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Biological responses to disasters.

A Y Shalev1

  • 1Department of Psychiatry, Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel. ashalev@cc.huji.ac.il

The Psychiatric Quarterly
|August 10, 2000
PubMed
Summary

Extreme events can cause long-term health issues beyond immediate stress. Factors like learning, social behavior, and brain processes influence these effects, potentially leading to lasting changes after trauma.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Environmental Health

Background:

  • Pathogenic effects of extreme events are often linked solely to stress biology.
  • A broader understanding is needed to include other biological and psychological dimensions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend the classical view of extreme event impact beyond immediate stress.
  • To incorporate learning, social interaction, and brain processes in understanding pathogenic effects.

Main Methods:

  • Review of existing literature on stress, learning, and neurobiology.
  • Analysis of mechanisms triggering initial and long-term responses to aversive events.
  • Examination of brain plasticity following traumatic events.

Main Results:

  • Extreme events involve complex biological dimensions beyond stress, including learning and social factors.
  • Mechanisms of stress and aversive learning initiate responses, while separation and loss shape long-term outcomes.
  • Traumatic events induce a critical period of heightened brain plasticity, risking irreversible neuronal changes.

Conclusions:

  • The pathogenic impact of extreme events is multifaceted, involving stress, learning, and social dimensions.
  • Understanding these complex interactions is crucial for addressing long-term consequences of trauma.
  • Increased brain plasticity post-trauma highlights the potential for lasting neurological alterations in stress disorders.

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