Traumatic stress, dissociation and neuroendocrine dysregulation

Research Area:

  Addictions     Anxiety Disorders    Mood Disorders     Genomics  

  Eating Disorders    Psychophysiology    Neurodegenerative disorders                                    

 Cognitive Neuroscience    Schizophrenia    Traumatic stress   Social Psychiatry

Doctoral project name:

Traumatic stress, dissociation and neuroendocrine dysregulation

Supervisor:

 Petr Bob, PhD.

Short project description:

The project aims to investigate complex  relationship between traumatic stress exposure, autonomic dysregulation and endocrine dysregulation, mainly in stress responsive hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis. The methodology is based on psychometric assessment of stress exposure level and dissociative psychopathology, psychophysiological mesurement (EDA, HRV) and endocrine analysis in a group of depressed pacients.

Project goals:

The project tends to identify specific role of dissociation processes in etiopathogenesis of stress exposure consequences in affective disorders.

 Project Milestones, Timing:

2005-2008 data collection

2008 data analysis

2008-2009 publication of results