Bonding after trauma: on the role of social support and the oxytocin system in traumatic stress

This paper outlines the state of affairs in psychobiological research on psychotrauma and PTSD with a focus on the role of the oxytocin system in traumatic stress. With a high prevalence of trauma and PTSD in the Netherlands, new preventive and therapeutic interventions are needed. The focus is on the role of social support and bonding in coming to grips with psychological trauma, about the oxytocin system as a basis for reducing the stress response and creating a feeling of bonding, about binding words to painful emotions in psychotherapy, and about the bonds between researchers and clinicians.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  European Journal of Psychotraumatology

• Publication date

  2012-04-27

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Psychology

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3402/ejpt.v3i0.18597PMID 22893838PMCID 3402118
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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