| Description |
xii, 271 pages ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Current perspectives in psychology |
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Current perspectives in psychology.
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| Contents |
Ch. 1. Saviors and Skeptics -- Ch. 2. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Discovery or Invention? -- Ch. 3. Is Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Caused by Trauma? -- Ch. 4. A Crisis of Identity -- Ch. 5. The Puzzle of Emotional Memory -- Ch. 6. Trauma, Memory, and the Brain -- Ch. 7. Myths, Memory Wars, and Witch-hunts -- Ch. 8. The Return of Repression? -- Ch. 9. More Battlegrounds: Preventing and Treating PTSD -- Ch. 10. Ancient Malady or Modern Myth? |
| Summary |
"As more individuals bear witness to terrorist attacks, school shootings, or assaults, there has been an increase in posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a diagnosis that has generated controversy since its genesis during the Vietnam War. Is PTSD real or is it a modern myth? Is the counseling of its victims valuable or possibly harmful? Are the memories of childhood trauma uncovered by many people valid or unwitting fabrications? In this groundbreaking book, Chris Brewin, an internationally recognized expert on trauma, presents recent research on PTSD, memory, and neuroscience and offers a powerful new theory to explain conflicting findings about the nature and treatment of traumatic stress." |
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"At the core of the book is an analysis of how the impact of trauma affects memory and identity. Brewin suggests that there are two forms of memory for trauma, one based in words and one in images. Overwhelming stress on different areas of the brain can lead to a condition in which survivors are lost for words to describe what has happened to them but still experience vivid, detailed, and inescapable images. Trauma also has the ability to bring about profound changes in identity and block normal mechanisms for correcting abnormal memory. Building on this analysis, Brewin provides valuable information on who will be vulnerable to traumatic stress, how to tell whether someone is likely to be suffering from PTSD, why some interventions work and others are ineffective and what could and should be done to help survivors."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
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| LC no. |
2002155619 |
| ISBN |
0300099843 alkaline paper |
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0300099843 alkaline paper |
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