Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

This volume is a collection of original chapters by a group of authors at the leading UK research and treatment centre on PTSD dealing with the diagnosis and context of PTSD, psychological mechanisms and behaviour, and strategies for therapy and prevention. Drawing on ten years intensive experience with adults and children presenting with PTSD and other disorders following a series of disasters, Yule emphasises the cognitive behavioural approach to PTSD and integrates important perspectives from social psychology, experimental cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and developmental psychology. Cross-cultural issues and issues in planning emergency responses to disasters are discussed. The controversy surrounding various short term and crisis interventions is critically presented.Diese Sammlung von Originalarbeiten zum post-traumatischen Streßsyndrom stützt sich auf eine 10-jährige Erfahrung der Autoren mit Kindern und Erwachsenen. Diagnose, Kontext, psychologische Mechanismen und Verhaltensmerkmale werden ebenso erläutert wie Maßnahmen zu Behandlung und Vorbeugung. (11/98) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults (W. Yule, et al.).

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents (W. Yule, et al.).

Attributional Processes, Coping and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (S. Joseph).

Social Support and Mental Health Following Trauma (S. Joseph).

Personality and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (R. Williams).

Cultural Aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (P. de Silva).

Psychobiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (H. Hagh-Shenas, et al.).

Intrusive Thinking in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (P. de Silva & M. Marks).

The Use of Information-Processing Paradigms to Investigate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of the Evidence (S. Thrasher & T. Dalgleish).

Cognitive Theories of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (T. Dalgleish).

Debriefing and Crisis Intervention (R. Canterbury & W. Yule).

Behavioural and Cognitive Behavioural Interventions in the Treatment of PTSD (D. Richards & K. Lovell).

Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (P. Smith & W. Yule).

Planning a Psychosocial Response to a Disaster (R. Canterbury & W. Yule).

Conclusions: An Integrative Psychosocial Model of PTSD (R. Williams & S. Joseph).

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"... a comprehensive text... utilize both clinical material and empirical findings to provide an interesting and informative account of what is and what is not known about the nature and treatment of PTSD...." (Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, January 2001)

William Yule is the editor of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders: Concepts and Therapy, published by Wiley.

How can we best understand PTSD? Why do the majority of people who are exposed to traumatic stress fail to develop PTSD? Is PTSD best regarded as a failure or delay in the natural processes of protection and recovery? This book represents the fruits of ten years? experience of working with the survivors of accidents and disasters. The contributors have all worked at the world-famous University of London Institute of Psychiatry?s unit for the study and treatment of PTSD, and thus combine here to present a coherent account of PTSD and its treatment, based largely on a social learning and cognitive behavioural framework. Perspectives from cognitive psychology and information processing, social psychology, developmental psychology, and neuropsychology are brought together to enlighten our understanding of PTSD, individual reactions, and treatment approaches. Cross-cultural issues and issues of disaster planning and emergency response are also covered. Academics, researchers and professionals will find in this volume

• Contemporary models of PTSD based on the latest knowledge
• An authoritative, critical account of PTSD and treatment methods, based on scientific research and unparalleled clinical experience
• A coherent approach to PTSD in adults and children, with consideration of both individual aspects and social/community concerns

All psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists and planners with a special interest in or responsibility for dealing with PTSD will welcome this important and much-awaited volume.

From the Foreword by Professor S. Rachman, Vancouver:
"an extremely informative and stimulating book that covers the field. How much progress has been accomplished in the past decade? The best and quickest answer is to read this volume."