Inescapable shock, neurotransmitters, and addiction to trauma: Toward a psychobiology of post traumatic stress
van der Kolk B, Greenberg M, Boyd H, Krystal J. Inescapable shock, neurotransmitters, and addiction to trauma: Toward a psychobiology of post traumatic stress. Biological Psychiatry 1985, 20: 314-325. PMID: 2858226, DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(85)90061-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPost-traumatic stressStress-induced analgesiaTraumatic stressInescapable shockChronic post-traumatic stressCatecholamine depletionMassive psychic traumaEndogenous opioid releasePhysiological hyperreactivityTraumatized individualsPsychic traumaBehavioral sequelaeOpioid withdrawalPsychodynamic conceptsEndogenous opioidsPsychosocial meaningOpioid releaseMental disordersTraumaPhysiological componentsReexposureHuman equivalentAnalgesiaHyperreactivityAnimals