Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Dsm-IV and Beyond [Hardcover]

Jonathan R. T. Davidson (Author, Editor), Edna B. Foa (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1993 | ISBN-10: 0880485027 | ISBN-13: 978-0880485029 | Edition: 1

Of all psychiatric disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) poses one of the greatest challenges to clinicians. Drs. Davidson and Foa, pioneers in the study of PTSD, have teamed up to edit this landmark volume. In Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: DSM-IV® and Beyond, members of the DSM-IV Subcommittee on PTSD present a comprehensive and fascinating review of the currently established knowledge about the etiology, epidemiology, neurobiology, course, and clinical presentations of posttraumatic stress syndromes and future directions for study.

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"This is a timely, well-written book which should be of broad interest to clinicians and researchers who have even a passing interest in PTSD."-- "Anxiety"

About the Author

Jonathan R. T. Davidson, M.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Anxiety and Traumatic Stress Program at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina. Dr. Davidson has received numerous federal grants from the Veterans Administration and the National Institute of Mental Health for studies of depression and PTSD. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America. Edna B. Foa, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Anxiety Disorders Clinic at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Dr. Foa has received many NIMH grants for the study of anxiety disorders including obsessive-compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder. Among her many grants, awards, and honors, Dr. Foa received the Fulbright Distinguished Award.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Amer Psychiatric Pub; 1 edition (January 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880485027
• ISBN-13: 978-0880485029
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,844,280 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Clinical Approach to PTSD, June 18, 2000

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Jenny (Vancouver, British Columbia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Dsm-IV and Beyond (Hardcover)

I read this book hoping to understand the process and personality of PTSD. What I found was a very clinical book not geared for the "beginner". Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: DSM-IV and Beyond is more of a text book giving statistics, graphs and reports on the illness. I would not recommend this book to the person who is wanting updated information on PTSD treatment or to the person who wants easy-reading biographical stories.

Instead I recommend "Transforming Trauma: EMDR (The revolutionary New Therapy for Freeing the Mind, Clearing the Body, and Opening the Heart)" by Laurel Parnell, Ph.D., to anyone who wants to understand PTSD and how EMDR has helped some people overcome fear, phobia, anxiety attacks and other symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

"Transforming Trauma: EMDR" (ISBN 0-393-04053-4) is written by a clinical psycologist and is very easy reading. Lots of biographical stories and an appendix on how to choose an EMDR therapist. After reading 10 chapters (275 pages)... I felt really good and very hopeful. :) Happy Reading, Jenny