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Trauma assessments : a clinician's guide

This book is intended for clinicians at all levels of experience who seek a guide to the assessment of psychological trauma and its effects.
Print Book, English, cop. 1997
The Guilford Press, New York[etc], cop. 1997
XII, 307 p : il ; 23 cm
9781572302518, 1572302518
911337062
PrefaceI. Understanding the Impact of Trauma1. The Importance of Understanding Responses to Trauma2. A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Responses to Trauma3. Common Responses to Traumatic Experiences4. Factors That Influence the Responses to Traumatic Experiences5. Understanding Responses to Discrete and Chronic Traumatic ExperiencesII. Planning and Implementing Assessments6. Challenges to Assessing Trauma and Trauma Responses7. Developing an Assessment Strategy8. Selecting and Administering MeasuresIII. Making Use of Assessment Results9. Interpreting the Results and Making a Diagnosis10. Where to Go from Here: Treatment Options11. Future DirectionsMeasure ProfilesSection A: Measures of Traumatic ExperiencesSection B: Self-Report Measures of Responses to TraumaSection C: Structured Interviews for Posttraumatic and Dissociative DisordersSection D: Measures of Trauma and Trauma Responses for ChildrenAppendix: Resources on Trauma and Trauma-Related Disorders