Abstract
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a kind of serious mental disorder that occurs after severe traumatic events. It is characterized by severe emotional and memory damage. This paper reviews the relevant research literature on PTSD at home and abroad in recent years, and reviews the mechanism of cognitive impairment in mental trauma to reveal the functional mechanism of cognitive impairment in post-traumatic stress disorder, in order to provide reference for future research.
Highlights
In recent years, with the frequent occurrence of natural and man-made disasters, a series of malignant events have caused great loss of life and property, and posed a major threat to people’s physical and mental health
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a kind of serious mental disorder that occurs after severe traumatic events
This paper reviews the relevant research literature on PTSD at home and abroad in recent years, and reviews the mechanism of cognitive impairment in mental trauma to reveal the functional mechanism of cognitive impairment in post-traumatic stress disorder, in order to provide reference for future research
Summary
With the frequent occurrence of natural and man-made disasters, a series of malignant events have caused great loss of life and property, and posed a major threat to people’s physical and mental health. A survey on the incidence of dementia in a large number of veterans in the United States showed that the risk of dementia in veterans with PTSD was about twice than in veterans without PTSD [2] [3] [4]. It is not clear whether there are common risk factors for PTSD and dementia, or whether PTSD itself is an independent risk factor for dementia.
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