Post-traumatic stress disorder [electronic resource] / Stanley Krippner, Daniel B. Pitchford, and Jeannine Davies

Author: Krippner, Stanley, 1932-
Published: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, [2012]
Copyright Date: ©2012
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 177 pages) : illustrations
Additional Creators: Pitchford, Daniel B., Davies, Jeannine, and Gale Group

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Series

Biographies of disease

Contents

ch 1. Trauma : an introduction -- ch 2. Recognizing PTSD -- ch 3. The varieties of PTSD -- ch 4. PTSD in children and adolescents -- ch 5. Four cases of PTSD -- ch 6. The neuroscience of PTSD -- ch 7. Treatment approaches to PTSD -- ch 8. The positive side of PTSD : post-traumatic strengths.

Summary

This book examines the nature, causes, and treatment of PTSD and details the insidious nature and history of PTSD, from the internal and external factors that cause this form of suffering to the ways it manifests itself psychologically and socially.

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ISBN

9780313386695 (electronic book)
0313386692 (electronic book)
9780313386688 (hardback)
0313386684 (hardback)

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AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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