Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Scientific and Professional Dimensions
Mitarbeit:Ford, Julian D.; Grasso, Damion J.; Elhai, Jon D.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This comprehensive overview of research and clinical practice in PTSD includes new insights into assessment with regard to DSM-5 and ICD-11, discussion of ongoing controversies in the field as to what constitutes safe and effective care, and new research as to assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of PTSD. The second edition includes new coverage of the neurobiology of PTSD, PTSD in special populations, and forensic issues relating to PTSD.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Academic Press
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: C2013-0-19408-1
• 2nd. ed.
• Erscheinungstermin: August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 31mm x 152mm x 229mm
• Gewicht: 1030g
• ISBN-13: 9780128012888
• ISBN-10: 0128012889
• Artikelnr.: 42768016

Autorenporträt

Julian D. Ford ist außerordentlicher Professor für Psychiatrie an der University of Connecticut School of Medicine . Er hat das Behandlungsmodell Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET) für die Behandlung traumatischer Belastungsstörungen bei Erwachsenen, Jugendlichen und Kindern entwickelt.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Understanding Psychological Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

2. The Impact of Psychological Trauma

3. Etiology of PTSD: What Causes PTSD?

4. Epidemiology of PTSD

5. Neurobiology of Traumatic Stress Disorders and Their Impact on Physical Health

6. Assessment of Psychological Trauma and Traumatic Stress Disorders

7. Treatment of Adults with PTSD

8. Treatment of Children and Adolescents with PTSD

9. Prevention of PTSD

10. Forensic Issues in the Traumatic Stress Field

11. Social, Cultural and other Diversity Issues in the Traumatic Stress Field

12. Careers and Ethical Issues in the Traumatic Stress Field