Timeo – ergo sum: Ein evolutionsbiologischer Blick auf Angststörungen

Angst ist eine überlebenswichtige Emotion. Im Folgenden geben wir einen Überblick über basale Defensivmechanismen und furchtbezogene Lernprozesse und zeigen, wie ein biologisch-evolutionäres Verständnis gesunder und pathologischer defensiver Reaktivität Betroffenen helfen kann, Angstsymptome zu begreifen und ein expositionsbasiertes Behandlungsrational abzuleiten.

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