Principles of Trauma Therapy: A Guide to Symptoms, Evaluation, and Treatment.0761929207 Principles of trauma therapy; a guide to symptoms, evaluation, and treatment. Briere, John and Catherine Scott Catherine Scott-Pomales (born August 27 1973) is a retired Jamaican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles. She also competed on the successful Jamaican team in the 4 x 400 metres relay, winning an Olympic silver medal in 2000. . Sage Publications This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. 2006 295 pages $69.95 Hardcover RC552 Briere (psychiatry and psychology, U. of Southern California) and Scott (clinical psychiatry, U. of Southern California) offer a practical guide to trauma treatment that employs a general, overarching approach to the ongoing processing of traumatic memories rather than an overly simplistic sim·plism n. The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications. [French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple model that may address only a portion of necessary care. They describe trauma and its effects, assessment of trauma and posttraumatic posttraumatic /posttrau·mat·ic/ (post?traw-mat´ik) occurring as a result of or after injury. post·trau·mat·ic adj. Following or resulting from injury or trauma. outcomes, and clinical interventions in terms of issues, education, distress reduction and affect regulation training, cognitive interventions, emotional processing, increasing identity and relational functioning. They also describe the treatment of the effects of acute trauma and devote significant space to descriptions of the biology and psychopharmacology psychopharmacology (sī'kōfär'məkŏl`əjē), in its broadest sense, the study of all pharmacological agents that affect mental and emotional functions. of trauma. They include texts of the Initial Trauma Review-3 and the Brief Interview for Posttraumatic Disorders. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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