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.

Inhalt
I. Theoretical and Conceptual Foundations of Traumatic Stress Syndromes.- II. Assessment, Methodology, and Research Strategies.- III. War Trauma and Civil Violence.- IV. Trauma Related to Disasters of Natural and Human Origin.- V. The Impact of Trauma on Children and Adolescents.- VI. Trauma Related to Torture, Detention, and Internment.- VII. Intervention, Clinical Treatment, and Psychotherapy: Approaches to Recovery and Treatment.- VIII. Organization, Social Policy Issues, and Critical Stress Incident Debriefing in Response to Victims of Trauma.