The second, completely updated edition of this book offers an evidence based guide for clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and other clinicians working with trauma survivors in various settings. It provides easily digestible, up-to-date information on the basic principles of traumatic stress research and practice, including psychological and sociological theories as well as epidemiological, psychopathological, and neurobiological findings. However, as therapists are primarily interested in how to best treat their traumatized patients, the core focus of the book is on evidence based psychological treatments for trauma-related mental disorders. The full range of trauma and stress related disorders is covered, including Acute Stress Reaction, Complex PTSD and Prolonged Grief Disorder, reflecting important anticipated developments in diagnostic classification. Each of the treatment chapters begins with a short summary of the theoretical underpinnings of the approach,presents a case illustrating the treatment protocol, addresses special challenges typically encountered in implementing this treatment, and ends with an overview of related outcomes and other research findings. Additional chapters are devoted to the treatment of comorbidities, special populations and special treatment modalities and to pharmacological treatments for trauma-related disorders. A novel addition is the chapter on Innovative interventions to increase global mental health. The book concludes by addressing the fundamental question of how to treat whom, and when.

1. Introduction

Part 1: Traumatic stress: the basic principles
2. Trauma as a Public Health Issue: Epidemiology of Trauma and Trauma-Related Disorders
3. Psychological and sociological theories of PTSD
4. An integrative view on the biopsychology of stress and posttraumatic stress disorder
5. Understanding Pathways from Traumatic Exposure to Physical Health
Part 2: Stress and trauma related disorders
6. The diagnostic spectrum of trauma-related disorders
Part 3: Psychotherapy
7. Early intervention after trauma
8. Prolonged Exposure Therapy
9. Cognitive Therapy for PTSD: Updating Memories and Meanings of Trauma
10. Cognitive Processing Therapy
11. EMDR Therapy for Trauma-Related Disorders
12. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET) - reorganizing memories of traumatic stress, fear and violence
13. Brief Eclectic Psychotherapy for PTSD
14. STAIR Narrative Therapy
15. Prolonged Grief Disorder Therapy (PGDT)
16. Innovative interventions to increaseglobal mental health
Part 4: Treating comorbidities
17. Trauma and substance abuse: A clinician's guide to treatment
18. Treating PTSD and Borderline Personality Disorder
19. The Complexity of Chronic Pain in Traumatized People - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Challenges
Part 5: Treating special populations
20. Evidence-based treatments in children and adolescents
21. Treating PTSD Symptoms in Older Adults
22. Treatment of traumatized refugees and immigrants
23. Considerations in the Treatment of Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Part 6: Special treatment modalities
24. Group treatment of PTSD
25. Couple Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
26. Telemental Health Approaches for Trauma Survivors
Part 7: Pharmacotherapy
27. Pharmacologic treatment for trauma-reated psychological disorders
Part 8: Conclusions
28. Next Steps: Building a Science for Improving Outcomes.