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Reconstructing Early Intervention after Trauma Innovations in the Care of Survivors

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ISBN-10: 0198508344

ISBN-13: 9780198508342

Edition: 2001

Authors: Roderick Orner, Ulrich Schnyder

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The introduction of a diagnosis of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in the 1980 edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders heralded the dawn of modern psychotraumatology. On the strength of the conceptual refinements offered by this new diagnosis, much consideration has been given to the challenge of effecting early intervention after trauma. To do so offered the prospect of preventing initial reactions developing into a debilitating chronic disorder with complicating co-morbidities. Some of the original proponents of early intervention protocols have continued to claim that such provision will mitigate the effects of traumatic…    
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Book details

List price: $120.00
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/26/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.45" long x 0.65" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Contributors
History and theory
Historical background of early intervention in military settings
Historical background: social psychiatry and crisis theory
A systematic review of single psychological interventions ('debriefing') following trauma. Updating the Cochrane review and implications for good practice
Current theories and conceptualizations of early reactions to trauma
Early reactions to traumatic events. The diversity of diagnostic formulations
Psychobiological perspectives on early reactions to traumatic events
Learning theory perspectives on early reactions to traumatic events
Cognitive perspectives on early reactions to traumatic events
Systemic approaches to early interventions in a community affected by organized violence
The new evidence base for reconstructing early intervention after trauma
A psychodynamically orientated intervention strategy for early reactions to trauma
The course and development of early reactions to traumatic events: baseline evidence from a non-intervention follow-up study
Mapping the multidimensional picture of acute responses to traumatic stress
Screening to identify individuals at risk after exposure to trauma
A new evidence base for making early intervention in emergency services complementary to officers' preferred adjustment and coping strategies
The evidence base provided by applied early intervention strategies
Cognitive behaviour therapy of acute stress disorder
Drugs and physical treatment after trauma
Early intervention strategies with traumatized children, adolescents and families
Early psychosocial interventions for war-affected populations
Early intervention strategies applied following rape
A brief early intervention service for accident and assault victims
The Lincolnshire Joint Emergency Services Initiative: an early intervention protocol for emergency services staff
Strategies for early intervention after trauma adopted by the Norwegian Armed Forces
The role of hospitals in delivering early intervention services following traumatic events
Training programmes for building competence in early intervention skills
Early intervention reconstructed
Progress made towards reconstructing early intervention after trauma: emergent themes
Progress made towards reconstructing early intervention after trauma: principles of evidence based practice
Index