Special Issue Article
Bianca Andreica Sandica and
Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder develops in response to a traumatic experience and is characterized by features of re-experiencing the traumatic event, avoidance behaviors, numbing of responsivity, hyperarousal, and alterations in cognition. Given that the majority of people exposed to traumatic events do not experience PTSD, what are the risk factors involved in the development of this pathology? The present article contains some answers, but more research is needed for an enhanced understanding of the processes underlying stress-related disorders such as PTSD.