Traumatic Stress : The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society

Featuring contributions from the worlds's leading experts, this integrated work summarizes the current state of our knowledge about the ways people deal with extreme stress, and the ways in which professionals can help them recover. This Book Should Be Of Value To All Mental Health Professionals, Researchers, And Students Interested In Traumatic Stress, As Well As Legal Professionals Dealing With Ptsd-related Issues. The Black Hole Of Trauma / Bessel A. Van Der Kolk, Alexander C. Mcfarlane -- Trauma And Its Challenge To Society / Alexander C. Mcfarlane, Bessel A. Van Der Kolk -- History Of Trauma In Psychiatry / Bessel A. Van Der Kolk, Lars Weisaeth, Onno Van Der Hart -- Stress Versus Traumatic Stress : From Acute Homeostatic Reactions To Chronic Psychopathology / Arieh Y. Shalev -- Acute Posttraumatic Reactions In Soldiers And Civilians / Zahava Solomon, Nathaniel Laor [i.e. Laror], Alexander C. Mcfarlane -- The Classification Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Elizabeth A. Brett -- The Nature Of Traumatic Stressors And The Epidemiology Of Posttraumatic Reactions / Alexander C. Mcfarlane, Giovanni De Girolamo -- Resilience, Vulnerability, And The Course Of Posttraumatic Reactions / Alexander C. Mcfarlane, Rachel Yehuda -- The Complexity Of Adaptation To Trauma : Self-regulation, Stimulus Discrimination, And Characterological Development / Bessel A. Van Der Kolk -- The Body Keeps The Score : Approaches To The Psychobiology Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Bessel A. Van Der Kolk -- Assessment Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder In Clinical And Research Settings / Elana Newman, Danny G. Kaloupek, Terence M. Keane -- Trauma And Memory / Bessel A. Van Der Kolk -- Dissociation And Information Processing In Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Bessel Van Der Kolk, Onno Van Der Hart, Charles R. Marmar -- Traumatic Stress In Childhood And Adolescence : Recent Developments And Current Controversies / Robert S. Pynoos, Alan M. Steinberg, Armen Goenjian -- Prior Traumatization And The Process Of Aging : Theory And Clinical Implications / Petra G.h. Aarts, Wybrand Op Den Velde -- Legal Issues In Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Roger K. Pitman ... [et Al.] -- Trauma In Cultural Perspective / Marten W. Devries -- A General Approach To Treatment Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Bessel A. Van Der Kolk, Alexander C. Mcfarlane, Onno Van Der Hart -- Prevention Of Posttraumatic Stress : Consultation, Training, And Early Treatment / Robert J. Ursano, Thomas A. Grieger, James E. Mccarroll -- Acute Preventive Interventions / Beverley Raphael ... [et Al.] -- Acute Treatments / Gordon J. Turnbull, Alexander C. Mcfarlane -- Cognitive-behavioral Therapy For Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Edna B. Foa -- The Psychopharmacological Treatment Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Jonathan R.t. Davidson, Bessel A. Van Der Kolk --psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder : The Nature Of The Therapeutic Relationship / Jacob D. Lindy -- The Therapeutic Environment And New Explorations In The Treatment Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder / Stuart W. Turner, Alexander C. Mcfarlane, Bessel A. Van Der Kolk -- Conclusions And Future Directions / Alexander C. Mcfarlane, Bessel A. Van Der Kolk. Edited By Bessel A. Van Der Kolk, Alexander C. Mcfarlane, Lars Weisaeth. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 22 I. Background Issues and History......Page 26 1. The Black Hole of Trauma......Page 27 2. Trauma and Its Challenge to Society......Page 48 3. History of Trauma in Psychiatry......Page 71 II. Acute Reactions......Page 99 4. Stress versus Traumatic Stress: From Acute Homeostatic Reactions to Chronic Psychopathology......Page 100 5. Acute Posttraumatic Reactions in Soldiers and Civilians......Page 125 III. Adaptations to Trauma......Page 138 6. The Classification of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 139 7. The Nature of Traumatic Stressors and the Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Reactions......Page 151 8. Resilience, Vulnerability, and the Course of Posttraumatic Reactions......Page 177 9. The Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma: Self-Regulation, Stimulus Discrimination, and Characterological Development......Page 204 10. The Body Keeps the Score: Approaches to the Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 236 11. Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Clinical and Research Settings......Page 264 IV. Memory: Mechanisms and Processes......Page 298 12. Trauma and Memory......Page 299 13. Dissociation and Information Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 323 V. Developmental, Social, and Cultural Issues......Page 348 14. Traumatic Stress in Childhood and Adolescence: Recent Developments and Current Controversies......Page 349 15. Prior Traumatization and the Process of Aging: Theory and Clinical Implications......Page 377 16. Legal Issues in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 396 17. Trauma in Cultural Perspective......Page 416 VI. Treatment......Page 432 18. A General Approach to Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 433 19. Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress: Constatation, Training, and Early Treatment......Page 457 20. Acute Preventive Interventions......Page 479 21. Acute Treatments......Page 496 22. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 507 23. The Psychopharmacological Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 526 24. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Nature of the Therapeutic Relationship......Page 541 25. The Therapeutic Environment and New Explorations in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder......Page 553 Conclusions and Future Directions......Page 575 Index......Page 592 "Now in paperback, this bestselling classic presents seminal theory and research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Together, the leading editors and contributors comprehensively examine how trauma affects an individual's biology, conceptions of the world, and psychological functioning. Key topics include why certain people cope successfully with traumatic experiences while others do not, the neurobiological processes underlying PTSD symptomatology, enduring questions surrounding traumatic memories and dissociation, and the core components of effective interventions. A highly influential work that laid the foundation for many of the field's continuing advances, this volume remains an immensely informative and thought-provoking clinical reference and text. A new preface to the paperback edition situates the book within the context of contemporary research developments."--Jacket. This bestselling classic presents seminal theory and research on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Together, the leading editors and contributors comprehensively examine how trauma affects an individual's biology, conceptions of the world, and psychological functioning. Key topics include why certain people cope successfully with traumatic experiences while others do not, the neurobiological processes underlying PTSD symptomatology, enduring questions surrounding traumatic memories and dissociation, and the core components of effective interventions. A highly influential work that laid the foundation for many of the field's continuing advances, this volume remains an immensely informative and thought-provoking clinical reference and text. The preface to the 2007 paperback edition situates the book within the context of contemporary research developments.