Book description
Evidence-based approaches to diagnosing and treating PTSD in an
array of specific populations and settings
This timely, practical guide for busy professionals:
- Covers strategies for those working in specialized practice
settings, such as primary care facilities, prisons, and hospitals
for the severely mentally ill
- Offers guidelines for conducting forensic evaluations
- Provides information on malingering assessment
- Explores new frontiers in PTSD assessment, including
neuroimaging and genetic testing
- Offers practical guidance on the assessment of most recognized
comorbid conditions
- Discusses the roles of ethnicity, race, and culture in assessing
and treating PTSD
- Offers assessment strategies for specific populations, including
veterans, children, and the severely impaired
B. CHRISTOPHER FRUEH, PhD, is Director of Clinical Research at
The Menninger Clinic and Professor of Psychology at the University of
Hawai'i at Hilo. Formerly a clinician and director of a VA PTSD clinic
in Charleston, South Carolina, his research interests are in clinical
and mental health service delivery to those who suffer from trauma,
including both veterans and civilians.
ANOUK L. GRUBAUGH, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical
University of South Carolina and a Research Health Scientist at the
Charleston Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Charleston, South
Carolina.
JON D. ELHAI, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Assistant
Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo, Ohio, where he
directs the university's PTSD Lab.
JULIAN FORD, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Professor of
Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and
Director of the University of Connecticut Health Center Child Trauma
Clinic and Center for Trauma Response Recovery and Preparedness. Dr.
Ford is the author of the TARGET intervention model for adult,
adolescent, and child traumatic stress disorders and co-occurring
substance use disorders.
