Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

A Lifespan Developmental Perspective

A. Maercker, etc., Solomon, Schutzwohl (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

1998
Hogrefe & Huber (Verlag)
978-0-88937-187-3 (ISBN)

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Presents up-to-date information on the course of PTSD and its development through life. Leading experts from the fields of clinical and developmental psychology describe results of their most recent studies, both practical and theoretical, on the occurence of PTSD in various phases of life. Also discussed in detail are methods of coping with PTSD at different stages in life, including working through and personal growth.

Introduction - developmental-related trauma studies. Part 1 Incorporating lifespan propositions: lifespan psychological aspects of trauma and PTSD - symptoms and psychosocial impairments; a three-stage model of coping with loss and trauma -lessons from patients suffering from severe and chronic disease. Part 2 From childhood to adulthood: children in war - soldiers against their will; childhood sexual abuse and long-term sequelae; prevalence and comorbidity of traumatic events and PTSD in adolescents and young adults. Part 3 From adulthood to old age: ageing in the shadow of war; reminiscence of traumatic experiences in (former) Jewish emigrants and extermination camp survivors; victimization in old age - psychic consequences and protective conditions. Part 4 Coping, social support, meaning and growth: long-term posttraumatic stress reactions, coping and social support - a structural equation model in a group of former political prisoners; the concept of "working through" loss - a critical evaluation of the cultural, historical and empirical evidence; the roles of meaning and growth in the recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Zusatzinfo	22 tables, 14 figures
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	160 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	0-88937-187-3 / 0889371873
ISBN-13	978-0-88937-187-3 / 9780889371873
Zustand	Neuware