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Posttraumatic stress disorder--additional perspectives
Perspective -- Brief relevant history of PTSD -- Understanding PTSD: vulnerability, predisposition, stigma -- Description of symptoms (from DSM-III-R) -- Recurrent and intrusive distressing recollections of the event -- Recurrent distressing dreams of the event -- Sudden acting or feeling as if the traumatic event were recurring -- Intense psychological distress at exposure to events -- Efforts to avoid thoughts or feelings associated with the trauma -- Efforts to avoid activities or situations that arouse recollections.
Inability to recall an important aspect of the trauma -- Markedly diminished interest in significant activities -- Feeling of detachment or estrangement from others -- Restricted rage of affect, e.g., unable to have loving feelings -- Sense of a foreshortened future -- Difficulty falling or staying asleep -- Irritability or outbursts of anger -- Difficulty concentrating -- Hypervigilance -- Exaggerated startle response -- Physiologic reactivity upon exposure -- Additional symptoms (not in DSM-III-R) -- Denial -- Substance abuse -- Depression -- Crying -- Anxiety, panic.
Most comfortable when alone -- Dissociative experiences -- Guilt -- Problems with memory -- Physical and medical problems -- Paranoid thinking -- Workaholic tendencies, overcompensation -- Courting danger: the adrenaline high -- Profound changes -- PTSD in family members -- Family and marital problems -- Multiple marriage and divorce -- Strong reaction to anger and violence -- Intolerance of stress -- Tips for making the diagnosis more consistently -- Prevention of PTSD -- Treatment -- Considerations in planning treatment -- Goals for treatment.
Modalities of treatment -- Helpful suggestions for treatment -- Treatment of acute symptoms -- Medication -- Duration of treatment -- Additional considerations -- Special considerations with combat veterans -- Legal considerations -- Recommendations for dealing with disasters.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-238) and index.