Assessing Psychological Trauma and PTSD [Hardcover]

John P. Wilson (Editor), Terence M. Keane (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1572301627 | ISBN-13: 978-1572301627 | Publication Date: November 8, 1996 | Edition: 1st

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.

Editorial Reviews

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

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.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 577 pages
• Publisher: Guilford Press; 1st edition (November 8, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1572301627
• ISBN-13: 978-1572301627
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,941,312 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)