Dysregulation of the Right Brain: A Fundamental Mechanism of Traumatic Attachment and the Psychopathogenesis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (David Baldwin's Trauma Information)
This review integrates recent advances in attachment theory, affective neuroscience, developmental stress research, and infant psychiatry in order to delineate the developmental precursors of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Learning and Memory in Combat Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (American Journal of Psychiatry)
The authors measured the intellectual functioning of 20 male combat veterans with PTSD.

Persisting Psychophysiological Effects of Traumatic Stress: The Memory of 'States' (Child Trauma Academy)
Many individuals who experience traumatic events develop a distinct set of physical signs and symptoms.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (National Health and Meditation Resource Pages)
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD, is a disorder which causes disabling anxiety after a dangerous event, such as being in combat or a traffic accident. Individuals with PTSD cannot stop thinking about the event. They may relive the experience over and over in flashbacks or nightmares. The high level of anxiety of PTSD can lead to associated problems like panic attacks, depression, alcoholism and substance abuse.

The Relationship Between Cognitive and Brain Changes in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (Douglas Bremner)
Preclinical studies show that stress is associated with changes in structure of the brain area that plays a critical role in memory.

Organizations and Services

National Center for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs)
Aims to advance the clinical care and social welfare of U.S. Veterans through research, education and training on PTSD and stress-related disorders.

National Institute of Mental Health (PTSD info)
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened.

Orchid Recovery Center (Where Women Heal)
Post-traumatic stress disorder is a mental illness that occurs as a result of experiencing a traumatic life event. Usually, this event is emotionally terrifying, physically harmful, or both. Some common examples of situations that may lead to PTSD are sexual assault or rape, war, natural disaster, witnessing or being involved in a tragic accident, child abuse, or being the victim of another type of violent crime.