DOES STRESS DAMAGE THE BRAIN?
Understanding Trauma-Related Disorders from a Mind-Body Perspective
J. Douglas Bremner
W.W. Norton, 2005
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
• Become familiar with the principles, current research and clinical information on post-traumatic stress discorder (PTSD)
• Explore different types of trauma
• Explore how types of trauma have more in common than differences
• Learn that trauma causes measurable damage to the hippocampus and that this damage is responsible for the spectrum of trauma-related psychiatric disorders
• Gain an understanding that trauma-related problems are essentially neurological disorders
• Explore the important implications this has on treating disorders such as anxiety and depression
• Learn how, in certain cases, thinking about the effects of stress on the brain may help therapists understand puzzling phenomena, such as delayed recall of childhood abuse
J. Douglas Bremner, M.D., is Director of the Emory Center for Positron Emission Tomography at Emory Universtiy Hospital and Director of Mental Health Research at the Atlanta Veterans Administration Medical Center.
10 CE credits; 313 pages
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