Written by a distinguished group of international contributors from the United States, Australia, Israel, and The Netherlands, this volume presents a complete and balanced view of recent developments in the field of posttraumatic stress disorder.
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American Psychiatric Association Publishing
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Für höhere Schule und Studium
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Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 165 mm
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978-0-88048-299-8 (9780880482998)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Etiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Vulnerability to posttraumatic stress disorder. Dissociative mechanisms in posttraumatic stress disorder. The resilience hypothesis and posttraumatic stress disorder. Phenomenology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Diagnostic validity of posttraumatic stress disorder. Personality disorders and posttraumatic stress disorder. Are all Vietnam veterans like John Rambo? Psychosomatic manifestations of chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Headache and posttraumatic stress disorder. Back to the front: recurrent exposure to combat stress and reactivation of posttraumatic stress disorder. Individual and community responses to an aircraft disaster. Analgesia: a new dependent variable for the biological study of posttraumatic stress disorder. Platelet adenylate cyclase activity as a possible biologic marker for posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychoendocrinology of posttraumatic stress disorder. Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Antidepressants in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder. Carbamazepine in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: implications for the kindling hypothesis. Interrelationships between biological mechanisms and pharmacotherapy of posttraumatic stress disorder. Psychotherapeutic interventions in chronic posttraumatic stress disorder. Legal aspects of posttraumatic stress disorder: uses and abuses.