After the crash : assessment and treatment of motor vehicle accident survivors /

Involvement in motor vehicle accidents (MVA) is a widespread experience for Americans. Moreover, a large-scale survey has shown that MVAs are the most frequent trauma for American males and second most frequent trauma for American females. Another large-scale survey found that MVAs were the single l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Blanchard, Edward B.
Corporate Author:	American Psychological Association
Other Authors:	Hickling, Edward J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, [1997]
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Traffic accident victims. Traffic accidents > Psychological aspects. Post-traumatic stress disorder. Accidents, Traffic > psychology. Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > psychology. Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > therapy. Psychotherapy. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Involvement in motor vehicle accidents (MVA) is a widespread experience for Americans. Moreover, a large-scale survey has shown that MVAs are the most frequent trauma for American males and second most frequent trauma for American females. Another large-scale survey found that MVAs were the single leading cause of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in the general population. Yet very little is known about the assessment and treatment of road crash survivors, and few studies have looked at the psychological and psychosocial effects of surviving an accident. This book describes the details of a 5-yr study of MVA survivors in the Albany, New York area and discusses MVA related PTSD. This volume will appeal to a broad audience of practitioners, researchers, and physicians; attorneys who handle MVA survivor cases; and those interested in public safety issues. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved).
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (ix, 353 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-313) and index.
ISBN:	9781557984241 1557984247