Books Received, June 1999
Please note that this list presents annotations rather than reviews. It is intended to notify readers of recent publications of potential interest, not to evaluate or recommend specific titles. The annotations are often quoted or adapted from prefatory material in the book itself, or from information provided by the publisher.
Bratton, Mary -- From Surviving to Thriving: A Therapist's Guide to Stage II Recovery for Survivors of Childhood Abuse -- Binghamton, New York: Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press, 1999 -- 282 pp., ISBN: 0-7890-0256-6 -- $24.95 paper
"This is a book about treatment for survivors of childhood abuse, about helping clients make the critical move from being a victim to being a survivor who triumphs and thrives....[It] is based on the author's firm conviction, developed over years of clinical practice, that survivors of childhood abuse are profoundly normal and absolutely extraordinary. They are incredbily resilient and resourceful, not despite their childhood experiences, but because of them. The behavior patterns that are still troubling them are not evidence of pathology but proof of the brilliant children they were and the strong adults they have become....The book is meant to be a practical, hands-on desktop companion to inform and enrich the work of clinicians who want to move beyond Stage I debriefing and help survivors of childhood abuse achieve Stage II transformation in self-image and life patterns. It supports the therapist as partner and guide in the healing journey, serving as both model and measure for progress and success."
Courtois, Christine A. -- Recollections of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Principles and Guidelines -- New York: Norton, 1999 -- xix, 436 pp., ISBN: 0-393-70281-2 -- $45.00 hardcover
This book seeks to provide practicing clinicians with information about the false memory debate and to provide principles and guidelines for working with issues of recovered memories of childhood sexual abuse.
Figley, Charles R. (ed.) -- Traumatology of Grieving: Conceptual, Theoretical, and Treatment Foundations -- Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel, 1999 (Series in Trauma and Loss) -- xii, 230 pp., ISBN: 0-87630-973-2 -- $29.95 paper
A follow-up volume to Death and Trauma: The Traumatology of Loss (1996). Discusses the special and unique features of death-related PTSD, along with its assessment and treatment. Explores conceptual and empirical foundations, reviewing both the thanatology and traumatology literatures. Describes treatment approaches for death-related PTSD.
Flannery, Daniel J.; Huff, C. Ronald (ed.). -- Youth Violence: Prevention, Intervention, and Social Policy -- Washington: American Psychiatric Press, 1999 (Clinical Practice Series) -- xv, 322 pp., ISBN: 0-88048-809-3 -- npg paper
Assesses the effects of exposure to violence on youths and the continuity of aggression from early childhood to adulthood, and outlines an integration strategy for a sound public policy toward prevention and treatment of violent behavior among youth.
Flannery, Raymond B. -- Preventing Youth Violence: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors -- New York: Continuum, 1999 -- 160 pp., ISBN: 0-8264-1148-7 -- $19.95 hardcover
Describes the extent of violence by young people in the community, at school, and at home, and outlines the various factors that are linked to these aggressive acts. Presents the continuum of early, serious, and urgent warning signs: what they are and how they come about. Describes the process of assessing what the problem is, and the five basic guidelines that are helpful in correcting the underlying problems that have led to the warning signs.
Gordon, Norma S.; Farberow, Norman L.; Maida, Carl A. -- Children and Disasters -- Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel, 1999 (Series in Trauma and Loss) -- xii, 194 pp., ISBN: 0-87630-932-5 -- $29.95 hardcover
"The book uses the model of short-term crisis counselling to provide a practical 'hands-on' approach to program design. It is targeted to those concerned with the design and maangement of treatment services for the emotional needs of children affected by major disasters." -- Preface
Horowitz, Mardi Jon (ed.). -- Essential Papers on Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- New York: New York University Press, 1999 -- vii, 548 pp., ISBN: 0-8147-3559-2 -- npg paper
A collection of 28 key papers on diagnosis, explanation, and treatment of PTSD, providing an overview of agreements and controversies concerning the disorder.
Jacobs, Selby -- Traumatic Grief: Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention -- Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel, 1999 (Series in Trauma and Loss) -- xix, 112 pp., ISBN: 0-87630-986-4 -- $26.95 paper
Reviews consensus diagnostic criteria for the proposed diagnostic entity of "traumatic grief, discusses in detail the clinical use of the diagnostic criteria, and explores specific treastments for traumatic grief.
Maercker, Andreas; Schützwohl, Matthias; Solomon, Zahava (ed.) -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Lifespan Developmental Perspective -- Seattle: Hogrefe and Huber, 1999 -- viii, 264 pp. ISBN: 0-88937-187-3 -- $39.00 hardcover
This volume looks at how developmental phase is related to coping with traumatic events. It asks how similar stressors affect people who experience them at different stages of their lives. Are children, adolescents, young adults, midlifers, and the elderly affected in the same way? Does children's limited understanding of danger accord them protection? Or do their limited coping abilities render them more vulnerable? Does adult maturity increase resilience? Or do the responsibilities of adulthood increase the burden? What happens to the elderly? Does a lifetime of accumulated experience give them the wisdom to overcome trauma? Or does the frailty of age undermine their ability to deal with it? We hope to provide an enhanced vision of human lifespan developmental processes as applied to extreme stress responses.
Parrish, Inous S. -- Military Veterans PTSD Reference Manual -- Austin, Texas: OSD Publishing, 1999 -- ISBN: 1-58458-000-3 -- $19.95 paper
Written by a Vietnam veteran for Vietnam veterans, this guide discusses the history and etiology of PTSD and traditional and non-traditional treatments for the disorder. It contains extensive step-by-step instructions to guide veterans with PTSD through the process of applying for disability benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs, with particular attention to the steps a veteran can take to obtain the necessary documentation for filing a claim.
Saigh, Philip A.; Bremner, J, Douglas (ed.). -- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Comprehensive Text -- Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999 -- xiv, 434 pp., ISBN: 0-205-26734-3 -- npg hardcover
This book was developed in order to present an empirical approach to science and practice. In so doing, psychiatrists and psychologists with sustained records of scholarly achievement in the field of traumatic stress tudies review the history, epidemiology, etiology, assessment, and treatment of PTSD.
Stamm, B. Hudnall (ed.). -- Secondary Traumatic Stress: Self-care Issues for Clinicians, Researchers, and Educators, 2d ed. -- Lutherville, Maryland: Sidran Press, 1999 -- lii, 332 pp., ISBN: 1-886968-07-1 -- $22.50 paper
A revised edition retaining the body of the first edition text largely unchanged, but with additional material directed toward updating and increasing the utility of the book added in before and after the core chapters.
Tinker, Robert H.; Wilson, Sandra A. -- Through the Eyes of a Child: EMDR with Children -- New York: Norton, 1999 -- xviii, 284 pp., ISBN: 0-393-70287-1 -- $37.00 hardcover
This book is written for the practicing clinician who has been trained in EMDR (Level 1 or Level 2) and who works with children. Topics treated include: Children and EMDR: the view from the mountaintop; Trauma, diagnosis, and EMDR: initial considerations; The first session with the child; Developmental modifications of the EMDR protocol for children; Simple traumas: automobile accidents, lightning strikes; Simple traumas: bereavement, specific phobias; Complex traumas; Troubleshooting; Diagnostic categories; Symptoms as targets for EMDR.
Valent, Paul -- Trauma and Fulfillment Therapy: A Wholist Framework -- Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel, 1999 (Series in Trauma and Loss) -- xiv, 233 pp., ISBN: 0-87630-939-2 -- $22.95 paper
Applies the author's "wholist perspective" (as elaborated in From Survival to Fulfillment) to common treatment principles and specific clinical applications.
Whitmire, Laura E.; Harlow, Lisa L.; Quina, Kathryn; Morokoff, Patricia J. -- Childhood Trauma and HIV: Women at Risk -- Philadelphia: Brunner/Mazel, 1999 -- xi, 199 pp., ISBN: 0-87630-948-1 -- $29.95 paper
Working from the perspective of feminist psychology, the authors weave together the two pandemics of AIDS and child abuse and the issues the connection raises for women and children. They describe, using a series of multivariate analyses, the relationship between a history of childhood sexual abuse, a negative family-of-origin environment, and adult HIV risk behaviors, and demonstrate the significance of powerlessness in understanding the links between these risks for women in our culture.
Williams, Linda M.; Banyan, Victoria L. (ed.). -- Trauma and Memory -- Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 1999 -- xiii, 384 pp., ISBN: 0-7619-0772-6 -- npg paper
Most of this book's 26 chapters were first presented at Trauma and Memory: An International Research Conference, Durham NH, June 1996. The book is divided into four parts: Clinical practice and legal issues in trauma and memory; Mental health and memories of traumatic events; Cognitive and physiological perspectives on trauma and memory; and Evidence and controversies in understanding memories for traumatic events.
Yule, William (ed.). -- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders: Concepts and Therapy -- Chichester, England: Wiley, 1999 (Wiley Series in Clinical Psychology) -- xvi, 326 pp., ISBN: 0-471-97080-8 -- npg paper
This book represents the fruits of ten years of working with survivors of accidents and disasters at the University of London's Institute of Psychiatry. It attempts to offer a coherent approach to the psychology underpinning PTSD and describes treatment techniques based on a social learning and cognitive behavioral framework.
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