Handbook of PTSD: science and practice

Preface

I. Historical Overview: Setting the Context

1. PTSD from DSM-III to DSM-5: Progress and Challenges / Matthew J. Friedman, Paula P. Schnurr, & Terence M. Keane

2. DSM-5 Criteria for PTSD / Matthew J. Friedman, Michelle J. Bovin, & Frank W. Weathers

3. Historical Roots of the PTSD Construct: How PTSD Became a Diagnosis and Launched the Traumatic Stress Field / Alexander C. McFarlane & Dean G. Kilpatrick

II. Scientific Foundations and Theoretical Perspectives

4. Epidemiology of Trauma and PTSD in Adults / Kristina J. Korte, Tammy Jiang, Karestan C. Koenen, Sandro Galea, & Jaimie L. Gradus

5. Epidemiology of Trauma and PTSD in Childhood and Adolescence / William E. Copeland & Ellen W. McGinnis

6. Psychological Models of PTSD / Richard A. Bryant

7. Alterations in Memory and Other Neurocognitive Processes / Chris R. Brewin & Jennifer J. Vasterling

8. Trauma-Induced Dissociation / Anne P. DePrince, Martin J. Dorahy, Ruth Lanius, & Francesca L. Schiavone

9. Examining Neurocircuitry and Neuroplasticity in PTSD / Lynnette A. Averill, Christopher L. Averill, Teddy J. Akiki, & Chadi G. Abdallah

10. Neurochemistry, Neuroendocrinology, and Neuroimmunology of PTSD / Ann M. Rasmusson, Byung K. Kim, Tiffany R. Lago, Kayla Brown, Caitlin Ridgewell, & Arieh Y. Shalev

11. Genetics of PTSD / Daniel Bustamante, Kaitlin Bountress, Christina Sheerin, Karestan C. Koenen, Guia Guffanti, Lulu Yan, Michelle Haloossim, Monica Uddin, Nicole Nugent, & Ananda B. Amstadter

12. What Brain Tissue Can Tell Us: Postmortem Brain Banking and Analysis of PTSD Molecular Pathology / Matthew J. Girgenti, Bertrand R. Huber, Matthew J. Friedman, & Ronald S. Duman

13. Gender Issues in PTSD / Rachel Kimerling, Julie C. Weitlauf, & Amy E. Street

14. A Developmental Perspective on Childhood Traumatic Stress / Adam D. Brown, Emily Becker-Weidman, & Glenn N. Saxe

15. Trauma and PTSD in Older Adults / Joan Cook & Vanessa Simiola

III. Clinical Practice: Evidence-Based State of the Art

16. Assessment of PTSD and Its Comorbidities in Adults / Nicholas A. Livingston, Deborah J. Brief, Mark W. Miller, & Terence M. Keane

17. Assessment of PTSD in Children and Adolescents / Ernestine C. Briggs, Kate Nooner, & Lisa M. Amaya-Jackson

18. Early Intervention Following Trauma / Alvi Azad, Leonard Skipper, Gary H. Wynn, & David M. Benedek

19. Psychosocial Treatments for Adults with PTSD / Tara E. Galovski, Carmen P. McLean, C. Adrian Davis, & Jennifer S. Wachen

20. Psychosocial Treatments for Children and Adolescents with PTSD / Judith A. Cohen & Anthony P. Mannarino

21. Empirically Supported Couple and Family Therapies for PTSD / Candice M. Monson, Alexandra Macdonald, Steffany J. Fredman, Jeremiah A. Schumm, & Casey Taft

22. Group Treatments for PTSD / J. Gayle Beck & Denise Sloan

23. Pharmacotherapy for PTSD / Lori Davis, Patricia Pilkinton, & Garrett Aikens

24. Treating PTSD When Common Comorbid Disorders Are Present / Sonya B. Norman, Elizabeth Straus, Robert C. Lyons, Laura D. Crocker, Peter J. Colvonen, & Jessica C. Tripp

25. Trauma Exposure, PTSD, and Physical Health / Paula P. Schnurr, Jennifer S. Wachen, Bonnie L. Green, & Stacey Kaltman

IV. Emerging Territory

26. Culture, Trauma, and Traumatic Stress among Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Postconflict Populations / Derrick Silove & Louis Klein

27. PTSD and the Law: Forensic Considerations / Dean G. Kilpatrick, Alexander C. McFarlane, & Lucy A. Guarnera

28. Technology-Based Interventions for PTSD / Josef I. Ruzek

29. Treating PTSD Using Telemental Health Technology / Leslie A. Morland, Lisa H. Glassman, Carolyn J. Greene, Julia E. Hoffman, & Craig Rosen

30. Psychoneurobiology of Resilience / Lynnette A. Averill, Christopher L. Averill, Robert H. Pietrzak, Dennis S. Charney, & Steven M. Southwick

31. Public Mental Health Interventions Following Disasters / Joshua C. Morganstein, Holly B. Herberman Mash, Mary C. Vance, Carol S. Fullerton, & Robert J. Ursano

32. Dissemination and Implementation of Best Practices in Prevention and Treatment of PTSD / Shannon Wiltsey Stirman

33. Key Questions and an Agenda for Future Research / Matthew J. Friedman, Paula P. Schnurr, & Terence M. Keane.