Contributions of Traumatic Stress Studies to the Neurobiology of Dissociation and Dissociative Disorders: Implications for Schizophrenia

Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation: Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 221-238

  Vermetten, Eric ^a   Lanius, Ruth ^b   Bremner, J Douglas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

'trauma spectrum disorders' and 'schizophrenia spectrum disorders'; Abnormal thought processes in dissociative disorders and schizophrenia; Dissociative response to stress; GABA(A) receptor complex; Glutamate in PTSD and dissociation; HPA axis in dissociative disorders; Limbic System Checklist 33 (LSCL 33); Neurotransmitters in dissociation and psychosis; Serotonergic hallucinogens lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD); Traumatic stress studies to neurobiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872133264     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470699652.ch16     Document Type: Chapter

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