ABSTRACT
Across the millennia, the human brain has evolved to function as an integrated whole, with mind and body acting in concert, constantly adapting to a wide range of ecological challenges. The complex physiological mechanisms that have developed to accommodate this enormous flexibility are generically known as the human stress response. In the last several decades, the study of traumatic stress – capturing the most extreme mobilisation of the stress response – has garnered a significant body of knowledge and research.
