BookUlrich Schnyder, Marylène Cloitre, editors.
Summary: The second, completely updated edition of this book offers an evidence based guide for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and other clinicians working with trauma survivors in various settings. It provides easily digestible, up-to-date information on the basic principles of traumatic stress research and practice, including psychological and sociological theories as well as epidemiological, psychopathological, and neurobiological findings. However, as therapists are primarily interested in how to best treat their traumatized patients, the core focus of the book is on evidence based psychological treatments for trauma-related mental disorders. The full range of trauma and stress related disorders is covered, including Acute Stress Reaction, Complex PTSD and Prolonged Grief Disorder, reflecting important anticipated developments in diagnostic classification. Each of the treatment chapters begins with a short summary of the theoretical underpinnings of the approach, presents a case illustrating the treatment protocol, addresses special challenges typically encountered in implementing this treatment, and ends with an overview of related outcomes and other research findings. Additional chapters are devoted to the treatment of comorbidities, special populations and special treatment modalities and to pharmacological treatments for trauma-related disorders. A novel addition is the chapter on Innovative interventions to increase global mental health. The book concludes by addressing the fundamental question of how to treat whom, and when--Pulisher's description.
Contents:
Introduction
Traumatic Stress : The Basic Principles. Trauma as a public health issue : epidemiology of trauma and trauma-related disorders
Psychological and sociological theories of PTSD
An integrative view on the biopsychology of stress and posttraumatic stress disorder
Understanding pathways from traumatic exposure to physical health
Stress and Trauma Related Disorders. The diagnostic spectrum of trauma-related disorders
Psychotherapy. Early intervention after trauma
Prolonged exposure therapy
Cognitive therapy for PTSD : updating memories and meanings of trauma
Cognitive processing therapy
EMDR therapy for trauma-related disorders
Narrative exposure therapy (NET) : reorganizing memories of traumatic stress, fear and violence
Brief eclectic psychotherapy for PTSD
STAIR narrative therapy
Prolonged grief disorder therapy (PGDT)
Innovative interventions to increase global mental health
Treating Comorbidities. Trauma and addiction : a clinician's guide to treatment
Treating PTSD and borderline personality disorder
The complexity of chronic pain in traumatized people : diagnostic and therapeutic challenges
Treating Special Populations. Evidence-based treatments for children and adolescents
Treating PTSD symptoms in older adults
Treatment of traumatized refugees and immigrants
Considerations in the treatment of veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder
Special Treatment Modalities. Group treatment for trauma-related psychological disorders
Couple treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder
Telemental health approaches for trauma survivors
Pharmacotherapy. Pharmacological treatment for trauma-reated psychological disorders
Conclusions. Next steps : building a science for improving outcomes.