Ebook: International Handbook of Traumatic Stress Syndromes

Over 100 researchers from 16 countries contribute to the first comprehensive handbook on post-traumatic stress disorder. Eight major sections present information on assessment, measurement, and research protocols for trauma related to war veterans, victims of torture, children, and the aged. Clinicians and researchers will find it an indispensible reference, touching on such disciplines and psychiatry, psychology, social work, counseling, sociology, neurophysiology, and political science.

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Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-9
From Hiroshima to the Nazi Doctors....Pages 11-23
Biological Response to Psychic Trauma....Pages 25-33
Multiple Personality Disorder and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 35-47
Stress-Response Syndromes....Pages 49-60
Psychoanalytic Contributions to a Theory of Traumatic Stress....Pages 61-68
Posttraumatic Stress Phenomena....Pages 69-77
Technological Hazards....Pages 79-91
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Experienced Anomalous Trauma....Pages 93-103
Theoretical and Intervention Considerations in Working with Victims of Disaster....Pages 105-117
Front Matter....Pages 119-124
Emergency/Disaster Studies....Pages 125-133
Identifying Survivors at Risk....Pages 135-144
Survey Research and Field Designs for the Study of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 145-155
A Prospective Study of Victims of Physical Trauma....Pages 157-164
New Perspectives in the Assessment and Diagnosis of Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 165-177
Structured Clinical Interview Techniques....Pages 179-187
Assessing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder with the Rorschach Projective Technique....Pages 189-200
Posttrauma Reactions Following a Multiple Shooting....Pages 201-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-217
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Dutch Resistance Veterans from World War II....Pages 219-230
Medical and Psychiatric Consequences of Being a Prisoner of War of the Japanese....Pages 231-239
Social Resources and the Mental Health of Aging Nazi Holocaust Survivors and Immigrants....Pages 241-252
Front Matter....Pages 213-217
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in World War II Prisoners of War from Alsace-Lorraine Who Survived Captivity in the USSR....Pages 253-261
War and Remembrance....Pages 263-274
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Vietnam Veterans....Pages 285-295
The Vietnam Prisoner of War Experience....Pages 297-303
Posttraumatic Stress Syndromes among British Veterans of the Falklands War....Pages 305-310
Posttraumatic Effects and Their Treatment among Southeast Asian Refugees....Pages 311-319
Immediate and Long-Term Effects of Traumatic Combat Stress among Israeli Veterans of the Lebanon War....Pages 321-332
Psychiatric Morbidity Due to War in Northern Sri Lanka....Pages 333-348
The Psychiatric Effects of War Stress on Afghanistan Society....Pages 349-364
Stress, Coping, and Political Violence in Northern Ireland....Pages 365-376
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Civil Violence in Northern Ireland....Pages 377-383
Effects of Postshooting Experiences on Police-Authorized Firearms Officers in the United Kingdom....Pages 385-394
Front Matter....Pages 395-404
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Natural Disasters and Technological Accidents....Pages 405-419
PTSD: Synthesis of Research and Clinical Studies....Pages 421-429
Chernobyl: Nuclear Threat as Disaster....Pages 431-439
The Buffalo Creek Disaster....Pages 441-449
The Kings Cross Fire....Pages 451-459
The Piper Alpha Oil Rig Disaster....Pages 461-470
The North Sea Oil Rig Disaster....Pages 471-478
Front Matter....Pages 479-485
Earthquakes and Traumatic Stress....Pages 395-404
Study of a Major Disaster in the People’s Republic of China....Pages 487-492
Traumatic Stress Reactions to Motor Vehicle Accidents....Pages 493-498
Treatment of Victims of Rape Trauma....Pages 499-506
AIDS....Pages 507-516
Front Matter....Pages 517-525
Issues in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress in Children and Adolescents....Pages 527-533
Father Kills Mother....Pages 535-549
Responses of Children and Adolescents to Disaster....Pages 551-559
Childhood Sexual and Physical Abuse....Pages 561-575
Father—Daughter Incest....Pages 577-592
Bitter Waters....Pages 593-600
Traumatic War Experiences and Their Effects on Children....Pages 601-624
Transgenerational Transmission of War-Related Trauma....Pages 625-633
Apartheid....Pages 635-643
Psychotherapy with Young Adult Political Refugees....Pages 645-650
Front Matter....Pages 651-657
Traumatic Stress and the Bruising of the Soul....Pages 659-665
The Psychosexual Trauma of Torture....Pages 667-684
Psychological Sequelae of Torture....Pages 685-702
Therapy with Families Who Have Experienced Torture....Pages 703-713
Hyperventilation as a Reaction to Torture....Pages 715-723
Front Matter....Pages 725-732
Disruption and Reconstitution of Family, Network, and Community Systems Following Torture, Organized Violence, and Exile....Pages 659-665
Torture of a Norwegian Ship’s Crew....Pages 733-741
Principles of Treatment and Service Development for Torture and Trauma Survivors....Pages 743-750
Medical Diagnosis and Treatment of Torture Survivors....Pages 751-762
Front Matter....Pages 763-766
Posttraumatic Therapy....Pages 767-771
Psychobiological and Pharmacological Approaches to Treatment....Pages 773-783
Neurophysiological Considerations in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 785-794
Focal Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 795-801
War-Related Trauma and Victimization....Pages 803-809
Posttraumatic Narcissism....Pages 811-820
Beyond the DSM-III-R....Pages 821-840
Posttraumatic Stress Recovery of Terrorist Survivors....Pages 841-854
A 12-Step Recovery Program for Victims of Traumatic Events....Pages 855-866
Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder among Vietnam Veterans....Pages 867-877
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Use of the Multigenerational Family Tree in Working with Survivors and Children of Survivors of the Nazi Holocaust....Pages 879-888
Front Matter....Pages 889-898
Traumatic Stress in Disaster Workers and Emergency Personnel....Pages 899-903
Vet Centers....Pages 905-914
Trauma in the Workplace....Pages 915-923
International Perspectives on the Treatment and Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 925-933
Mental Health Policy for Victims of Violence....Pages 935-946
Front Matter....Pages 947-956
Coping with Disaster....Pages 899-903
Temporary Organization for Crisis Intervention....Pages 957-964
Role of Voluntary Organizations in the United Kingdom for Disabled Veterans Suffering from War Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 965-974
Settlement Reconstruction and Psychological Recovery in Iran....Pages 975-978
Back Matter....Pages 979-988
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