Comprehensive overview of the current state of knowledge of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Covers epidemiological findings, neurobiology and neurophysiology, and brain imaging findings

Details both pharmacological and psychological.treatment strategies

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Amygdala and Fear.- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Definition, Prevalence, and Risk Factors.- The Amygdala and the Neural Pathways of Fear.- Physiology of the Amygdala: Implications for PTSD.- Counteracting Molecular Pathways Regulating the Reduction of Fear: Implications for the Treatment of Anxiety Diseases.- Memory in PTSD:A Neurocognitive Approach.- Animal Models of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- Toward Animal Models of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- PTSD: From Neurons to Networks.- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Arousal.- Arousal Neurons in the Brain.- Hyperarousal and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Role for the Hypocretin System.- The Locus Coeruleus-Noradrenergic System and Stress: Implications for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- Effect of Stress on Sleep and Its Relationship to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- Stress hormones in post-traumatic stress disorder.- Stress Hormones and PTSD.- Low Basal Cortisol and Startle Responding as Possible Biomarkers of PTSD: The Influence of Internalizing and Externalizing Comorbidity.- Brain Imaging in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- Functional Neuroimaging in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- The Amygdala in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- Treatment Strategies.- Pharmacologic Treatment of PTSD.- Guided Imagery as a Therapeutic Tool in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.- Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Combat-Related PTSD.