Essential Papers on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Contributor(s): Horowitz, Mardi J. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0814735592 ISBN-13: 9780814735596 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 1999 Annotation: Essential Papers on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder collects the most important writings on the comprehension and treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Editor Mardi J. Horowitz provides a concise and illuminating introductory essay on the evolution of our understanding of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, and establishes the conceptual framework and terminology necessary to understand the disorder. The collected essays which follow provide a rich and comprehensive take on the complexity of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, illuminating such issues as the variety of individual and cultural responses, the roles of pre- and post-traumatic causative forces, and the fluctuating complexities of diagnostic categories. Divided into sections addressing the broad topics of diagnosis, etiology, and treatment, Essential Papers on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder combines classic essays with more challenging and controversial approaches. Contributors include Sigmund Freud, Erich Lindemann, Leo Eitinger, Carol C. Nadelson, Malkah T. Notman, Hannah Zackson, Janet Gornick, Bonnie L. Green, Mary C. Grace, Jacob D. Lindy, James L. Titchener, Joanne G. Lindy, Lenore C. Terr, Rosemarie Galante, Dario Foa, Edna B. Foa, Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, David S.Riggs, Tamara B. Murdock, James H. Shore, Ellie L. Tatum, William M. Vollmer, Roger K. Pittman, Scott P. Orr, Dennis F. Forgue, Bruce Altman, Jacob B. de Jong, Lawrence R. Herz, Judith Lewis Herman, Rachel Yehuda, Alexander McFarlane, Frank W. Putnam, Robert Jay Lifton, Eric Olson, Nancy Wilner, Nancy Kaltrider, William Alvarez, Michael R. Trimble, Epstein, Terence M. Keane, Rose T. Zinering, Juesta M. Caddell, John H. Krystal, Thomas R. Kosten, StevenSouthwick, John W. Mason, Bruce D. Perry, Earl L. Giller, David Spiegel, Thurman Hunt, Harvey E. Dondershire, Bessel A. van der Kolk, Peter J. Lang, Robert S. Pynoos, Spencer Eth, Matthew J. Friedman, Francine Shapiro, John P. Wilson, Jacob D. Lindy, I. Lisa McCann, and Laurie Anne Pearlman. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Psychology | Psychopathology - Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (ptsd) |
Dewey: 616.852 |
LCCN: 98034012 |
Series: Essential Papers on Psychoanalysis |
Physical Information: 1.35" H x 5.96" W x 8.9" (1.64 lbs) 320 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A collection of the most important writings on understanding and treating PTSD |
Contributor Bio(s): Horowitz, Mardi J.: - Mardi J. Horowitz is Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco and Director of the Center on Stress and Personality at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute. He is the author of thirteen books, including The Psychodynamics of Cognition. |