After the Crash: Assessment and Treatment of Motor Vehicle Accident Survivors (Hardcover)

by Edward B. Blanchard (Author), Edward J. Hickling (Author)

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Motor vehicle accidents (MVAs) are the most common type of trauma experienced by men and the second most common experienced by women. Moreover, MVAs are the single leading cause of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the general population. And yet, the psychological assessment and treatment of road crash survivors has been little studied in the United States. Drawing on the authors' extensive research, clinical care of MVA survivors and their five-year study of this unique population, "After the Crash" fills a gap in our clinical knowledge of this widespread phenomenon. Four broad conceptual themes present a comprehensive view of the survivors of serious MVAs: the scope of the problem, including what proportion of MVA survivors develop PTSD; the short-term psychosocial consequences of a serious MVA, the natural history of MVA related PTSD and factors that could influence it, such as physical injury, litigation and delayed onset; and psychological treatment of the MVA survivor with PTSD. An empirically validated behavioural treatment programme for PTSD in MVA survivors should be of particular value to all practitioners. Other topics covered include acute stress disorder, the role of litigation in PTSD remission, the development of problems secondary to trauma, and predisposing factors for developing PTSD. This volume presents cutting-edge research being done in this area and should appeal to a broad audience of practitioners including psychologists, psychiatrists, other mental health workers and physicians, as well as attorneys who handle MVA survivor cases.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 353 pages
• Publisher: American Psychological Association (APA); 1st edition (June 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557984247
• ISBN-13: 978-1557984241
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,687,557 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not Only for PHD's, July 12, 2000

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Those in the fields of psychology/psychiatry are obviously the intended audience for this book. However, as a long-term PTSD sufferer, I found this book to be very helpful. Because this book, in essence, is the published results of a long-term study, there are plenty of charts and statistical data to read/interpret that the general public may find to be exhausting at times. The third section of the book was particularly helpful in several ways. I found the information to be re-assuring in the sense that it seems like the majority of the research from this project indicates that my experience with PTSD is not too far out-of-the-ordinary for survivors of severe trauma related to motor vehicle accidents (MVA's). Since the book states that PTSD related to MVA's is one of the fastest growing problems in America, I would hope that many others in the psychological, psychiatric, and counseling fields would take the opportunity to read and study the information contained in this book - if for no other reason than to help patients like me. Though I believe that there are other factors of PTSD that were not covered in this particular study, I believe that this book is a really good start.