Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (Biographies of Disease)
• Devotes particular attention to timely issues, such as PTSD caused by bullying, combat, and sexual abuse• Emphasizes post-traumatic strengths and ways survivors of PTSD can turn stress to their benefit• Examines a panorama of treatments for PTSD, ranging from existential psychotherapy to the drug MDMA, and evaluates outcomes• Provides a model for PTSD that explains why some people are traumatized by a given type of event and others are not• A chronology of the history and origination of PTSD related to war and combat exposure• Case studies and examples that provide a view of PTSD from the inside out, rather than the outside in"What sets this book apart are the numerous case examples that facilitate personal connection with concepts. . . . A first-rate overview of current treatments . . . this book is wonderfully distinctive in that it discusses the positive side of PTSD, i.e., 'post-traumatic strengths.' Highly recommended."-Choice"What could be more timely and more potentially useful for the consumer of books on mental health topics than a brief and well-written volume that describes the essential characteristics, causes, and crucial psychological processes of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)? . . . I would recommend this book to anyone who wants an easy-to-read, comprehensive source that summarizes the current clinical and empirical literature on PTSD."-PsycCRITIQUES