Post-traumatic stress disorder

Person-centered instead of theory-centered, this resource provides a basic context for understanding how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects people and those around them. Compassionate, firsthand knowledge of the different ways in which PTSD manifests itself are described throughout the 12...

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Corporate Authors: Wiley InterScience Online service
Group Author: Stein, Dan J; Friedman, Matthew J; Blanco, Carlos, 1962
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Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: World Psychiatric Association Evidence and experience in psychiatry series
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Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781119998471
Summary: Person-centered instead of theory-centered, this resource provides a basic context for understanding how post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects people and those around them. Compassionate, firsthand knowledge of the different ways in which PTSD manifests itself are described throughout the 12 case studies examined in this guide. Bringing this mental health issue to light for sufferers, families, and friends, these stories illuminate the confusion that often surrounds the behaviors and reactions associated with PTSD and can increase understanding, patience, and awareness.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (127 p.)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781119998471 (electronic bk.)
1119998476 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: RC552
CLC: R749.05
Contents: PTSD and Related Disorders / Matthew J Friedman -- Commentaries / Chris R Brewin, Elie G Karam, Alexander C McFarlane -- Epidemiology of PTSD / Carlos Blanco -- Commentaries / Abdulrahman M El-Sayed, Sandro Galea, Helen Herrman, Marianne Kastrup -- Neurobiology of PTSD / Arieh Y Shalev, Asaf Gilboa, Ann M Rasmusson -- Commentaries / Brian H Harvey, Eric Vermetten -- Pharmacotherapy of PTSD / Dan J Stein, Jonathan C Ipser -- Commentaries / Marcelo F Mello, Michael Van Ameringen, Beth Patterson, Murray B Stein -- Psychological Interventions for Trauma Exposure and PTSD / Richard A Bryant -- Co