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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Malady or Myth? (Paperback)
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Posttraumatic Stress Disorder - Malady or Myth? (Paperback)
Series: Current Perspectives in Psychology
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As more individuals bear witness to terrorist attacks, school
shootings, or assaults, there has been an increase in posttraumatic
stress disorder (PTSD), a diagnosis that has generated controversy
since its genesis during the Vietnam War. Is PTSD real or is it a
modern myth? Is the counseling of its victims valuable or possibly
harmful? Are the memories of childhood trauma uncovered by many
people valid or are they unwitting fabrications?
In this groundbreaking book, Chris Brewin, an internationally
recognized expert on trauma, presents recent research on PTSD,
memory, and neuroscience and offers a powerful new theory to
explain conflicting findings about the nature and treatment of
traumatic stress.
At the core of the book is an analysis of how the impact of trauma
affects memory and identity. Overwhelming stress can lead to a
condition in which survivors are lost for words to describe what
has happened to them but still experience vivid and inescapable
images. Trauma also has the ability to bring about profound changes
in identity and block normal mechanisms for correcting abnormal
memory. Building on this analysis, Brewin explains why some
interventions work and others are ineffective, and what could and
should be done to help survivors.
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