Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1572301627 ISBN 13: 9781572301627

Publisher: Guilford Press, 1997

Synopsis

This comprehensive and up-to-date book brings together leading authorities to cover the entire spectrum of instruments, techniques, standardized measures, and procedures used to diagnose and measure the psychological and physiological aftermath of trauma. Chapters review the research literature, discuss relevant conceptual issues, and provide practical guidelines for assessing PTSD and dissociative disorders in a wide range of clinical populations. Special topics covered include issues of gender, culture, and ethnicity in assessment; assessment of traumatized children and adult survivors of abuse; traumatic bereavements; and trauma?related disorders in medical settings.

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Review

"This sophisticated text admirably achieves its main purpose--to provide an authoritative and accessible overview of the principles of assessment of trauma and reactions to traumatic events. Clinical researchers and therapists will find that self-completed questionnaires, clinical and structured interviews, and psychophysiological measures are subjected to the same rigorous analysis. The result is to provide an up-to-date evaluation of assessment approaches which will be invaluable in improving both services and research in relation to trauma." --William Yule, PhD, Professor of Applied Child Psychology, University of London Institute of Psychiatry "John Wilson and Terence Keane have assembled the best experts on assessment of trauma and PTSD who provide a comprehensive overview of psychometric theory, of the many instruments that have evolved during the past ten years, of methodological issues pertaining to the act of measurement itself, and of specific concerns in assessment of specific populations (e.g., gender, children, cross-cultural considerations, etc.). Given current questions about the adequacy of a conceptual approach that views PTSD as the only officially approved post-traumatic syndrome, the book explores measurement issues concerning relevant post-traumatic symptoms that fall outside strict DSM-IV criteria for PTSD such as dissociation, 'complex PTSD, ' and trauma related disorders in medical settings. Each chapter contains a thoughtful, conceptually driven discussion about pertinent assessment issues as well as a rigorous evaluation of potentially appropriate instruments. In short, this is the authoritative text on assessment of trauma and PTSD. It should enable investigators to rigorously operationalize just what they seek to measure and to understand why one instrument might be better suited for this task than another." --Matthew J. Friedman, MD, PhD, Executive Director, National Center for PTSD, Department of Veterans Affairs; Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology, Dartmouth (VT) Medical School "The result of painstaking research and scholarshop Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD is a benchmark publication in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, and social work." --Wisconsin Bookwatch February 1997 "This comprehensive, scholarly, practical work is a down-to-earth text, excellent for graduate-level students, and a valuable resource for researchers and clinicians alike." -- Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health "Trauma researchers, scholars, and practitioners will embrace this timely handbook....provides a complete multifaceted overview of the topic....This fine work...not only reviews and critiques the full range of instruments, techniques, and standardized measures used to assess PTSD, but often provides such critical information for acquiring these tools as the contact person, address, and phone number....In terms of depth of coverage Wilson and Keane have left no stone unturned....This handbook is also extremely relevant and germane for those developing scales on trauma." -- Choice "This is an important book....Should be considered essential reading by any researcher and assessment-oriented practitioner in the field of traumatology." -- Contemporary Psychology "This is a comprehensive, detailed in-depth presentation of assessment tools and techniques....The value of this book to individuals involved in clinical practice, research and education cannot be overstated. This is a superb reference work which will be used again and again." -- Family Violence & amp; Sexual Assault Bulletin "The result of painstaking research and scholarshop Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD is a benchmark publication in the fields of psychiatry, psychology, and social work." --Wisconsin Bookwatch February 1997 "This comprehensive, scholarly, practical work is a down-to-earth text, excellent for graduate-level students, and a valuable resource for researchers and clinicians alike." --"Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health" "Trauma researchers, scholars, and practitioners will embrace this timely handbook....provides a complete multifaceted overview of the topic....This fine work...not only reviews and critiques the full range of instruments, techniques, and standardized measures used to assess PTSD, but often provides such critical information for acquiring these tools as the contact person, address, and phone number....In terms of depth of coverage Wilson and Keane have left no stone unturned....This handbook is also extremely relevant and germane for those developing scales on trauma." --"Choice" "This is an important book....Should be considered essential reading by any researcher and assessment-oriented practitioner in the field of traumatology." --"Contemporary Psychology" "This is a comprehensive, detailed in-depth presentation of assessment tools and techniques....The value of this book to individuals involved in clinical practice, research and education cannot be overstated. This is a superb reference work which will be used again and again." --"Family Violence & Sexual Assault Bulletin"

About the Author

John P. Wilson, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Cleveland State University and Director of the Center for Stress and Trauma in Cleveland, Ohio. An internationally recognized expert on PTSD, he is Past President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Terence M. Keane, Ph.D., is Director of the National Center for PTSD's Division of Behavioral Science, Chief of Psychology at the Boston Veterans Affairs Medical Center/Outpatient Clinic, and Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at Boston University School of Medicine. The current President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies and a Fulbright Senior Scholar at Trinity College Dublin, he has lectured internationally on the assessment and treatment of PTSD.

Edition details

• Publisher: Guilford Press
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1572301627
• ISBN 13: 9781572301627
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 550
• Editor: Wilson John P., Keane Terence M.