Trauma Psychology [Two Volumes]
Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health, and Illness
Elizabeth K. Carll, Ph.D., ed.,
ISBN:
0-275-98525-3
ISBN-13:
978-0-275-98525-7
712 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication:
8/30/2007
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$112.50
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Hardcover
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Reviews:
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The twenty-four chapters in the combined set reflect both compellingly unique and comprehensive perspectives on the ways that traumatic events, whether of a violent or medical nature, can take hold of aspects of a person's life and be encapsulated in enduring patterns of posttraumatic symptoms and clinical stress. Dr. Carll has succeeded in bringing together an outstanding group of exemplary practitioners who have significant specializations and clinical experience in the trauma areas they write about. Each of these experts has sensitivity integrated state-of-the-art assessment, treatment, research, and policy perspectives in his or her chapter. The value of this two-volume set is deepened by an integrated focus on immediate and long-term therapeutic and the role and importance of cultural factors in the healing process.
—NYSPA Notebook
2008
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[A] vital, relevant, impressive resource for clinical psychologists -- especially for those of us whose clients have been traumatized by violent encounters or major health issues.
—Independent Practitioner
Summer 2008
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These two volumes are a welcome and valuable addition to the explosion of data on trauma and healing.
—PyscCRITIQUES
May 14, 2008
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Comprehensive collections.
—Choice
4/1/2008
Description:
These volumes by a team of internationally recognized experts reflect and highlight both recognized and under-recognized events that cause trauma. They also examine current and emerging research on effective interventions to minimize and heal the effects of the trauma. Special attention is also given to culture and context, because what is considered healthy or problematic may vary widely across cultures, and culture can influence people's coping styles. Sources of trauma discussed include stalking, killing, terrorism, torture, kidnap, workplace violence, domestic violence, children and war, fires, floods, AIDS, pain, burns, spinal cord injury, children and medical illness, homelessness, and more. Case examples, treatment recommendations, and public policy recommendations are included in each of the chapters.
The growing field of trauma psychology has been spurred recently by natural events from Hurricane Katrina to the Tsunami, and by terrorist events worldwide, as well as chronic health and social issues—from persistent pain to homelessness—that are mounting. The experts offer a gripping overview of the most traumatic and widespread events causing trauma and of the symptoms and health impairment that may result. Most important, they explain how we can best recognize, understand, and treat the sufferers and develop intervention policies.
Table of Contents:
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Volume 1 Violence and Disaster
Foreword by Ambassador Laohaphan
Introduction
1. The Psychological Aftermath of Terrorism: The 2001 World Trade Center Attack
2. The Trauma of Politically Motivated Torture
3. The Psychological Impact of Kidnap
4. Workplace Violence and Psychological Trauma
5. Stalking: Prevention and Intervention
6. Killing as Trauma
7. The 2004 Madrid Terrorist Attack: Organizing Large Scale Psychological Response
8. The Psychological Effects of War on Children: A Psychosocial Approach
9. The Psychological Aftermath of Large and Small Scale Fires
10. Online Psychotrauma Intervention in the Aftermath of the Tsunami: A Community Building Effort
11. First Responders: Coping with Traumatic Events
12. Xenophobia: A Consequence of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Series Afterword
About the Advisory Board
About the Editor and the Contributors
Volume 2 Health and Illness
Foreword
Introduction
1. Motor Vehicle Accidents and Psychological Trauma
2. Traumatic Stress Responses to Medical Illness in Children and Parents
3. Trauma and the Treatment of Pain
4. Anesthesia Awareness and Trauma
5. AIDS and Trauma in the 21st Century: Implications for Prevention, Treatment, and Policy
6. Emotional Trauma following Burn Injury in Children
7. The Trauma of Spinal Cord Injury
8. Disclosure of Trauma in the Medical Setting
9. Youth Homelessness and Trauma
10. Trauma in the Lives of Homeless Families
11. Traumatic Impact of Violence Against Women
12. The Integration of Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy in PTSD Treatment: A Biopsychosocial Model of Care
Series Afterword
About the Editor
About the Contributors
About the Advisory Board
About the series
About the Author:
Elizabeth K. Carll, PhD is an internationally recognized psychologist in private practice in Long Island, New York, with a focus on stress, trauma, stress and health, and family relationships. Dr. Carll consults to organizations and corporations on crisis management, health and stress, trauma, and workplace violence. She has developed a variety of disaster intervention programs and has responded to crisis incidents including the Persian Gulf Crisis, 1993 WTC bombing, Long Island Railroad shooting, Oklahoma City bombing, TWA 800, and the 9/11 WTC disaster. She is frequently quoted by the media and is a past president of the Media Psychology Division of the American Psychological Association and chairs the Division's News Media, Public Education, Public Policy Committee. She is a United Nations representative from the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and chairs the Media/ICT Working Group of the UN NGO Committee on Mental Health.
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