{"product_id":"traumatic-relationships-and-serious-mental-disorders-isbn-9780471485544","title":"Traumatic Relationships and Serious Mental Disorders","description":"Mental, physical, or sexual abuse in close personal relationships commonly results in trauma that is very different from the trauma of accidents, illness, or war. Making creative use of attachment theory to explicate the multifaceted outcomes of trauma, this book provides a powerful conceptual framework and a concise, masterly review of a huge knowledge base. Encyclopedic in scope and scholarly in its up-to-the-minute survey of research findings.  List of Tables and Figures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e About the Author.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Foreword--Peter Fonagy.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Preface.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e DEVELOPMENTAL FOUNDATIONS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A Developmental Approach to Trauma.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Trauma in Attachment Relationships.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Attachment, Relationships, and Reenactment.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The Traumatized Self.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TRAUMA-RELATED DISORDERS.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e PTSD and Traumatic Memories.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Trauma as Chronic Physical Illness.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dissociative Detachment and Compartmentalization.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Substance Abuse, Eating Disorders, and Self-Harm.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Post-Traumatic Depression.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Post-Traumatic Personality Disorders.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e TREATMENT AND LONG-TERM MANAGEMENT.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Containing Trauma.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Narrating Trauma.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Psychoeducational Approaches.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Therapists At Risk.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e References.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Index.  well-researched and insightful book..overwhelmed by the powerful conceptual framework...comprehensive and concise review of a huge knowledge base contained in this book\" (Profbook.com 21.8.2001)  \u003cp\u003e\"Allen should receive particular praise...some very interesting material\" (Mental Health Today, October 2001)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...clear structure, being well written, and adopting the simple but effective use of subheadings and italics for emphasis...this excellent book is not only worth buying but also worth reading...\" (British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 10 December 2001)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"...This book is well written and easy to use....\" (Addiction Today, January 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"His approach to diagnostics, treatment and management is extremely well organized for any seeking clinician.\" (Metapsychology Reviews Online, July 2002)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is an interesting book which raises some important issues…\" (European Eating Disorders Review, March\/April 2003)\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJon Allen\u003c\/strong\u003e, The Menninger Clinic, Kansas, USA.   \"This excellent book achieves rare success in synthesising academic scholarship and sound clinical principles in understanding and treating disorders relating to trauma. Allen's conceptual clarity and masterful use of narrative, makes coherent those disorders characterised by incoherence. Equally clinician and teacher, he shows how containment and care, self-regulation and support can mend the wounds inflicted by attachment trauma.\" \u003cbr\u003e  Antonia Bifulco, Ph.D., Royal Holloway, University of London, UK \u003cbr\u003e  \"There are but a handful of books that could ever make the claim that they have the potential to change your life ... Allen's book is a genuine 'tour de force' ... the model that Allen constructs in this book is quite simply the most satisfactory integration of findings concerning interpersonal trauma which anyone has yet achieved. His review is comprehensive and extremely valuable in that respect alone, but it is also original. Help may take a number of forms, but in all the forms that psycho-social intervention might take, the understanding of underlying psychological processes is the 'sine qua non' of adequate therapeutic help. Reading this book, you will come to appreciate the truth of this statement as well as making a giant step toward understanding the experience of the individuals who have turned to you for assistance.\" \u003cbr\u003e  From the Foreword by Peter Fonagy, University College London and The Anna Freud Centre, London, UK \u003cbr\u003e  \"In this superb new book, Jon Allen makes creative use of attachment theory to explicate the multifaceted outcomes of trauma. Encyclopedic in scope and scholarly in its up-to-the-minute survey of research findings, this book will be equally useful as a test for the classroom or as a reference book for the experienced clinician. Students and clinicians alike are indebted to Allen for tghis landmark contribution.\" \u003cbr\u003e  Glen Gabbard, M.D., The Menninger Clinic, USA \u003cbr\u003e  \"Jon Allen has organize a wealth of scientific information and clinical wisdom about the impact of trauma on a wide range of pychiatric disorders. This comprehensive book impressively integrates not only the psychological and biological impact of trauma, but also essential features of practical trauma treatment. 'Traumatic Relationships and Serious Mental Disorders' is an outstanding contribution and important resource for all mental health professionals.\" \u003cbr\u003e  Marlene Steinberg, M.D., Associate Professor in Psychiatry \u003cbr\u003e  University of Massachusetts Medical School. Author of \u003cbr\u003e  The Stranger in the Mirror, Dissociation - The Hidden Epidemic  Mental, physical, or sexual abuse in close personal relationships commonly results in trauma that is very different from the trauma os accidents, illness, or war. Little is more intellectually challenging, emotionally demanding, and difficult than therapeutic work with survivors of such traumatic personal relationships and those close to them. \u003cbr\u003e  This book provides psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, and counsellors with a powerful conceptual framework and a concise, masterly review of a huge knowledge base that will support and guide treatment and prevention programmes for these serious problems. This volume:  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003esynthesises extensive clinical experience with a comprehensive review of the clinical and research literature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003epresents a unique developmental perspective informed by attachment theory, while integrating key aspects of evolutionary, neurobiological, cognitive behavioural, interpersonal, and psychodynamic concepts\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eexplains not only how trauma creates extreme distress in the patient, particularly as manifested in PTSD, but also how it undermines the individual's ability to cope with such distress\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003edelineates the significant contribution of trauma to other serious disorders, including dissociative disturbances, depression, drug abuse, eating disorders, self-harm, and personality disorders\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e The key elements of successful interventions are the engagement and motivation of the patient. This book provides therapists with the framework, knoledge base, and practical guidelines for educating patients and those close to them about the nature of traauma, its consequences, and treaatment. The author presents in detail his own \"tried and tested\" education-based interventions. This book will be an immensely valuable resource for practitioners and academics working ina ll therapeutic traditions. \u003cbr\u003e  \"This excellent book achieves rare success in synthesising academic scholarship and sound clinical principles in understanding and treating disorders relating to trauma. Allen's conceptual clarity and masterful use of narratrive, makes coherent those disorders characterised by incoherence. Equally clinician and teacher, he shows how containment and care, self-regulation and support can mend the wounds inflicted by attachment trauma.\" \u003cbr\u003e  Antonia Bifulco, Ph.D. \u003cbr\u003e  Royal Holloway, University of London, UK","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990410805477,"sku":"NP9780471485544","price":144.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780471485544.jpg?v=1761787720","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/traumatic-relationships-and-serious-mental-disorders-isbn-9780471485544","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}