Stress Response Syndromes: PTSD, Grief, Adjustment, and Dissociative Disorders - Hardcover

Horowitz, Mardi J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0765708396 ISBN 13: 9780765708397

Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc., 2011

Synopsis

The first edition of this now classic work provided the basis for adding post traumatic stress disorders to diagnoses of mental conditions. Each subsequent edition added new understanding, summaries of empirical new research, and new guides for clinicians. The thoroughly revised fifth edition adheres to changes that will be made in DSM-5 and gives the reasons for symptom formation and how treatment can not only resolve symptoms but encourage post-traumatic growth that leads to a more coherent sense of identity and renewed capacities for connecting compassionately with others. Stress Response Syndromes takes the reader from surface to depth with many lucid case examples and how-to advice for both trainees and experienced clinicians.

About this title

About the Author:

Mardi J. Horowitz, MD, is a distinguished professor of psychiatry at the University of California at San Francisco, President of the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, and Past-President of the Society for Psychotherapy Research. Dr. Horowitz's books include A Course in Happiness and Grieving as Well as Possible.

Review:

Stress Response Syndromes has long been a classic in the field. In this new fifth edition, Mardi Horowitz extends his work in new directions, making this the state-of-the-art, authoritative source for both students and experienced clinicians. (Glen O. Gabbard, MD, Baylor College of Medicine)

Mardi Horowitz has pioneered the study and clinical treatment of stress response syndromes. The characterizations, analysis, and formulations articulated in this book clearly point the way to more accurate diagnosis and treatment for individuals who suffer in the wake of psychological traumas. (Holly G. Prigerson, PhD, Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School)

Mardi Horowitz has defined our current understanding of the psychological and psychopathologic responses to stress, and has developed the strategy that guides therapeutic intervention in modern psychiatry. In this, the fifth edition of his classic work on the subject, he integrates clinical, epidemiological, and experimental findings, outlines the theory that underlines treatment, and then together with students and colleagues provides models of therapy for patients with different personality types along with detailed clinical vignettes. Stress and response are increasingly viewed as fundamental concepts in psychiatry, and Horowitz's contributions provide the essential foundation for understanding and treating stress and response syndromes. (Robert Michels, MD, Walsh McDermott University and Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research)

About this edition

• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0765708396
• ISBN 13: 9780765708397
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 322