Course: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the Global Context

The word ‘resilience’ is surrounded by multiple pathways to resilience, such as positive adaptation, perception, appraisal and coping, individual, familial and community resilience, and multiple pathways and mechanisms. This activity …

Dr Tiago Zortea is a clinical psychologist and has recently obtained a PhD in Psychological Medicine at the University of Glasgow within the Suicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory. He is a …

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is the part of the nervous system which is responsible for regulating many aspects of the body, including digestion, respiration, and temperature. The ANS is …

Stress represents the body’s natural reaction to a change or a threat that requires an adjustment or a response. While stress is a normal part of life in some contexts, …

Given the multitude of factors potentially involved in post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), it seems useful to consider PTSD risk and recovery through a biopsychosocial lens. Although the biopsychosocial framework is …

The belief that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is simply ‘caused’ by a traumatic stressor is challenged by a large body of research highlighting a multitude of risk and protective factors …

It has been well-documented that the exposure to war-related trauma puts individuals at an extremely high risk of developing mental disorders. Afghanistan has experienced nearly 30 years of armed conflict, …