Evolution and Posttraumatic Stress

<p>Posttraumatic Stress Disorder remains one of the most contentious and poorly understood psychiatric disorders. Evolution and Posttraumatic Stress provides a valuable new perspective on its nature and causes.</p><p>This book is the first to examine PTSD from an evolutionary perspective. Beginning with a review of conventional theories Chris Cantor provides a clear and succinct overview of the history clinical features and epidemiology of PTSD before going on to introduce and integrate evolutionary theory. Subjects discussed include:</p><p>The evolution of human defensive behaviours </p><p>A clinical perspective of PTSD </p><p>Defence in overdrive: evolution PTSD and parsimony </p><p>This original presentation of PTSD as a defensive strategy describes how the use of evolutionary theory provides a more coherent and successful model for diagnosis greatly improving understanding of usually mystifying symptoms. It will be of great interest to psychiatrists psychotherapists psychologists and anthropologists.</p>