COMPLETE Intro Psychology Course - ALL TOPICS - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD (Intro Psych Tutorial #216)

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www.psychexamreview.com In this video I briefly describe the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, the people most often affected by it, and research on potential risk factors for the development of PTSD, including hippocampal volume. Like these videos? Consider supporting Psych Exam Review on Patreon: www.patreon.com/PsychExamReview Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel to see future videos! Have questions or topics you’d like to see covered in a future video? Let me know by commenting or sending me an email! Need more explanation? Get volume 1 of my Master Introductory Psychology series here: http://amzn.to/2ENc44U (Amazon affiliate link) Gilbertson et al (2002) - Smaller hippocampal volume predicts pathologic vulnerability to psychological trauma: http://www.spl.harvard.edu/archive/spl-pre2007/pages/papers/martha/Hipp_Vulnerability.pdf Bremner et al (1995) MRI-Based measurement of hippocampal volume in patients with combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3233767/