This volume summarizes findings on trauma and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in relation to three domains of outcomes: health status and disease, somatization, and utilization and cost. Contributors examine how trauma and PTSD could lead to poor physical health through cor…
Contributions from 17 specialists based at hospitals and universities across the US summarize the findings on how extreme stressors such as war, sexual and other criminal victimization, natural and human-made disasters, and serious accidents affect physical health. The work outl…
Handbook of PTSD: science and practice
"Widely regarded as the definitive reference, this handbook brings together foremost authorities on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Diagnostic, conceptual, and treatment issues are reviewed in depth. The volume examines the causes and mechanisms of PTSD on multiple levels,…
"Are horrific experiences indelibly fixed in a victim's memory? Or does the mind protect itself by banishing traumatic memories from consciousness? How victims remember trauma is the most controversial issue in psychology today, spilling out of consulting rooms and laboratories …
Synthesising clinical case reports and the research literature on the effects of stress, suggestion and trauma on memory, Richard McNally arrives at significant conclusions, first and foremost that traumatic experiences are indeed unforgettable.
Prostitution, trafficking, and traumatic stress
Simultaneously published as Journal of trauma practice, volume 2, numbers 3/4 2003. Contains chapters on: comparison of wife battering and prostitution, an update on violence and posttraumatic stress disorder; prostitution and trauma in US rape law; gay male pornography; online …
The authors of the papers collected in this volume document the violence that runs like a constant thread throughout all types of prostitution, including escort, brothel, trafficking, strip club, pornography, and street prostitution. Prostitutes are always subjected to verbal se…
"Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress offers the reader an analysis of prostitution and trafficking as organized interpersonal violence. Even in academia, law, and public health, prostitution is often misunderstood as æsex work.œ The book's 32 contributors offer clini…
"Prostitution, Trafficking, and Traumatic Stress offers the reader an analysis of prostitution and trafficking as organized interpersonal violence. Even in academia, law, and public health, prostitution is often misunderstood as æsex work.œ The book's 32 contributors offer clini…
