Wiley Concise Guides to Mental Health: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The new, quick reference for understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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 illustrationsA practical approach that emphasizes real–life treatment over theoryResources 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.

Spis treści:
Series Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
SECTION ONE: THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL FOUNDATIONS FOR WORKING WITH POSTTRAUMAIC STRESS DISORDER.
Chapter 1. Introduction to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 2. Theories of Stress and Coping.
Chapter 3. The Biopsychosocial Effe cts of Traumatic Stress.
Chapter 4. Exposure to Trauma and Risk for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 5. Cognitive and Behavioral Theories and Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 6. Biological Theories and Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 7. Psychodynamic, Psychosocial, Alternative, and Integrated Theories and Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 8. Other Trauma–Related Disorders and Complications.
Chapter 9. Cross–Cultural Issues and International Perspectives.
SECTION TWO: EVALUATING, ASSESSING, AND TREATING POSTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
Chapter 10. Clinical Evaluation and Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 11. Introduction and Overview of Treatment.
Chapter 12. Cognitive and Behavioral Treatments.
Chapter 13. Psychodynamic Treatments.
Chapter 14. Pharmacological Treatments.
Chapter 15. Integrated and Other Treatment Approaches.
Chapter 16. Crisis Intervention, Debriefing, and Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 17. Specific Therapies for Specific Traumas and Adjunctive Treatments.
SECTION THREE: SPEICAL SECTIONS.
Chapter 18. Future  research Directions and the Cutting Edge.
Chapter 19. Professional Issues: Ethics, Risk Management, and Self–Care.
Chapter 20. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children, Adolescents, and Families.
Chapter 21. War, Terrorism, Torture, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.
Chapter 22. Resilience, Recovery, and Hope.
SECTION FOUR: APPENDIXES.
Appendix A: Professional Resources.
Appendix B: Patient Resources.
Index.

Nota biograficzna:
Adam Cash, PSYD, is a psychologist in private practice in Pomona, California. He is an adjunct professor at Chapman University.
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 awardR 11;winning, twelve–volume Handbook of Psychology, also from Wiley.

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The new, quick reference for understanding Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
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 illustrationsA practical approach that emphasizes real–life treatment over theoryResources 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.