Healing trauma : a professional guide / edited by Kitty K. Wu, Catherine S. Tang, Eugenie Y. Leung

Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2011]
Copyright Date: ©2011
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 379 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators: Wu, Kitty K., Tang, Catherine So-kum, and Leung, Eugenie Y.

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Language Note

Some appendices in Chinese.

Contents

Acknowledgements; Editors and Contributors; Part I: Introduction; 1. Gateway to the Future; Part II: Assessment and Intervention; 2. Trauma Assessment Tools Validated in Hong Kong; 3. Psychological Management of Trauma in the 21st Century; 4. Psychopharmacology for the Psychologically Traumatized Patients; 5. Resilience, Growth, and Distress After a Traumatic Experience; Part III: Interpersonal Trauma; 6. Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: A Public Health Approach; 7. Working with Familial Child Sexual Abuse; 8. Wounding and Being Wounded; Part IV: Health and Medical Trauma.

Summary

This is the first book written on clinical research and work related to the development of applied trauma psychology in Hong Kong. Contributed by numerous reputable researchers and clinicians, the book covers the latest research and practice on assessment, psychological sequel (including psychological distress and growth of traumatic experience), evidence-based clinical intervention, and rehabilitation services for people affected by various traumatic stresses. Discussed in detail are interpersonal trauma like child sexual abuse and family violence, health and medical trauma such as infectious.

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ISBN

9789888053964 (electronic bk.)
9888053965 (electronic bk.)
9789888028979 (electronic bk.)
9888028979 (electronic bk.)

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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