Psychotrauma occurs as a result to a traumatic event, which may involve witnessing
someone's actual death or personally experiencing serious physical injury, assault, rape …

Scientific evidence that acute, posttrauma sleep disturbances (eg, nightmares and insomnia)
can contribute significantly to the pathogenesis of trauma-induced disorders is compelling …

Background Traumatic exposure is a frequent issue in patients visiting emergency
departments (EDs). Some patients will subsequently develop post-traumatic stress disorder …

Clinical and forensic neuropsychologists may react with puzzlement to a new but more
frequent referral question:" Patient/claimant states they cannot work because of post …

The wife of a 25-year-old Veteran* sees their family physician, concerned about her
husband. He recently released from the Canadian Forces (CF), and she reports that he is …

This book provides a comprehensive insight into the multilayered effects experienced by
directly affected victims and their indirectly affected family members following terrorist …

This chapter summarizes primary care principles for recognizing psychologically
traumatized patients and engaging them in treatment. Psychological trauma is a psychiatric …

Introduction. In the past decade terrorist attacks and suicide bombings have killed, injured
and intimidated thousands of people in many countries. In the aftermath of an attack a …

This chapter is exclusively on PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder). I compare and contrast
four recent chapters written simultaneously on the topic of PTSD and its assessment in …

Sleep disturbances are the most commonly reported symptom associated with posttraumatic
stress disorder. Experiencing sleep disturbances such as nightmares and insomnia early on …