Pathfinder: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

Scope|Subject Headings|Overview Sources|Circulating Books|Periodicals, Journals& Trade Publications|Web Sites

SCOPE: Post traumatic stress disorder is a prolonged reaction to a traumatic experience. (Nevid, Abnormal Psychology in a Changing World) Individuals in combat, rape survivors, victims of accidents as well as natural disorders may all experience extreme stress as a result. It is estimated that 8% of U.S. adults experience PTSD at some point in their lives. Symptoms of posttraumatic stress include nightmares, panic disorders, flashbacks, as well as the inability to interact socially with others.

SUBJECT HEADINGS

Books dealing with post-traumatic stress are listed in the Baddour Library's on-line catalog under the following subject headings:

Post-traumatic stress disorder
Traumatic neuroses

There are sources located in the Reference Section of the Baddour Library that give general overview or summary of the topic you are researching. The following is a list of some of the sources available in the library.

OVERVIEW SOURCES

REF RC 455.2.C4D536 2000 DSM-IV-TR

REF BF 32.E522000 Encyclopedia of Psychology

CIRCULATING BOOKS

Some representative books from the Circulating Collection located upstairs in the library are:

Terr, Lenore. Unchained Memories: True Stories of Traumatic Memories, Lost and Found. New York: Basic Books, 1994.

Tomb, David A. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Philadelphia: WB Saunders, 1994 (Psychiatric Clinics of North America).

Van der Kolk, Bessel A. Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society. New York: Guilford Press, 1996.

Wilson, John P. Treating Psychological Trauma and PTSD. New York: Guilford Press, 2001.

Yehuda, Rachel. Psychological Trauma. Washington, D.C: American Psychiatric Press, 1998.

Young, Allan. The Harmony of Illusions: Inventing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Princeton, N.J: Princeton University Press, 1995.

PERIODICALS, JOURNALS & TRADE PUBLICATIONS

Some of the specific periodicals that the library subscribes to that focuses on the topic of post-traumatic stress are:

The American Journal of Psychiatry
American Psychologist
Aviation, Space & Environmental Medicine
Human Factors & Aviation Medicine
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Psychiatric Annals
Psychological Review
Psychology Today

WEB SITES

National Center for PTSD
http://www.dartmouth.edu/dms/ptsd/
Information for veterans, students, therapists, researchers and trauma survivors.

Ross Institute for Psychological Trauma 
http://www.rossinst.com/
The Ross Institute was formed to further the understanding of psychological trauma and its consequences by providing educational services, research, and clinical treatment of trauma-based disorders.