Comprehensive Guide to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders

1. Front Matter

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2. Setting the Scene: General Aspects, Definitions, and Selective Chapters to Illustrate the Breadth of PTSD

   1. Front Matter

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   2. PTSD in History: From Uruk to Baghdad

      • Philippe J. Birmes, Eric Bui

      Pages 3-19

   3. Evidence for PTSD as a Systemic Disorder

      • Avram Bukhbinder, Paul E. Schulz

      Pages 21-39

   4. Dissociation, Dissociative Disorders, and PTSD

      • Amie C. Myrick, Bethany L. Brand

      Pages 41-59

   5. Predisposing Risk Factors for PTSD: Brain Biomarkers

      • Talma Hendler, Roee Admon

      Pages 61-75

   6. Forensic Aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

      • Aleksandar A. Jovanović, Bojana D. Dunjić, Srdjan D. Milovanović

      Pages 77-96

   7. Comparing Cognitive Aspects of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Trauma

      • Mariana Kneese Flaks, Pedro Fonseca Zuccolo, Francisco Lotufo-Neto

      Pages 97-113

   8. PTSD in the Military

      • Andrea Phelps, Darryl Wade, David Forbes

      Pages 115-130

   9. Autobiographical Memories and PTSD

      • Elizabeth S. Lapidow, Adam D. Brown

      Pages 131-146

   10. Impact of Spiritual and Religious Coping on PTSD

       • Courtney L. Slater, Jessica Bordenave, Bret A. Boyer

       Pages 147-162

   11. Evaluation of Screening Tests for PTSD

       • Scott D. McDonald, Emily L. Gentes, Patrick S. Calhoun

       Pages 163-179

   12. Stress, Kindling and PTSD: Typical Symptoms of Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Antiepileptic Medication

       • Petr Bob

       Pages 181-191

   13. Generalized Anxiety Disorder: How It Compares to PTSD

       • Amy Przeworski, Kimberly Dunbeck

       Pages 193-204

   14. Trauma Exposure, Schizophrenia Symptoms, and the Stress Vulnerability Model

       • Mick P. Fleming, Colin R. Martin

       Pages 205-229

   15. PTSD and Tort Law

       • Terri R. Day, Ryan C. W. Hall

       Pages 231-244

   16. Endocrine Aspects of PTSD: Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis and Beyond

       • Nikolaos P. Daskalakis, Marlon A. McGill, Amy Lehrner, Rachel Yehuda

       Pages 245-260

3. PTSD in Different Conditions, Groups, and Specific Incidents

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      Pages 261-261

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   2. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Survivors of Critical Illness

      • Jennifer H. Ryu, Maia S. Kredentser, O. Joseph Bienvenu, Marcus Blouw, Jitender Sareen, Kendiss Olafson

      Pages 263-280

   3. Assessment and Treatment of PTSD in People with Intellectual Disabilities

      • Liesbeth Mevissen, Robert Didden, Ad de Jongh

      Pages 281-299

This is an all-embracing reference that offers analyses and discussions of contemporary issues in the field of PTSD. The book brings together scientific material from leading experts in the field relating to a wide range of important current topics across disciplines. These include the early identification of PTSD and subsequent treatment, to social and behavioral studies, to biochemical, molecular and genetic research. With more than 125 chapters organized in 12 major sections, this is the most complete single resource on PTSD.

• PTSD
• genetic aspects of PTSD
• human stress response
• neurological aspects of PTSD
• post-traumatic stress disorder
• traumatic stress

• Faculty of Society and Health, Buckinghamshire New University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom

  Colin R. Martin

• FactyofLifeSci&Med,Diabts&NutrnSciRshDiv, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

  Victor R. Preedy

• DepartofBiomedicalSci,SchoolofLifeScienc, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom

  Vinood B. Patel

Victor R. Preedy is a professor in the School of Medicine, King's College London. He directs studies regarding pathology, health, nutrition and toxicity. Professor Preedy graduated in 1974 from the University of Aston with a Combined Honours Degree in Biology and Physiology with Pharmacology. He gained his Ph.D. in 1981, in the field of nutrition and metabolism, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London. Professor Preedy was elected as a Fellow to the Royal College of Pathologists in 2000. Dr Vinood B. Patel is currently a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Biochemistry at the University of Westminster and honorary fellow at King’s College London. He presently directs studies on metabolic pathways involved in liver disease, particularly related to mitochondrial energy regulation and cell death. Other areas included understanding the use of visceral osteopathic treatment for Autistic children, and studying this effect on behavioural and gastrointestinal alterations. Dr Patel graduated from the University of Portsmouth with a degree in Pharmacology and completed his PhD in protein metabolism from King’s College London in 1997. Colin R. Martin RN, BSc, PhD, YCAP, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, C.Sci is Chair and Professor of Mental Health at the University of the West of Scotland. He is a Registered Mental Health Nurse, Chartered Health Psychologist and a Chartered Scientist. He also trained in analytical biochemistry, this aspect reflecting the psychobiological focus of much of his research within mental health. He has published or has in press over 150 research papers and book chapters.

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