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Psychoneuroendocrinology of post-traumatic stress disorder

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Abstract

In 1980, the diagnosis of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was established to describe the long-lasting symptoms that can occur following exposure to extremely stressful life events. This article reviews the findings of neuroendocrinologic alterations in PTSD and summarizes the finding of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA), catecholamine, hypothalamic- pituitary-thyroid (HPT) and hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal (HPG) systems. These are the neuroendocrine systems that have been studied in PTSD. Also included is a review of the basic facts about PTSD and biologic data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)359-379
Number of pages21
JournalPsychiatric Clinics of North America
Volume21
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1998
Externally publishedYes

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