PTSD: Etiology
What will be an ideal response?
Cognitive / learning
May represent classically conditioned fear response
Develop irrational associations with stimuli
Interpret as current threat
Expectation
Social
Social support / positive coping strategies protective
Lack of consistent social support may lead to symptoms
Physiological
Higher neurological arousal increases the probability of conditioning
Prolonged stress leads to neurochemical changes which leads to new symptoms ... or enhances existing symptoms
Neuroimaging findings
Conditioning: medial prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate, hippocampus
Vulnerability: amygdala
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