Psychological Trauma

Contents

Part I: Human responses to stress: normal and abnormal

On the origins of post-traumatic stress disorder. A. Beveridge
Normal and abnormal responses to stress: a developmental approach. C. Murray Parkes
Classification. G. Turnbull
The interaction of trauma and grief. B. Raphael
Memory and trauma. D. Siegel
Theoretical models of post-traumatic stress disorder

Physiological and biological mechanisms. R. McIvor
Psychoanalytical models. C. Van Velsen
Cognitive-behavioural models of PTSD. D. Lee & S. Turner




Part II. Disasters, war, civil conflict, dislocation and interpersonal violence

A typology of disasters. C. Murray Parkes
Community Disasters

The Jupiter disaster. W. Yule
The Herald of Free Enterprise disaster. W. Yule, R. Williams & S. Joseph
Help-seeking by community residents following the Lockerbie air disaster. M. Mitchell
The Marchioness riverboat disaster. L. Goldsmith & J. Haddington
The Kegworth air disaster. M. Gibson
The King’s Cross fire: second phase intervention. R. Rosser
The Hungerford massacre. E. Capewell
The Piper Alpha oil platform disaster. D. Alexander
Psychological consequences of road traffic accidents. M. Newman


The effect of conflict on combatants. M. Deahl
The effect of conflict on civilian populations

The impact of war and atrocity on civilian populations. D. Summerfield.
Civil violence. G. Loughrey
Children and conflict. A. Nikapota
Concepts, causes and magnitude of population displacement. W. Parry-Jones


Psychological responses to interpersonal violence

Adults. G. Mezey
Children. T. Kaplan


Post-traumatic stress disorder in the elderly. I. Hyman
Torture. S. Turner & R. McIvor





Part III. Diagnosis, intervention and treatment


Diagnosis and treatment

Diagnosis. M. Newman & D. Lee
Interventions and treatments. W. Parry-Jones


Debriefing and crisis intervention. W. Busuttil & A. Busuttil Bereavement counselling. B. Young & D. Black Treatment of adults

Behavioural and cognitive approaches. D. Richards & K. Lovell
Psychodynamic psychotherapy. C. Van Velsen
Eye movement desensitisation. M. Newman


Children and adolescents

Treatment of children and families. D. Black
Psychodynamic psychotherapy. R. Emanuel & A. Mendelsohn


Psychopharmacology. M. Newman
Service provision

The role of the police. T. Dickie
Social work in disasters. M. Gibson
The school in disasters. W. Yule & A. Gold
The role of volunteers. D. Black
The role of employers. D. Richards


Effects of disasters on helpers. R. Rosser





Part IV. Legal aspects: victims as witnesses and claimants


Civil law and psychiatric injury. M. Napier & K. Wheat
Post-traumatic stress reactions and the criminal law. G. Adshead & G. Mezey
Psychiatric assessment of stress disorders for legal purposes. N. Eastman
Ethical issues in disaster and other extreme situations. N. Richman
Organising psychosocial responses to disasters. D. Black & J. Harris-Hendriks
Overview and comment J. Harris-Hendriks, M. Newman, D. Black & G. Mezey