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Friedman Ph.D., Matthew J.

 
9780763795689: Posttraumatic and Acute Stress Disorders

Synopsis

Posttraumatic and Acute Stress Disorder, Fifth Edition is a concise, up-to-date presentation of the latest scientific information and clinical challenges regarding posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as well as acute reactions to stressful events. Written for non-PTSD specialists including practitioners in general psychiatry, primary care practitioners and graduate students, Post Traumatic & Acute Stress Disorder, Fifth Edition explicitly addresses diagnostic, including differential diagnostic, and assessment issues. This newest edition now includes current examples of PTSD in military personnel deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.

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À propos de l'auteur

Dr. Friedman is Executive Director of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Professor of Psychiatry and of Pharmacology and Toxicology at Dartmouth Medical School.'He has worked with PTSD patients as a clinician and researcher for thirty-five years and has published extensively on stress and PTSD, biological psychiatry, psychopharmacology, and clinical outcome studies on depression, anxiety, schizophrenia, and chemical dependency. He has over 200 publications, including nineteen books and monographs.'Listed in The Best Doctors in America, he is a Distinguished Lifetime Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, past-president of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS), past chair of the scientific advisory board of the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, a member of APA’s DSM-V Anxiety Disorders Work Group, and has served on many VA, DoD and NIMH research, education and policy committees. He has received many honors including the ISTSS Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999 and the ISTSS Public Advocacy Award in 2009.

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