Coping with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Guide for Families

✍ Scribed by Cheryl A. Roberts

• Publisher: McFarland
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 233
• Series: Mcfarland Health Topics
• Edition: 2 Revised
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book is a user friendly discussion of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as it affects individuals and families. PTSD has become better known and more frequently diagnosed, and affects more than just military families. Causes, diagnosis and treatments, including counseling, medication, and alternative therapy, are discussed. The challenges faced by PTSD individuals and their families are addressed and recommendations are included. New to this edition is information regarding Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and the new policies and treatments in use as well as information about women war veterans, who are a newer demographic for combat PTSD.

✦ Table of Contents

Title
......Page 4
Copyright
......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Introduction......Page 20
1. What Is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder?......Page 26
2. How Is PTSD Diagnosed, and by Whom?......Page 48
3. Who Is at Risk for PTSD? Can PTSD be Prevented?......Page 56
4. Cross-Cultural Perspectives......Page 65
5. PTSD and the Individual......Page 79
6. PTSD and the Family......Page 91
7. Can PTSD Families Be Healthy Families?......Page 106
8. Treatment for PTSD: Counseling......Page 120
9. Treatment for PTSD: Medication......Page 147
10. Complementary Techniques for Treating PTSD......Page 162
11. Living with PTSD......Page 175
12. Trends in PTSD Research and Treatment......Page 182
Conclusion......Page 186
Appendix A......Page 192
Appendix B......Page 194
Appendix C......Page 196
Appendix D......Page 198
Appendix E......Page 200
Appendix F......Page 208
References......Page 216
Index......Page 226