Social support, oxytocin, and PTSD

Background: A lack of social support and recognition by the environment is one of the most consistent risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and PTSD patients will recover faster with proper social support. The oxytocin system has been proposed to underlie beneficial effects of socia...

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Main Authors: Miranda Olff, Saskia B. J. Koch, Laura Nawijn, Jessie L. Frijling, Mirjam Van Zuiden, Dick J. Veltman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-12-01
Series:European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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Online Access:http://www.ejpt.net/index.php/ejpt/article/download/26513/pdf_1