Abstract
IntroductionThere are few clinical studies focusing on peritraumatic confrontation while it indirectly informs about the violence of the confrontation for a subject as about the risk for future psychopathologies. Preclinical data are available based on ethological knowledge focusing on behavioral defense response following traumatic confrontation. ObjectivesPreclinical knowledge on behavioral defense response may help for better understanding the human peritraumatic reaction. MethodsWe propose to describe the behavioral mechanisms of the defense reaction in animals to consider how they can account for human peritraumatic clinical expression and the evolutionary risk to post-traumatic stress disorder. DiscussionThese reflections are discussed according to the needs for future researches focusing on traumatic confrontation, behavioral defense response, and stress reaction. ConclusionExperimental, ethical and institutional propositions are described for peritraumatic emergency research.
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