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Includes bibliographical references and index

I. BACKGROUND ISSUES AND HISTORY 1. The Black Hole of Trauma, van der Kolk & McFarlane. 2. Trauma and Its Challenge to Society, McFarlane & van der Kolk. 3. History of Trauma in Psychiatry, van der Kolk, Weisaeth, & van der Hart. II. ACUTE REACTIONS 4. Stress versus Traumatic Stress: From Acute Homeostatic Reactions to Chronic Psychopathology, Shalev. 5. Acute Posttraumatic Reactions in Soldiers and Civilians, Solomon, Laror, & McFarlane. III. DEFINING AND DIAGNOSING POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER 6. The Classification of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Brett. 7. The Nature of Traumatic Stressors and the Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Reaction, McFarlane & Girolamo. 8. Resilience, Vulnerability and the Course of Posttraumatic Reactions, McFarlane. 9. The Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma: Self-regulation, Stimulus Discrimination, and Characterological Development, van der Kolk. 10. The Body Keeps the Score: Approaches to the Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, van der Kolk. 11. Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Clinical and Research Settings, Newman, Kaloupek, & Feane. IV. MEMORY: MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES 12. Trauma and Memory, van der Kolk. 13. Dissociation and Information Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, van der Kolk, van der Hart, & Marmar. V. DEVELOPMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL ISSUES 14. Traumatic Stress in Childhood and Adolescence, Recent Developments and Current Controversies, Pynoos, Steinberg, & Goenjian. 15. Prior Traumatization and the Process of Aging: Theory and Clinical Implications. 16. Legal Issues in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Pitman, Sparr, Saunders, & McFarlane. 17. Trauma in Cultural Perspective, de Vries. VI. TREATMENT 18. A General Approach to Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, van der Kolk, McFarlane, & van der Hart. 19. Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress: Consultation, Training, and Early Treatment, Ursano, Grieger, & McCarroll. 20. Acute Preventive Interventions, Raphael, Wilson, Meldrum, & McFarlane. 21. Acute Treatments, Turnbull & McFarlane. 22. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Rothbaum & Foa. 23. The Psychopharmacological Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Davidson & van der Kolk. 24. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Nature of the Therapeutic Relationship, Lindy. 25. The Therapeutic Environment and New Explorations in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Turner, McFarlane, & van der Kolk

Featuring contributions from the world's leading experts, this volume summarizes the current state of our knowledge about the ways people deal with extreme stress, and the ways in which professionals can help them recover. Topics covered include the broad range of biological, psychological, and social adaptations to traumatic stress underlying processes that mold the symptomatology controversies and uncertainties, such as issues of memory and dissociation and effective methods of assessment and treatment.