Trauma- And Stressor-Related Disorders: A Handbook for Clinicians

Both academically rigorous and clinically practical, Trauma- and
Stressor-Related Disorders is fully informed by the new DSM-5 category that
includes adjustment disorders, acute stress disorder, and posttraumatic stress
disorder. Stress and trauma have long been recognized as playing a role in the
etiology of certain psychiatric disorders, and this book delineates normal and
pathological responses to stress, providing a conceptual framework for
understanding trauma- and stressor-related disorders. An individual's response
to stress depends on numerous genetic, developmental, cognitive, psychological,
and neurobiological risk and protective factors, and these are examined from
both a scientific and clinical perspective. Central to the book's utility is its
presentation of clinical vignettes that help the reader to contextualize the
information presented and model effective clinical skills.

Among the
volume's critically important topics and features are A robust section on
assessing the psychosocial factors associated with resilience (e.g., optimism,
cognitive flexibility, a social support network), encouraging and enhancing
these factors, and implementing psychosocial interventions to aid patients who
have experienced trauma to promote resilience by targeting these factors. A
comprehensive chapter on the medical-legal aspects of trauma- and
stressor-related disorders because clinicians working with these patients
frequently encounter situations that have legal implications (e.g., capacity
evaluations, informed consent, confidentiality, serving as a witness in court
proceedings). Full coverage of controversies unique to this group of disorders.
For example, because no other set of DSM-5 diagnoses require a stressor as an
etiological agent, this dimension can add considerable controversy to these
diagnoses. Comprehensive overview of the development of the stress and trauma
disorders chapter of the upcoming revision of the International Classification
of Diseases (ICD-11, expected for 2017), including crosswalk tables to compare
ICD-10, DSM-5, and the planned ICD-11 and featuring a summary of the evidence
base for specific treatments for ICD-10 or ICD-11 stress and trauma disorder
categories.

In addition, key points, informative Web sites, and
recommended reading at the end of each chapter are designed to consolidate and
extend the practitioner's knowledge base. Trauma- and Stressor-Related Disorders
provides readers with the latest research and treatment recommendations in an
expertly edited, easy-to-use format that will earn its place in the clinician's
library.