Wednesday, February 28, 1990

Conflict Between Current Knowledge About Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and its Original Conceptual Basis.

David Baldwin's Trauma Information, Articles:
Yehuda & McFarlane (1995)

Conflict Between Current Knowledge About Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and its Original Conceptual Basis.

Originally appeared in American Journal of Psychiatry, 1995, 152(12), 1705-1713.

Rachel Yehuda and Sandy McFarlane explore historical and social forces that have influenced our conception of trauma as a cause of PTSD, and they discuss current research findings with respect to these original conceptions. They conclude that we in the field must address contradictions between recent research and our previous conceptions of the PTSD disorder. Review article with 123 references. "
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