Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - causes, symptoms, treatment & pathology

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Explained

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in 5–10% of the population and is twice as common in women as in men. Although trauma exposure is the precipitating event for PTSD to develop, biological and psychosocial risk factors are increasingly viewed as predictors of symptom onset, severity and chronicity. PTSD affects multiple biological systems, such as brain circuitry and neurochemistry, and cellular, immune, endocrine and metabolic function. Treatment approaches involve a combination of medications and psychotherapy, with psychotherapy overall showing greatest efficacy. | Post-traumatic stress disorder. Nat Rev Dis Primers 1, 15058 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2015.58

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) occurs in 5–10% of the population and is twice as common in women as in men. Although trauma exposure is the precipitating event for PTSD to develop, biological and psychosocial risk factors are increasingly viewed as predictors of symptom onset, severity and chronicity. PTSD affects multiple biological systems, such as brain circuitry and neurochemistry, and cellular, immune, endocrine and metabolic function. Treatment approaches involve a combination of medications and psychotherapy, with psychotherapy overall showing greatest efficacy. | Post-traumatic stress disorder. Nat Rev Dis Primers 1, 15058 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrdp.2015.58