International Handbook of Road Traffic Accidents and Psychological Trauma

Edward J. Hickling received his PsyD in clinical psychology from the University of Denver, School of Professional Psychology in 1982. He is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Russell Sage College in Troy, New York. In addition he has a practice specializing in the treatment of trauma survivors, anxiety and affective disorders, behavioral medicine and psychological assessment. Since 1990 he has been the Co-Principal Investigator on several NIMH grants with Dr. Edward Blanchard. He has published numerous scientific articles and chapters in books. He is the co-author with Dr. Blanchard of the book, "After the Crash: Assessment and Treatment of Motor Vehicle Accident Survivors", published by APA in 1997. His current research interest include the assessment and treatment of PTSD, the detection of malingering in a clinical setting, the psychological impact of physical illnesses, and sports psychology. Dr. Edward B. Blanchard received his doctoral degree in clinical psychology from Stanford University in 1969. After holding faculty positions at the University of Georgia, the University of Mississippi Medical Center, and the University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences, Dr. Blanchard went to the University at Albany, State University of New York, in 1977 and has remained there ever since. In 1990 Dr. Blanchard was named Distinguished Professor of Psychology by the University at Albany. He is currently Director of the Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders at the University at Albany. Dr. Blanchard began work on PTSD in collaboration with Larry Kolb, MD, at the Albany veteran's Administration in 1981, focusing primarily on assessment research with Vietnam veterans. In 1990 he began collaborative research on motor vehicle accident survivors with Edward J. Hickling, PsyD. Current research interests include irritable bowel syndrome, psychological treatments for headache, and psychophysiological assessment.

Section headings and selected chapters: Section 1: Overview and Background. Presentation of symptons in adults (D. Alexander). Survival, fear, post-traumatic stress disorder and all that (G. Turnbull). Acute stress disorder following motor vehicle accidents (R.A. Bryant, A.G. Harvey). Medical, social and legal consequences (R. Mayou). Brain injury and the mind: the neuropsychology of mild traumatic brain injury (N.H. Walton). Injuries to the brain (D. Silverman, T. Devineni). Road accidents and the mind: the post-concussional syndrome (R. Jacobson). Children and young people: the neglected victims of road traffic accidents (P. Stallard). The hidden victims of disasters and vehicular accidents: the problem and recommended solutions (J.T. Mitchell et al.). Section 2: Understanding of PTSD. The complex web of causation: motor vehicle accidents, co-morbidity and PTSD (S. Bloom). Psychophysiological dimensions of motor vehicle accident survivors (E.B. Blanchard et al.). Psychosocial effects of road traffic accidents (E.J. Hickling et al.). The bendigo road accident research project: predicting who suffers psychological trauma in the first year after a road accident. (S. Jeavons). Section 3: Legal Issues. Malingering and litigation stress in motor vehicle accident victims (W.J. Koch et al.). The forensic value of psychophysiological measures of post-traumatic stress disorder (L. Neal et al.). Section 4: Psychological Treatment. The psychological treatment of motor vehicle accident-related post-traumatic stress disorder: conceptualization and two pilot studies (E.J. Hickling, E.B. Blanchard). Psychology approaches to the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (A. Harvey). Post-traumatic stress disorder due to motor vehicle accidents: patterns and predictors or response to cognitive-behavior therapy (S. Taylor et al.).