Safety Needs Mediate Stressful Events Induced Mental Disorders
“Safety first,” we say these words almost every day, but we all take this for granted for what Maslow proposed in his famous theory of Hierarchy of Needs: safety needs come second to physiological needs. Here we propose that safety needs come before physiological needs. Safety needs are personal sec...
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| description | “Safety first,” we say these words almost every day, but we all take this for granted for what Maslow proposed in his famous theory of Hierarchy of Needs: safety needs come second to physiological needs. Here we propose that safety needs come before physiological needs. Safety needs are personal security, financial security, and health and well-being, which are more fundamental than physiological needs. Safety worrying is the major reason for mental disorders, such as anxiety, phobia, depression, and PTSD. The neural basis for safety is amygdala, LC/NE system, and corticotrophin-releasing hormone system, which can be regarded as a “safety circuitry,” whose major behavior function is “fight or flight” and “fear and anger” emotions. This is similar to the Appraisal theory for emotions: fear is due to the primary appraisal, which is related to safety of individual, while anger is due to secondary appraisal, which is related to coping with the unsafe situations. If coping is good, the individual will be happy; if coping failed, the individual will be sad or depressed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5e3238910a0a47a490f3a18ec8d9ad9f2025-08-20T02:06:03ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432016-01-01201610.1155/2016/80580938058093Safety Needs Mediate Stressful Events Induced Mental DisordersZheng Zheng0Simeng Gu1Yu Lei2Shanshan Lu3Wei Wang4Yang Li5Fushun Wang6School of Psychology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, ChinaNanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, ChinaSchool of Psychology, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210023, China“Safety first,” we say these words almost every day, but we all take this for granted for what Maslow proposed in his famous theory of Hierarchy of Needs: safety needs come second to physiological needs. Here we propose that safety needs come before physiological needs. Safety needs are personal security, financial security, and health and well-being, which are more fundamental than physiological needs. Safety worrying is the major reason for mental disorders, such as anxiety, phobia, depression, and PTSD. The neural basis for safety is amygdala, LC/NE system, and corticotrophin-releasing hormone system, which can be regarded as a “safety circuitry,” whose major behavior function is “fight or flight” and “fear and anger” emotions. This is similar to the Appraisal theory for emotions: fear is due to the primary appraisal, which is related to safety of individual, while anger is due to secondary appraisal, which is related to coping with the unsafe situations. If coping is good, the individual will be happy; if coping failed, the individual will be sad or depressed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8058093 |
| spellingShingle | Zheng Zheng Simeng Gu Yu Lei Shanshan Lu Wei Wang Yang Li Fushun Wang Safety Needs Mediate Stressful Events Induced Mental Disorders Neural Plasticity |
| title | Safety Needs Mediate Stressful Events Induced Mental Disorders |
| title_full | Safety Needs Mediate Stressful Events Induced Mental Disorders |
| title_fullStr | Safety Needs Mediate Stressful Events Induced Mental Disorders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Safety Needs Mediate Stressful Events Induced Mental Disorders |
| title_short | Safety Needs Mediate Stressful Events Induced Mental Disorders |
| title_sort | safety needs mediate stressful events induced mental disorders |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8058093 |
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