Handbook of Post-Traumatic Therapy

By John F. Sommer and Mary Beth Williams

Book Overview

This handbook provides both a conceptual and practical framework for diagnosing, treating, and assessing post-traumatic stress in survivors of violence, abuse, war, ethnocultural problems, political torture, and disaster. The in-depth clinical experience of Williams and Sommer helps define a variety of theories and methods for treating children, adults, families, and other groups with various types of post-tramautic stress disorders. They point to specific new kinds of therapies and types of interventions, and discuss new developments and trends for the treatment of post-traumatic stress. This reference volume, with its lengthy bibliography, is designed for students, teachers, and practitioners in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, social work, medicine, and public health.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313281432
• ISBN13: 9780313281433
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 656 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.6" x 9.2"