Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

This volume is a collection of original chapters by a group of authors at the leading UK research and treatment centre on PTSD dealing with the diagnosis and context of PTSD, psychological mechanisms and behaviour, and strategies for therapy and prevention. Drawing on ten years intensive experience with adults and children presenting with PTSD and other disorders following a series of disasters, Yule emphasises the cognitive behavioural approach to PTSD and integrates important perspectives from social psychology, experimental cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and developmental psychology. Cross-cultural issues and issues in planning emergency responses to disasters are discussed. The controversy surrounding various short term and crisis interventions is critically presented.

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in Adults (W. Yule, et al.). Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents (W. Yule, et al.). Attributional Processes, Coping and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders (S. Joseph). Social Support and Mental Health Following Trauma (S. Joseph). Personality and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (R. Williams). Cultural Aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (P. de Silva). Psychobiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (H. Hagh-Shenas, et al.). Intrusive Thinking in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (P. de Silva & M. Marks). The Use of Information-Processing Paradigms to Investigate Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of the Evidence (S. Thrasher & T. Dalgleish). Cognitive Theories of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (T. Dalgleish). Debriefing and Crisis Intervention (R. Canterbury & W. Yule). Behavioural and Cognitive Behavioural Interventions in the Treatment of PTSD (D. Richards & K. Lovell). Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (P. Smith & W. Yule). Planning a Psychosocial Response to a Disaster (R. Canterbury & W. Yule). Conclusions: An Integrative Psychosocial Model of PTSD (R. Williams & S. Joseph). Index.