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SUBMITTER: Norrholm SD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2938301 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Norrholm Seth D SD Jovanovic Tanja T
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment 20100907
According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is characterized by three major symptom clusters following an event that elicited fear, helplessness, or horror. This review will examine each symptom cluster of PTSD separately, giving case study examples of patients who exhibit a preponderance of a given symptom domain. We use a translational approach in describing the underlying neurobiology that is relevant to particular ...[more]