| Description |
vii, 372 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Pt. 1. Trauma, effects, and assessment -- What is trauma? -- The effects of trauma -- Assessing trauma and posttraumatic outcomes -- Pt. 2. Clinical interventions -- Central issues in trauma treatment -- Psychoeducation -- Distress reduction and affect regulation training -- Cognitive interventions -- Emotional processing -- Increasing identity and relational functioning -- Mindfulness in trauma treatment -- Treating the effects of acute trauma -- Psychobiology and psychopharmacology of trauma -- Conclusions |
| Summary |
This book offers a creative synthesis of cognitive-behavioral, relational, affect regulation, mindfulness, and psychophamacologic approaches to the real-world treatment of acute and chronic post-traumatic states. Using an integrated approach to trauma treatment, rather than limiting the material to a single therapeautic model, the authors explore comprehensive, multi-modal methodologies to simple and complex trauma presentations |
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This is a book on modern treatment of psychological trauma that is both comprehensive in scope yet highly practical in application. It is written for the average trauma clinician (or clinician new to the field who is confronted with a trauma client) to use in his or her daily work. @! easy-to-read writing style @! translating complex medical and neurological concepts for therapists and practitioners @! comprehensive pharmacology update @! coverage of all stages of symptoms, evaluation and treatment |
| Notes |
This book published in 2012 with a copyright date of 2013 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-362) and index |
| Subject |
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment.
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Psychic trauma.
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Psychic trauma -- Treatment.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- therapy.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- diagnosis.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- psychology.
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| Author |
Scott, Catherine, 1968- author
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| LC no. |
2012017337 |
| ISBN |
9781412981439 (paperback) |
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