Assessment issues involving the families of trauma victims

✍ Scribed by Edward M. Carroll; Brooke J. Cannon; David W. Foy; Gail Zwier

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 974 KB
• Volume: 4
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0894-9867
• DOI: 10.1002/jts.2490040105

✦ Synopsis

Ihis paper reviews the empirical literature on the clinically signijicant problem found within fam'lies containing a member with post-traumatic stress disorder. Recomndutwns are made regarding specific instruments that can be use@ for evaluating marital and familial adjustment. Asessment issues concerning the need to weigh historical relationship factors vis-6-vis the influences of a traumatized family member are discussed A "multiple-gating" model is presellted for assessing different aspects of family dysjimction, and suggestions for firtlae research and clinical directions are offered ~