Stress-Related Disorders May Act Through the Brain -- 9. The Whole-Body Approach to Understanding Traumatic Stress |
| Summary |
"Why is it that we can remember exactly where we were when John Kennedy was shot, or when the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded, or on September 11, 2001? Does what we see, hear, feel, and in other ways experience, especially during times of stress, result in permanent changes to our brains? Is this one of the reasons stressful events become seared in our memories? These provocative questions, and many others, are answered here by J. Douglas Bremner, a leading scientist whose discoveries, and that of his colleagues, showed that extreme stress may result in lasting damage to the brain, especially a part of the brain involved in memory." "Readers will join Bremner as he recounts the harrowing stories of people under stress - from WWI soldiers to Vietnam combat veterans to survivors of the September 11 terrorist attacks - and gathers evidence for his intriguing proposition that stress actually damages the brain. As this book will explain, scientists now believe that stress-related brain damage may cause certai |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-299) and index |
| Subject |
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Traumatism.
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Stress (Psychology)
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Stress (Physiology)
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Neuropsychiatry.
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| ISBN |
0393704742 paperback |
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