Clinician's Guide to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

The diagnosis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has increasingly been the focus of clinicians' attention when treating patients after stressful life events. This book addresses the needs and interests of practicing clinicians who need access to the findings and concerns researchers and policy makers have about PTSD. Bringing together a distinguished and international list of contributors including Edna Foa and Robert Spitzer, this book is filled with case studies and highlights important issues and treatment, providing clinicians with a sound conceptual understanding of posttraumatic stress disorder.

Gerald M. Rosen, Phd, Abpp, is a clinical professor with the Department of Psychology at the University of Washington and the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the university's School of Medicine. He maintains a private practice as a clinical psychologist. He has published numerous articles on PTSD, served as editor of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Issues and Controversies (Wiley), and as co-guest editor with Dr. Frueh for a special issue on PTSD in the Journal of Anxiety Disorders. B. Christopher Frueh, Phd, is Director of Clinical Research at The Menninger Clinic and Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawaii. 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 trauma, both for veterans and civilians. He has seventeen years of experience in the field of traumatic stress and has served as primary investigator on twelve federally funded research grants relevant to this area.