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More About This Title Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
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The Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder uses clear, highly accessible language to comprehensively guide the reader through posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and related issues. This concise, informative reference provides a complete overview of the history of the field, diagnosis, treatment, research, emerging trends, and other critical information about PTSD. Examining both theory and practice, the text offers a multifaceted look at the disorder, outlining biological, cognitive, psychosocial, psychodynamic, integrated, and other relevant approaches.
Like all the books in the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health Series, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder features a compact, easy-to-use format that includes:
- Vignettes and case illustrations
- A practical approach that emphasizes real-life treatment over theory
- Resources for specific readers such as clinicians, students, or patients
In addition to the fundamentals of treatment, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder covers some of today's most important and cutting-edge issues in the field, such as war and terrorism; PTSD in children, adolescents, and families; professional and ethical issues; and relevant positive psychological findings. This straightforward resource is admirably suited for a wide variety of readers including students and practicing mental health professionals, as well as first responders, military personnel, and other individuals that regularly deal with traumatic situations and their aftermath.
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Irving B. Weiner, PHD, is the Series Editor for the Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health. He is a prolific author and the editor of the award-winning, twelve-volume Handbook of Psychology, also from Wiley.
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Series Preface xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Introduction xix
Section One: Theoretical and Empirical Foundations for Working with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 3
CHAPTER 2 Theories of Stress and Coping 19
CHAPTER 3 The Biopsychosocial Effects of Traumatic Stress 35
CHAPTER 4 Exposure to Trauma and Risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 55
CHAPTER 5 Cognitive and Behavioral Theories and Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 69
CHAPTER 6 Biological Theories and Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 83
CHAPTER 7 Psychodynamic, Psychosocial, Alternative, and Integrated Theories and Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 103
CHAPTER 8 Other Trauma-Related Disorders and Complications 121
CHAPTER 9 Cross-Cultural Issues and International Perspectives 137
Section Two: Evaluating, Assessing, and Treating Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
CHAPTER 10 Clinical Evaluation and Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 161
CHAPTER 11 Introduction and Overview of Treatment 179
CHAPTER 12 Cognitive and Behavioral Treatments 197
CHAPTER 13 Psychodynamic Treatments 211
CHAPTER 14 Pharmacological Treatments 221
CHAPTER 15 Integrated and Other Treatment Approaches 233
CHAPTER 16 Crisis Intervention, Debriefing, and Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 245
CHAPTER 17 Specific Therapies for Specific Traumas and Adjunctive Treatments 257
Section Three: Special Sections
CHAPTER 18 Future Research Directions and the Cutting Edge 273
CHAPTER 19 Professional Issues: Ethics, Risk Management, and Self-Care 283
CHAPTER 20 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children, Adolescents, and Families 295
CHAPTER 21 War, Terrorism, Torture, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder 315
CHAPTER 22 Resilience, Recovery, and Hope 335
Section Four: Appendixes
APPENDIX A Professional Resources 351
APPENDIX B Patient Resources 355
Index 359
