A Short Journey into Trauma

Understanding and Coping with Post-Traumatic-Stress

Frank Parkinson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

250 Seiten

2017
The Merlin Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85425-117-6 (ISBN)

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This book aims to challenge and change unhelpful attitudes to those who suffer traumatic reactions, to show that they are not signs of weakness or a personality disorder and that there is understanding and help available for those who suffer. It draws on personal and professional experience. The author has worked as a counsellor, practising the psychological debriefing he describes in detail, dealing with many different kinds of traumatic events. He describes theories and methods used for understanding traumatic stress and outlines the history of treatments offered, up to the present. There are also descriptions of the coping strategies used by professionals in the Emergency and Social Services, which are also found in civilian organisations and in society in general.The author describes personal experience, counselling and psychological debriefing. (Prison Riots, armed robberies, traffic accidents, rape, aid agency personnel, bomb-disposal, military families held hostage, Army War Graves' Registration Team).The diagnostic criteria and symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are outlined in detail, with examples.
Although Post-Traumatic Stress and Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder cannot be understood without reference to the military experience of war and combat, examples are given from both military and civilian experiences of trauma.Helpful resources are listed: organisations offering help & support to those who suffer and their families; and key books.

Frank Parkinson is a Church of England clergyman. Between 1967 and 1992 he served as an Army Chaplain and trained as a counsellor with 'Relate', specialising in Post-Traumatic-Stress. He retired as Assistant Chaplain General in 1992 and since then has worked as a consultant, university lecturer, trainer, psychological de-briefer and counsellor.

Preface, Are you all There? Introduction to Trauma, Learning about Trauma, Disaster & War, Trauma & the Military, Trauma - Effects and Coping, Theories and Models, Defusing and Debriefing, Trauma & Treatment, Coping with Crisis. Appendix A: Coping with Stress & Trauma; Appendix B: Looking for Help - Agencies; Appendix C: Further Reading.

Erscheinungsdatum	29.06.2017
Zusatzinfo	5 b/w illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Psychologie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Notfallmedizin
ISBN-10	1-85425-117-1 / 1854251171
ISBN-13	978-1-85425-117-6 / 9781854251176
Zustand	Neuware