Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (eBook)

Dan J. Stein, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa Matthew J. Friedman, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, and Executive Director, National Center for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, US Department of Veterans Affairs, USA Carlos Blanco, MD, PhD, Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

Preface xi

List of Contributors xv

1 PTSD and Related Disorders 1

Matthew J. Friedman

Commentaries

1.1 Walking the Line in Defining PTSD: Comprehensiveness Versus
Core Features 35

Chris R. Brewin

1.2 Trauma-Related Disorders in the Clinical and Legal Settings
38

Elie G. Karam

1.3 Redefining PTSD in DSM-5: Conundrums and Potentially
Unintended Risks 42

Alexander C. McFarlane

2 Epidemiology of PTSD 49

Carlos Blanco

Commentaries

2.1 Challenges and Future Horizons in Epidemiological Research
into PTSD 75

Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed and Sandro Galea

2.2 Preventing Mental Ill-Health Following Trauma 79

Helen Herrman

2.3 PTSD Epidemiology with Particular Reference to Gender
82

Marianne Kastrup

3 Neurobiology of PTSD 89

Arieh Y. Shalev, Asaf Gilboa and Ann M. Rasmusson

Commentaries

3.1 Translational Theory-Driven Hypotheses and Testing Are
Enhancing Our Understanding of PTSD and its Treatment 139

Brian H. Harvey

3.2 Precipitating and design approaches to PTSD 142

Eric Vermetten

4 Pharmacotherapy of PTSD 149

Dan J. Stein and Jonathan C. Ipser

Commentaries

4.1 Critical View of the Pharmacological Treatment of Trauma
163

Marcelo F. Mello

4.2 Shortcomings and Future Directions of the Pharmacotherapy of
PTSD 164

Michael Van Ameringen and Beth Patterson

4.3 Dire Need for New PTSD Pharmacotherapeutics 167

Murray B. Stein

5 Psychological Interventions for Trauma Exposure and PTSD
171

Richard A. Bryant

Commentaries

5.1 Psychological Interventions for PTSD in Children 203

Lucy Berliner

5.2 Challenges in the Dissemination and Implementation of
Exposure-Based CBT for the Treatment of Hispanics with PTSD
205

Rafael Kichic, Mildred Vera, and Maria L.
Reyes-Rabanillo

5.3 What Else Do We Need to Know about Evidence-Based
Psychological Interventions for PTSD? 208

Karina Lovell

5.4 Another Perspective on Exposure Therapy for PTSD 211

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum

6 (Disaster) Public Mental Health 217

Joop de Jong

Commentaries

6.1 An Excellent Model for Low- and Middle-Income Countries
263

Dean Ajdukovic

6.2 Disaster Mental Health and Public Health: An Integrative
Approach to Recovery 266

Suresh Bada Math, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar and Maria
Christine Nirmala

6.3 Transcultural Aspects of Response to Disasters 272

Tarek A. Okasha

6.4 Disaster Public Health: Health Needs, Psychological First
Aid and Cultural Awareness 275

Robert J. Ursano, Matthew N. Goldenberg, Derrick Hamaoka and
David M. Benedek

Index 281

"This is a valuable contribution to the psychiatric
literature, helping clinicians, researchers, and policymakers focus
their attention on the ongoing changes in the diagnosis, treatment,
prognosis, and epidemiology of a known disorder."
(Doody's, 13 April 2012)

"The book, however, will provide a solid reference for
clinicians and practitioners and is recommended."
(PsycCRITIQUES, 28 March 2012)

"At the same time, there is enormous value in exploring one
topic very well, and this text certainly offers trauma researchers
and practitioners an authoritative synthesis and evaluation of
knowledge about PTSD itself." (University of Cape Town Child
Guidance Clinic, 2012)