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Trauma Psychology [Two Volumes] Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health, and Illness
Violence and Disaster Volume 1
Health and Illness Volume 2
Book Code: C8525
ISBN: 0-275-98525-3
ISBN-13: 978-0-275-98525-7
712 pages
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 8/30/2007
List Price: $225.00 (UK Sterling Price: £125.00)
Discount Price: $180.00 Praeger Perspectives. Use code 0821. Save 20%. Ends 10/31/2008.
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Contemporary Psychology
Reviews:
  • Comprehensive collections.
    —Choice
    April 2008
  • [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
  • These two volumes are a welcome and valuable addition to the explosion of data on trauma and healing.
    —PyscCRITIQUES
    May 14, 2008
  • Endorsement From Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D.,
    Emeritus Professor of Psychology
    Stanford University
    Author of The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (Random House):
    These two volumes on Trauma Psychology, aptly edited by Elizabeth Carll, represent an impressive array of research, practice, and public policy recommendations spanning the entire range of human trauma. It is must reading for everyone in health services, the media, professionals in many disciplines, and especially politicians. I found it to be a treasure trove of vital information not only about core issues in violence and disasters, both natural and malevolent, but equally so about treatment, prevention, and resilience.
  • Endorsement From Michelle D. Sherman, Ph.D.,
    University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,
    Author of Finding My Way: A Teen's Guide to Living with a Parent Who Has Experienced Trauma:
    Trauma Psychology is a unique, important, timely, ground-breaking book, bringing to light key issues surrounding a wide range of traumas. Refreshing is its attention too many long-neglected traumatic experiences, including challenges associated with a variety of serious illnesses and injuries. Written by experienced clinicians and researchers from around the globe and providing specific treatment recommendations to guide therapists, Trauma Psychology makes a significant contribution to this rapidly growing field.
  • Endorsement From David Spiegel, M.D.,
    Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences,
    Stanford University School of Medicine,
    Co-Editor, Traumatic Dissociation: Neurobiology and Treatment:
    Trauma Psychology Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health, and Illness addresses the often neglected psychological aftermath of trauma from the useful perspective of the varieties of traumatic experience. Leading experts authoritatively discuss the phenomenology and treatment of the emotional residue of trauma with an intellectually satisfying combination of data and clinical wisdom. The two volumes distill the resilience that comes from carefully studying and healing humans in harms way.
  • Endorsement From Jack J. Cambria,
    Commanding Officer, NYPD Hostage Negotiation Team:
    Dr. Carll's book is essential reading in understanding the dynamics of human psychology when exposed to violence, disaster and trauma, and for developing life strategies in coping with these very real issues.
  • Endorsement From David A Grider,
    Battalion Chief, Indianapolis Fire Department, Indianapolis, IN.:
    Trauma Psychology: Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health, and Illness is a must read for anyone interested in public health and safety, especially policy makers, public safety leaders and first responders in dealing with the psychological well being of individuals, families and communities. The public policy recommendations included in the chapters are especially useful to both the public and private sectors.
  • Endorsement From Sybil Carrère, Ph.D.
    Director, Institute for Child Development and Family Relations
    California State University San Bernardino:
    Trauma Psychology: Issues in Violence, Disaster, Health and Illness offers an important advance in our understanding of the many arenas in which trauma can occur and the therapeutic steps and public policy initiatives that can be taken to help survivors recover and heal.
  • Endorsement From Leonard Diller, Phd,
    Director Of Psychology,
    Rusk Institute Of Rehabilitation Medicine and Rehabilitation, NYU School of Medicine:
    These 2 volumes break new ground in articulating current thinking and approaches to a new field of public and clinical concern. They would make a useful text for advanced undergraduates, beginning graduate level students, as well as professionals who are in the mental health fields e.g. firemen, police, etc. who deal with trauma as part of their normal activities.
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:
  • 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
LC Card Number: 2007009459
LCC Class: RC552
Dewey Class: 616
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