Group Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: Conceptualization, Themes and Processes (Series in Trauma and Loss)

Group Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorders is a collection written by renowned PTSD experts who provide group treatment to trauma survivors. The book reviews the state-of-the-art applications of group therapy for survivors of trauma such as: rape victims, combat veterans, adult survivors of childhood abuse, motor vehicle accident survivors, trauma survivors with co-morbid substance abuse, survivors of disaster, families of trauma survivors, homicide witnesses and survivors, and disaster relief workers. This book a unique contribution to the field. Each chapter provides a detailed and comprehensive description of state-of-the-art group treatment and artfully combines scholarly review with a step-by-step summary of treatment rationale and methods. Furthermore, the book covers a wide scope, typically found only in large, multi-volume compendia. Group Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorders is ideal for clinicians, aspiring clinicians, researchers and educators. It provides a unique and eminently readable summary of group therapy applied to increasingly recognized clinical populations.

BRUCE H. YOUNG, L.C.S.W., is disaster services coordinator for the National Center for PTSD and editor of the NC-PTSD Clinical Quarterly. Mr. Young has been a disaster mental health consultant to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Public Health Service, Center for Mental Health Services, National Institute of Mental Health, Department of Defense, and state departments of mental health following numerous natural and human-made disasters. He has produced and directed several educational videos, including Children and Trauma, winner of the 1993 National Educational Film and Video Award. DUDLEY D. BLAKE, Ph.D., is codirector of the Evaluation and Brief Treatment PTSD Unit at the Boise Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center. Dr. Blake has coauthored over 30 chapters and articles. His clinical interests include PTSD assessment and treatment, cognitive therapy, and behavioral medicine.