false 5630813 1 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder remains one of the most contentious and poorly understood psychiatric disorders.<i> Evolution and Posttraumatic Stress </i>provides a valuable new perspective on its nature and causes.<br>This book is the first to examine PTSD from an evolutionary perspective. Beginning with a review of conventional theories, Chris Cantor provides a clear and succinct overview of the history, clinical features and epidemiology of PTSD before going on to introduce and integrate evolutionary theory. Subjects discussed include:<br>· The evolution of human defensive behaviors<br>· A clinical perspective of PTSD<br>· Defense in overdrive: evolution, PTSD and parsimony<br>This original presentation of PTSD as a defensive strategy describes how the use of evolutionary theory provides a more coherent and successful model for diagnosis, greatly improving understanding of usually mystifying symptoms. It will be of great interest to psychiatrists, psychotherapists, psychologists, anthropologist. 5802220 8 8 2005 Evolution and Posttraumatic Stress: Disorders of Vigilance and Defence 0 0 1 0 0 0 false false Wed Sep 16 02:33:28 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 16 02:34:15 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5630813