Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders: Concepts and Therapy
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders: Concepts and Therapy by William Yule is a comprehensive volume published by Wiley on October 15, 1999. This edition spans 326 pages and is presented in English. The book features a collection of original chapters authored by experts from a leading UK research and treatment center focused on PTSD, exploring the diagnosis, context, and therapeutic strategies related to post-traumatic stress disorder.
Readers will find an in-depth examination of psychological mechanisms and behaviors associated with PTSD, as well as strategies for therapy and prevention. The text emphasizes a cognitive behavioral approach and integrates insights from various fields, including social psychology and neuropsychology. Additionally, the book addresses cross-cultural considerations and the planning of emergency responses to disasters, while critically discussing the controversies surrounding short-term and crisis interventions.
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This volume is a collection of original chapters by a group of authors at the leading UK research and treatment centre on PTSD dealing with the diagnosis and context of PTSD, psychological mechanisms and behaviour, and strategies for therapy and prevention. Drawing on ten years intensive experience with adults and children presenting with PTSD and other disorders following a series of disasters, Yule emphasises the cognitive behavioural approach to PTSD and integrates important perspectives from social psychology, experimental cognitive psychology, neuropsychology and developmental psychology. Cross-cultural issues and issues in planning emergency responses to disasters are discussed. The controversy surrounding various short term and crisis interventions is critically presented.
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