The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders

Edited by J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan

Oxford Library of Psychology

Provides broad coverage of traumatic stress disorders and includes an impressive list of contributors who are experts in the field
Includes chapters that detail the diagnosis and treatment of PTSD in children and special populations
For clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, counseling psychologists, social workers, and those in training to join these professions
Part of THE OXFORD LIBRARY OF PSYCHOLOGY series

The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders

Edited by J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan

Description

The experience of traumatic events is a near-universal, albeit unfortunate, part of the human experience. Given how many individuals are exposed to trauma, it is interesting to question why some individuals are resilient in the face of trauma while others go on to develop chronic post-traumatic stress. Throughout the relatively brief history of the psychological study of trauma, a number of themes have consistently emerged; many of these themes remain essential elements within our current study of traumatic stress disorders, as summarized within this volume.

The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders addresses the current landscape of research and clinical knowledge surrounding traumatic stress disorders. Bringing together a group of highly-regarded experts, this volume is divided into six sections, together summarizing the current state of knowledge about 1) classification and phenomenology, 2) epidemiology and special populations, 3) contributions from theory, 4) assessment, 5) prevention and early intervention efforts, and 6) treatment of individuals with post-trauma mental health symptoms. Throughout the volume, attention is paid to identifying current controversies in the literature and highlighting directions that hold promise for future work.

The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders

Edited by J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan

Oxford Library of Psychology

Part One: Introduction to the volume

1. Traumatic Stress Disorders: Historical context and current focus
J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan

Part Two: Classification and Phenomenology

2. Defining traumatic events: Research findings and controversies
Jesse R. Cougle, Dean G. Kilpatrick, and Heidi Resnick

3. Classification of Acute Stress Disorder
Maria L. Pacella and Douglas L. Delahanty

4. Classification of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Tali Manber Ball and Murray B. Stein

5. Future of Classification in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Terence M. Keane, Ph.D. & Mark W. Miller, Ph.D.

Part Three: Epidemiology and Special Populations

6. The Epidemiology of Acute Stress Disorder and Other Early Responses to Trauma in Adults
Quinn M. Biggs, Jennifer M. Guimond, Carol S. Fullerton, Robert J. Ursano, ASD Workgroup* Christine Gray, Matthew Goldenberg, Dori Reissman, James E. McCarroll, Patcho Santiago, Mary P. Tyler

7. Epidemiology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Adults
Naomi Breslau

8. Traumatic Stress Disorders in Children and Adolescents
Annette M. La Greca, Cortney J. Taylor, Whitney M. Herge

9. Traumatic Stress in Older Adults
Joan M. Cook, Tatyana Biyanova, Diane L. Elmore
10. Traumatic Stress in Special Populations
Kim T. Mueser and Weili Lu

Part Four: Contributions from Theory

11. Genetics and Genomics of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
Monica Uddin, Ananda B. Amstadter, Nicole R. Nugent, Karestan C. Koenen

12. Biological Contributions to PTSD: Differentiating normative from pathological response
Rachel Yehuda, Laura Pratchett, Michelle Pelcovitz

13. Learning Models of PTSD
Shmuel Lissek and Christian Grillon

14. Information Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Anke Ehlers, Thomas Ehring, and Birgit Kleim

15. Family Models of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Candice M. Monson, Steffany J. Fredman, Rachel Dekel, Alexandra Macdonald

Part Five: Assessment

16. Assessing PTSD Symptoms
Michelle J. Bovin and Frank W. Weathers

17. Assessing Acute Traumatic Stress Symptoms
Richard A. Bryant, PhD

18. Assessing trauma-related symptoms in children and adolescents
Sonja March, Alexandra De Young, Belinda Dow, and Justin Kenardy

19. Psychometric concerns in the assessment of trauma-related symptoms in older adults
Willeke H. van Zelst and Aartjan T.F. Beekman

20. Assessment of PTSD in Non-Western Cultures: The Need for New Contextual and Complex Perspectives
Boris Drož?ek, John P. Wilson, and Silvana Turkovic, Ph.D.

21. Assessing PTSD-related Functional Impairment and Quality of Life
Darren W. Holowka and Brian P. Marx

Part Six: Prevention/Early Intervention

22. Risk and Protective Factors for Traumatic Stress Disorders
Lynda A. King, Anica P. Pless, Jennifer L. Schuster, Carrie M. Potter, Crystal L. Park, Avron Spiro, III, Daniel W. King

23. Community-Based Early Intervention with Trauma Survivors
Josef I. Ruzek, Ph.D.

24. Individual Approaches to Prevention and Early Intervention
Teresa M. Au, Caroline Silva1, Eileen M. Delaney, and Brett T. Litz

25. Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Children and Adolescents
Melissa J. Brymer, Alan M. Steinberg, Patricia J. Watson, and Robert S. Pynoos

26. Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Older Adults
Martha Strachan, Lisa S. Elwood, Ananda B. Amstadter, & Ron Acierno

27. Prevention and Early Intervention Programs for Special Populations
Heather E. Baldwin & B. Heidi Ellis

Part Seven: Treatment

28. PTSD Treatment Research: An Overview and Evaluation
Jessica L. Hamblen, Erin R. Barnett, Barbara A. Hermann, & Paula P. Schnurr

29. Empirically supported psychological treatments: Prolonged Exposure (PE)
Nisha Nayak, Mark B. Powers, & Edna B. Foa

30. Empirically supported psychological treatments: Cognitive processing therapy
Kathleen M. Chard, Jennifer L. Schuster, Patricia A. Resick

31. Empirically supported psychological treatments: EMDR
C. Richard Spates and Sophie Rubin

32. Promising Psychological Treatments
Megan C. Kearns, Ph.D. and Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Ph.D.

33. Treating Trauma-Related Symptoms in Children and Adolescents
Esther Deblinger, Elisabeth Pollio, and Felicia Neubauer

34. PTSD at Late Life: Context and Treatment
Lee Hyer and Catherine A. Yeager

35. Treating trauma-related symptoms in special populations
Devon E Hinton and Angela Nickerson

36. Pharmacotherapy for PTSD
Matthew J. Friedman MD, PhD

Part Eight: Conclusions/Summary

37. Traumatic Stress Disorders: Looking back and moving forward
Denise M. Sloan and J. Gayle Beck

The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders

Edited by J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan

Oxford Library of Psychology

Author Information

J. Gayle Beck, Ph.D., is the Lillian and Morrie Moss Chair of Excellence, Department of Psychology, University of Memphis. Denise M. Sloan, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine.

Contributors:

Ron Acierno

Ananda B. Amstadter
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Teresa M. Au
National Center for PTSD
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University
Boston, MA

Heather E. Baldwin
Center for Refugee Trauma and Resilience
Children's Hospital Boston
Boston, MA

Tali Manber Ball
Department of Psychiatry
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA

Erin R. Barnett

J. Gayle Beck

Aartjan T.F. Beekman
VU University Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Quinn M. Biggs
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland

Tatyana Biyanova
School of Medicine
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Michelle J. Bovin
Department of Psychology
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

Naomi Breslau
College of Human Medicine
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Richard A. Bryant
School of Psychology
University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

Melissa J. Brymer
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress
University of California, Los Angeles

Kathleen M. Chard
Cincinnati VA Medical Center
University of Cincinnati School of Medicine
Cincinnati, OH

Joan M. Cook
Yale School of Medicine
National Center for PTSD
New Haven, CT

Jesse R. Cougle
Department of Psychology
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL

Esther Deblinger
School of Osteopathic Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New.Jersey
Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute

Rachel Dekel
The Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work
Bar Ilan University
Ramat-Gan, Israel

Douglas L. Delahanty
Department of Emergency Medicine
Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine (NEOUCOM)
Department of Psychology
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio

Eileen M. Delaney
National Center for PTSD
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, MA

Alexandra De Young
Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation
School of Medicine
School of Psychology
University of Queensland

Belinda Dow
Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation
School of Medicine
School of Psychology
University of Queensland

Boris Drozdek
Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland/Reinier van Arkel groep
's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Anke Ehlers
Institute of Psychiatry
King's College London
London, UK

Thomas Ehring
Department of Clinical Psychology
University of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

B. Heidi Ellis
Children's Hospital Boston Center for Refugee Trauma and Resilience

Diane L. Elmore
American Psychological Association
Washington, D.C.

Lisa S. Elwood

Edna B. Foa
Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Steffany J. Fredman
VA National Center for PTSD, Women's Health Sciences Division
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Matthew J. Friedman

Carol S. Fullerton
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland

Matthew Goldenberg
ASD Workgroup

Christine Gray
ASD Workgroup

Christian Grillon
National Institute of Mental Health
Mood and Anxiety Disorders Program
Bethesda, MD

Jennifer M. Guimond
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland

Jessica L. Hamblen

Whitney M. Herge
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Barbara A. Hermann

Devon E Hinton
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Department of Psychiatry
Boston, MA

Darren W. Holowka
National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Lee Hyer
Mercer School of Medicine
Macon, GA

Terence M. Keane, Ph.D.
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Justin Kenardy
Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation
School of Medicine
School of Psychology
University of Queensland

Dean G. Kilpatrick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Lynda A. King
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Birgit Kleim
University of Zurich
Zurich, Switzerland

Annette M. La Greca
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Shmuel Lissek
Department of Psychology
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Campus
Minneapolis, MN

Brett T. Litz
National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston, MA

Megan C. Kearns
School of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Karestan C. Koenen
Department of Society, Human Development and Health and Epidemiology
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA

Weili Lu
Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Alexandra Macdonald
VA National Center for PTSD, Behavioral Science Division
Boston University School of Medicine

Sonja March
Centre of National Research on Disability and Rehabilitation
School of Medicine
University of Queensland

Brian P. Marx
National Center for PTSD at VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University School of Medicine

James E. McCarroll
ASD Workgroup

Mark W. Miller, Ph.D.
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University School of Medicine

Candice M. Monson
VA National Center for PTSD, Women's Health Sciences Division
Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Kim T. Mueser
Departments of Psychiatry and Community and Family Medicine
Dartmouth Medical School
Hanover, NH

Nisha Nayak
Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Felicia Neubauer
Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute
School of Osteopathic Medicine
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Newark, NJ

Angela Nickerson
Department of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
School of Psychology
University of New South Wales
Sydney, Australia

Nicole R. Nugent
Bradley/Hasbro Children's Research Center of Rhode Island Hospital
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Alpert Medical School
Brown University
Providence, RI

Maria L. Pacella
Department of Psychology
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio

Michelle Pelcovitz, B.A.
Traumatic Stress Studies Division
Mount Sinai School of Medicine
New York, NY

Anica P. Pless
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, MA

Elisabeth Pollio
University of Medicine and Dentistry of N.J.
School of Osteopathic Medicine
Child Abuse Research Education and Service (CARES) Institute

Mark B. Powers
Center for the Treatment and Study of Anxiety
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA

Laura Pratchett, Psy.D.
Traumatic Stress Studies Division
James J. Peters VA Medical Center
Bronx, NY

Robert S. Pynoos

Dori Reissman
ASD Workgroup

Patricia A. Resick
Women's Health Sciences Division
National Center for PTSD
VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University School of Medicine

Heidi Resnick
National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC

Barbara Olasov Rothbaum
School of Medicine
Emory University
Atlanta, GA

Sophie Rubin
Department of Psychology
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Josef I. Ruzek
National Center for PTSD
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Pacific Graduate School of Psychology
Stanford University

Patcho Santiago
ASD Workgroup

Paula P. Schnurr

Jennifer L. Schuster
National Center for PTSD-Women Health Sciences Division
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, MA

Caroline Silva
National Center for PTSD
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston, MA

Denise M. Sloan

C. Richard Spates
Department of Psychology
Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, MI

Avron Spiro, III
Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center
VA Boston Healthcare System
Boston University School of Public Health

Murray B. Stein
Department of Psychiatry
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

Alan M. Steinberg

Martha Strachan

Cortney J. Taylor
Department of Psychology
University of Miami
Miami, FL

Silvana Turkovic
Trauma Consultants Ltd.
Department of Psychology
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH

Mary P. Tyler

Monica Uddin
Department of Epidemiology
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI

Robert J. Ursano
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Bethesda, Maryland

Willeke H. van Zelst
University Medical Centre Groningen
Groningen, Netherlands

Patricia J. Watson

Frank W. Weathers
Department of Psychology
Auburn University
Auburn, AL

John P. Wilson, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, Ohio

Rachel Yehuda, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Director, Traumatic Stress Studies Division
James J. Peters VA Medical Center

Catherine A. Yeager
Director, Telehealth Outreach Program
Essex County Hospital Center
Institute for Mental Health Policy, Research, and Treatment

The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders

Edited by J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan

Oxford Library of Psychology

Reviews and Awards

"In their Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders, J. Gayle Beck and Denise M. Sloan have assembled a group of leading investigators to provide a comprehensive, empirically grounded review of the literature... the chapters are well written and scholarly, and they should be of interest to trainees and professionals in the fields of psychology, psychiatry, and social work. The chapters are unusually current for an edited volume." -- PsycCRITIQUES

"As a compilation of the works of various contributors, this guide from the Oxford Handbooks series provides a variety of opinions and methods with regard to traumatic stress disorders, allowing the reader ease of access to an orderly and neutral introduction to the topic. The sectioned format of the handbook enables both experts and those with an interest in the field, exposure to concise, yet enlightening overviews of the various topics... By perusing the handbook or read-ing specific chapters, both professionals and interested readers will find The Oxford Handbook of Traumatic Stress Disorders to be useful for gaining understanding of traumatic stress disorders in a well-ordered format." -- Somatic Psychotherapy Today