Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

A condensed jargon-free review of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, a mental condition that often results from experiences such as accidents, rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence, military combat, or natural disaster. Consumers can quickly know what is involved in making an accurate diagnosis, what symptoms mean, and which treatments are proven most effective. Compact Clinicals series of books offer mental health consumers professional information in a jargon-free, condensed, easy-to-read format. Each book on an individual mental disorder offers detailed descriptions, real-world examples, and compares varying treatment methods. Now, consumers can quickly know what is involved in making an accurate diagnosis and which treatments are proven most effective for a particular disorder. Research from over 100 expert resources is condensed into less than 70 pages of content, using non-academic language and well-defined terminology. Compact Clinicals currently offers targeted information on six disorders: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Conduct Disorders, and Major Depressive Disorder.

In Dr. Friedman's Post Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Latest Assessment and Treatment Strategies you will get answers from the expert. Specifically: Who is at risk for developing PTSD? What is the likelihood of recovery? What is the difference between PTSD and the new diagnosis Acute Stress Disorder? What is the latest information regarding "recovered memories"? How do you differentiate PTSD from other disorders with similar symptoms? What biological factors relate to PTSD? Plus: Three symptom sets of PTSD DSM-IV diagnostic criteria Targeted case examples Five global treatment issues Cognitive behavioral therapies Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing therapy Medical treatments for PTSD Biological underpinnings of PTSD Effectiveness of medications vs. psychological therapies

Dr. Friedman is Director of the National Center for PTSD and was president of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies. He has also served as spokesperson of PTSD for the National Institute of Mental Health and written numerous Reports to Congress on PTSD.