Psychotraumatology

This first-of-its-kind textbook integrates the history and concepts of trauma and disaster psychology. Designed for clinicians and students, Psychotraumatology offers a comprehensive resource covering the critical aspects of psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress. Contributors utilize a unique integrative two-factor model to tie together key elements of the field in a clinically useful manner.

The book contains black-and-white illustrations.

This first-of-its-kind textbook integrates the history and concepts of trauma and disaster psychology. Designed for clinicians and students, Psychotraumatology offers a comprehensive resource covering the critical aspects of psychological trauma and post-traumatic stress. Contributors utilize a unique integrative two-factor model to tie together key elements of the field in a clinically useful manner.

Abigail B. Sivan

This collection of papers, mostly new and some previously published in the Journal of Traumatic Stress, offers a comprehensive perspective on the topic of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and presents a useful overview of the 15 years of the clinical and research findings amassed since the inclusion of PTSD in DSM-III. Combining both seminal and well-seasoned research, the authors construct a two-factor formulation of PTSD that includes both psychological and physiological phenomena with the goal of improving therapy for persons diagnosed with PTSD. Graduate students in psychology, residents in psychiatry, and other professionals in related specialties will find this volume useful. The authors are active researchers and theoreticians. Technically, the book offers helpful tables and up-to-date references in those chapters that are not reprinted. The indexing is adequate, and the chapters flow nicely from diagnostic and conceptual issues to treatment concerns. The difference between single and multiple incident traumas is also considered. This book is an excellent text for graduate or postgraduate seminars. The topic is important and handled in a broad and encompassing manner. Particularly interesting are the chapters on neuropsychological and psychophysiological assessment, prevention of PTSD in high-risk occupational groups (Critical Incident Stress Debriefing), and treatment strategies, including a summary of Pierre Janet's formulations on the treatment of PTSD. This book should be in all libraries in which specialized periodicals such as the Journal of Traumatic Stress are not available.

Everly, George S., Jr. (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation); Lating, Jeffrey M. (Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore)

The contributors represent the specialties of psychiatry, psychology, and behavioral medicine. Most are from research institutions and academic medical centers in the U.S. and Australia. Institutions prominently represented include Dartmouth, Duke, Harvard, and Langley Porter Institute.