A review of explanatory approaches for the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder

Authors

  • Gernot Brauchle

Keywords:

Posttraumatic stress disorder, PTSD, dual representation theory, development, maintenance

Abstract

The article provides an overview of the key empirical explanatory approaches for development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dissociative approaches, biological models and learning theory, network theory, models of cognitive schemata and cognitive models will be presented. All these models have consistently contributed to understand the dynamic aspects of the development and maintenance of posttraumatic stress reactions.

Author Biography

Gernot Brauchle

Institutsvorstand des Instituts für Angewandte Psychologie / UMIT - Private Universität für Gesundheitswissenschaften, Medizinische Informatik und Technik, Hall in Tirol, Österreich. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Prävention, Entstehung, Chronifizierung und Bewältigung von PTBS

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Published

2011-01-01

How to Cite

Brauchle, Gernot. 2011. “A Review of Explanatory Approaches for the Development and Maintenance of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”. Journal für Psychologie 19 (3). https://journal-fuer-psychologie.de/article/view/86.

Issue

Vol. 19 No. 3 (2011): Psychologische und therapeutische Arbeit mit Menschen zwischen Krise und Trauma

Section

Schwerpunkt

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