Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Clinician’s Guide

✍ Scribed by Kirtland C. Peterson, Maurice F. Prout, Robert A. Schwarz (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1991
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 262
• Series: The Springer Series on Stress and Coping
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For hundreds of years, the human response to personal and collective catastrophe has been recognized. Major historical events of the twen­ tieth century have highlighted the reality of the human response to extreme traumatization, especially the experience of persons exposed to the concentration camps of Nazi Germany, the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the unique features of the Vietnam conflict. However, it was not until1980, with the publication of the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-111), that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was fully recognized as a distinct and valid diagnostic category with a permanency not hitherto afforded post-trauma stress syndromes. Consequently, a formidable PTSD literature has emerged since the late 1970s. Included among the wealth of research and clinical papers are a variety of edited books containing contributions from the major authorities in the field (e.g., Figley, 1978, 1985; van der Kolk, 1984; Kelly, 1985; Sonnenberg, Blank, & Talbott, 1985; Milgram, 1986; Ochberg, 1988). However, to date no publication has brought together and integrated the variety of theoretical and therapeutic perspectives in a form readily accessible to clinicians. It is to this gap in the literature that this contribution is addressed.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
History....Pages 3-9
Primary Symptoms....Pages 11-34
Secondary Symptoms....Pages 35-42
Subtypes and Course of the Disorder....Pages 43-60
PTSD in Children....Pages 61-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Theoretical Perspectives....Pages 69-103
Front Matter....Pages 105-105
The Assessment Process....Pages 107-139
Front Matter....Pages 141-141
General Considerations....Pages 143-150
Dynamic Psychotherapy....Pages 151-158
Behavioral Treatment....Pages 159-169
Hypnotherapy and Narcosynthesis....Pages 171-181
Group Treatment....Pages 183-192
Family and Couples Therapy....Pages 193-203
Therapy of Children with PTSD....Pages 205-212
Psychopharmacological Treatment....Pages 213-216
Summary....Pages 217-221
Back Matter....Pages 223-260

✦ Subjects

Clinical Psychology; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy and Counseling