Beschreibung:
This book is concerned with the extent to which childhood stress and trauma lead in relative maturity to major depression (MDD) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The loss of synapses in the cortex, accompanying childhood maltreatment, is identified as a principal mechanism for developing these disorders. Considerable attention is given to identifying interventions that will restore lost synapses, so ameliorating these mental illnesses.
Chapter 1 Vignettes of an Australian childhood.- Chapter 2 Emergence of abnormal psychology following different forms of abuse and neglect.- Chapter 3 Emergence of specific psychopathologies following abuse and neglect.- Chapter 4 Emergence of an abnormal personality.- Chapter 5 The Kraepelin model.- Chapter 6 Kohut and Freud models.- Chapter 7 Hierarchical taxonomy models.- Chapter 8 Brain structures involved in major depressive disorder.- Chapter 9 Synapse pathology in brain structures affected in depression.- Chapter 10 Do molecular interventions (ketamine) re-establish synapses in affected brain structures?.