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Author Briere, John.

Title Psychological assessment of adult posttraumatic states : phenomenology, diagnosis, and measurement / John Briere
Edition 2nd ed
Published Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 281 pages)
Contents Trauma types and characteristics -- Symptoms, syndromes, and disorders -- Critical issues in trauma-relevant assessment -- Assessment of traumatic events -- Diagnostic interviews -- General objective and projective measures -- Trauma-specific objective measures -- Putting it all together: assessment of pretrauma functioning, traumatic events, moderating influences, and posttraumatic states -- Conclusions
Summary "The first edition of this book was written in response to the proliferation of research on psychological trauma, along with the growing need for scientifically based evaluation of posttraumatic disturbance and its assessment. The second edition updates and expands on this endeavor. It reviews in detail a number of new trauma-relevant tests that have become available since the last edition and discusses a variety of critical issues associated with trauma-relevant DSM-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 2000) diagnoses. Also included in this second edition is information on additional forms of trauma (e.g., mass violence against noncombatants, including the terrorist attacks of September 2001; life-threatening illness and medical procedures; stalking; and sex trafficking), as well as added material on acute stress responses, complicated grief reactions, adjustment disorders, posttraumatic depression, panic disorder, trauma-related psychosis, "culture-bound" stress responses, peritraumatic dissociation and other dissociative responses, and complex posttraumatic syndromes. In addition, this edition includes a brief analysis of "assault syndromes" (e.g., rape trauma syndrome and battered woman syndrome) as they relate to trauma assessment in forensic contexts. This book devotes considerable attention to different forms of trauma exposure and describes in detail the full range of potential posttraumatic responses. In addition, the reference section is relatively extensive. Although children also experience a variety of difficulties in response to major stressors, this book is limited to adult posttraumatic responses--Intro. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-270) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Diagnosis
Stress (Psychology) -- Testing.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- diagnosis
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Diagnosis
Stress (Psychology) -- Testing
Posttraumatische stressstoornis.
Psychodiagnostiek.
Volwassenen.
Transtorno do stress pós-traumático.
Avaliação psicológica.
Form Electronic book
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