The post-traumatic stress disorder sourcebook : a guide to healing, recovery, and growth

Title:

Author:

Schiraldi, Glenn R., 1947- author.

ISBN:

9780071840590

Personal Author:

Schiraldi, Glenn R., 1947- author.

Edition:

Revised and expanded second edition.

Publication Information:

New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, [2016]

Physical Description:

xv, 478 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Contents:

Part I: About PTSD. PTSD basics ; Making sense of the bewildering symptoms: understanding anxiety and dissociation ; Frequently asked questions -- Part II: About healing, recovery, and growth. Principles of healing, recovery, and growth ; Treatment approaches : professional, medication, group, and self-managed -- Part III: Preparing for the recovery process. Stabilization and balance ; Taking care of your health -- Part IV: Managing symptoms. Affect management ; Reducing general arousal ; Regulating bodily arousal ; Breathing retraining ; Relaxation ; Managing anger ; Eye movement ; Intrusion management ; Before starting memory work : helpful strategies -- Part V: Treatment. Principles of memory work ; Cognitive restructuring ; Confiding concealed wounds ; Resolving guilt ; Prolonged exposure ; Body-based therapies ; Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing ; Thought field therapy ; Other brief processing techniques ; Dream management and processing ; Healing imagery ; Healing rituals ; Grieving losses ; Making sense of trauma : coming to terms with suffering ; Hypnosis ; Expressive art therapies ; Life review ; Innovative treatments ; Complementary approaches -- Part VI: Moving on. Transitioning ; Building self-esteem ; Unfinished business : resolving anger ; Intimacy and sexuality ; Meaning and purpose ; Spiritual and religious growth ; Happiness, pleasure, and humor ; Relapse prevention ; Looking ahead/Summing up -- Appendices: History of PTSD ; Assessing abuse ; Brain and memory ; Psychiatric disorders ; 72-hour emergency preparedness ; Meditation ; Rape and sexual assault facts and myths ; Medication facts and guidelines ; Medication facts and guidelines ; Early childhood trauma and complex PTSD ; Victim, survivor, thriver.

Subject Term:

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Document ID:

SD_ILS:2238452

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Summary

How millions of PTSD suffers learned to live without fear, pain, depression, and self-doubt

The Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Sourcebook, Revised and Expanded Second Edition introduces survivors, loved ones, and helpers to the remarkable range of treatment alternatives and self-management techniques available today to break through the pain and realize recovery and growth.

This updated edition incorporates all-new diagnostics from the DSM-5 and covers the latest treatment techniques and research findings surrounding the optimization of brain health and function, sleep disturbance, new USDA dietary guidelines and the importance of antioxidants, early childhood trauma, treating PTSD and alcoholism, the relationship between PTSD and brain injury, suicide and PTSD, somatic complaints associated with PTSD, and more.

Author Notes

Glenn R. Schiraldi, PhD, has served on the stress management faculties at the Pentagon, the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and the University of Maryland, where he received the Outstanding Teaching Award.

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Preface to This Revised and Expanded Edition	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
Part I About PTSD
Chapter 1 PTSD Basics	p. 3
Chapter 2 Making Sense of the Bewildering Symptoms: Understanding Stress Arousal and Dissociation	p. 19
Chapter 3 Frequently Asked Questions	p. 34
Part II About Healing, Recovery, and Growth
Chapter 4 Principles of Healing, Recovery, and Growth	p. 55
Chapter 5 Treatment Approaches: Professional, Medication, Group, and Self-Managed	p. 63
Part III Preparing for the Recovery Process
Chapter 6 Stabilization and Balance	p. 77
Chapter 7 Taking Care of Your Health	p. 82
Part IV Managing Symptoms
Chapter 8 Affect Management	p. 97
Chapter 9 Reducing General Arousal	p. 102
Chapter 10 Regulating Bodily Arousal	p. 105
Chapter 11 Breathing Retraining	p. 112
Chapter 12 Relaxation	p. 120
Chapter 13 Managing Anger	p. 130
Chapter 14 Eye Movement	p. 145
Chapter 15 Intrusion Management	p. 148
Chapter 16 Before Starting Memory Work: Helpful Strategies	p. 155
Part V Treatment
Chapter 17 Principles of Memory Work	p. 171
Chapter 18 Cognitive Restructuring	p. 174
Chapter 19 Confiding Concealed Wounds	p. 197
Chapter 20 Resolving Guilt	p. 206
Chapter 21 Prolonged Exposure	p. 223
Chapter 22 Body-Based Therapies	p. 229
Chapter 23 Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing	p. 236
Chapter 24 Thought Field Therapy	p. 242
Chapter 25 Other Brief Processing Techniques	p. 245
Chapter 26 Dream Management and Processing	p. 253
Chapter 27 Healing Imagery	p. 257
Chapter 28 Healing Rituals	p. 262
Chapter 29 Grieving Losses	p. 267
Chapter 30 Making Sense of Trauma: Coming to Terms with Suffering	p. 278
Chapter 31 Hypnosis	p. 281
Chapter 32 Expressive Art Therapies	p. 284
Chapter 33 Life Review	p. 293
Chapter 34 Innovative Treatments	p. 304
Chapter 35 Complementary Approaches	p. 312
Part VI Moving On
Chapter 36 Transitioning	p. 317
Chapter 37 Building Self-Esteem	p. 322
Chapter 38 Unfinished Business: Resolving Anger	p. 335
Chapter 39 Intimacy and Sexuality	p. 345
Chapter 40 Meaning and Purpose	p. 359
Chapter 41 Spiritual and Religious Growth	p. 363
Chapter 42 Happiness, Pleasure, and Humor	p. 369
Chapter 43 Relapse Prevention	p. 381
Chapter 44 Looking Ahead/Summing Up	p. 391
Appendices
Appendix A The History of PTSD	p. 393
Appendix B Assessing Abuse	p. 395
Appendix C The Brain and Memory	p. 397
Appendix D Risk Factors for PTSD	p. 399
Appendix E Psychiatric Disorders	p. 402
Appendix F 72-Hour Emergency Preparedness	p. 405
Appendix G Meditation	p. 407
Appendix H Rape and Sexual Assault Facts and Myths	p. 409
Appendix I Medication Facts and Guidelines	p. 411
Appendix J Early Childhood Trauma and Complex PTSD	p. 415
Appendix K Victim, Survivor, Thriver	p. 417
Endnotes	p. 420
Bibliography	p. 447
Additional Resources	p. 454
Index	p. 464

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