{"id":11474,"date":"2018-11-28T15:44:14","date_gmt":"2018-11-28T06:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/?p=11474"},"modified":"2021-04-26T14:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T05:42:10","slug":"biological-etiology-of-ptsd-abnormalities-in-the-brain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themantic-education.com\/ibpsych\/2018\/11\/28\/biological-etiology-of-ptsd-abnormalities-in-the-brain\/","title":{"rendered":"Biological Etiology of PTSD: Abnormalities in the brain"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Download all the teaching materials you need for a great PTSD unit.<\/p><\/div>\n

After teaching my unit on PTSD (Chapter 4), I found that my students developed a really good understanding of how PTSD is not explainable by a single etiology, but rather it is the product of multiple-interacting factors. While this is great, it does mean that when the question asks about “one” specific etiology, they found it difficult to address this question adequately. To rectify this, I have found some basic studies that make it very easy to show how specific etiologies are linked to PTSD.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Etiology – Brain abnormalities<\/h2>\n

Numerous studies have shown that the following brain abnormalities have all been associated with a higher chance of developing PTSD:<\/p>\n