Book contents
- Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology
- Additional material
- Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- CME Information
- 1 Chemical Neurotransmission
- 2 Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action
- 3 Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action
- 4 Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin, and Glutamate
- 5 Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood, and Beyond: So-Called “Antipsychotics”
- 6 Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks Norepinephrine and γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
- 7 Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called “Antidepressants” and “Mood Stabilizers”
- 8 Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment
- 9 Chronic Pain and Its Treatment
- 10 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and Their Treatment: Neurotransmitter Networks for Histamine and Orexin
- 11 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Treatment
- 12 Dementia: Causes, Symptomatic Treatments, and the Neurotransmitter Network Acetylcholine
- 13 Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction
- Suggested Reading and Selected References
- Index
8 - Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 October 2021
- Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology
- Additional material
- Stahl’s Essential Psychopharmacology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface to the Fifth Edition
- CME Information
- 1 Chemical Neurotransmission
- 2 Transporters, Receptors, and Enzymes as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action
- 3 Ion Channels as Targets of Psychopharmacological Drug Action
- 4 Psychosis, Schizophrenia, and the Neurotransmitter Networks Dopamine, Serotonin, and Glutamate
- 5 Targeting Dopamine and Serotonin Receptors for Psychosis, Mood, and Beyond: So-Called “Antipsychotics”
- 6 Mood Disorders and the Neurotransmitter Networks Norepinephrine and γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA)
- 7 Treatments for Mood Disorders: So-Called “Antidepressants” and “Mood Stabilizers”
- 8 Anxiety, Trauma, and Treatment
- 9 Chronic Pain and Its Treatment
- 10 Disorders of Sleep and Wakefulness and Their Treatment: Neurotransmitter Networks for Histamine and Orexin
- 11 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Its Treatment
- 12 Dementia: Causes, Symptomatic Treatments, and the Neurotransmitter Network Acetylcholine
- 13 Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction
- Suggested Reading and Selected References
- Index
Summary
This chapter will provide a brief overview of anxiety disorders, traumatic disorders, and their symptoms and their treatments. Included here are descriptions of how the symptoms of anxiety disorders overlap with each other, and also with the symptoms of major depressive disorder and with the symptoms of trauma and stress-related disorders. Clinical descriptions and formal diagnostic criteria are mentioned here only in passing. The reader should consult standard reference sources for this material. The discussion here will emphasize how the functioning of various brain circuits and neurotransmitters – especially those centered on the amygdala – impact our understanding of the symptoms of fear, worry, and traumatic memories.
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- Stahl's Essential PsychopharmacologyNeuroscientific Basis and Practical Applications, pp. 359 - 378Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021