Table of Contents

I. Background Issues and History

1. The Black Hole of Trauma, Bessel

by A. van der Kolk and A. McFarlane

2. Trauma and Its Challenge to Society

by A. McFarlane and B. van der Kolk

3. History of Trauma in Psychiatry by Bessel

by A. van der Kolk, L. Weisaeth, and O. van der Hart

II. Acute Reactions

4. Stress versus Traumatic Stress: From Acute Homeostatic Reactions to Chronic Psychopathology

by A. Shalev

5. Acute Posttraumatic Reactions in Soldiers and Civilians

by Z. Solomon, N. Laror, and A. McFarlane

III. Adaptations to Trauma

6. The Classification of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by E. Brett

7. The Nature of Traumatic Stressors and the Epidemiology of Posttraumatic Reactions

            by A. McFarlane and G. de Girolamo

8. Resilience, Vulnerability, and the Course of Posttraumatic Reactions

by A. McFarlane

9. The Complexity of Adaptation to Trauma: Self-Regulation, Stimulus Discrimination, and Characterological Development

by B. van der Kolk

10. The Body Keeps the Score: Approaches to the Psychobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by B. van der Kolk

11. Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Clinical and Research Settings

by E. Newman, D. Kaloupek, and T. Keane

IV. Memory: Mechanisms and Processes

12. Trauma and Memory

by B. van der Kolk

13. Dissociation and Information Processing in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by B. van der Kolk, O. van der Hart, and C. Marmar

V. Developmental, Social, and Cultural Issues

14. Traumatic Stress in Childhood and Adolescence: Recent Developments and Current Controversies

by R. Pynoos, A. Steinberg, and A. Goenjian

15. Prior Traumatization and the Process of Aging: Theory and Clinical Implications

by P. Aarts and W. den Velde

16. Legal Issues in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by R. Pitman, L. Sparr, L. Saunders, and A. McFarlane

17. Trauma in Cultural Perspective

by M. deVries

VI. Treatment

18. A General Approach to Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by B. van der Kolk, A. McFarlane and O van der Hart

19. Prevention of Posttraumatic Stress: Consultation, Training, and Early Treatment

by R. Ursano, T. Grieger, and J. McCarroll

20. Acute Preventive Interventions

by B Raphael, J Wilson, L Meldrum, and A McFarlane

21. Acute Treatments

by G. Turnbull and A. McFarlane

22. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by B Olasov Rothbaum and E. Foa

23. The Psychopharmacological Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by J. Davidson and B. van der Kolk

24. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Nature of the Therapeutic Relationship

by J. Lindy

25. The Therapeutic Environment and New Explorations in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

by S. Turner, A. McFarlane, and B. van der Kolk