Table of Contents

Foreword, Aaron T. Beck
1. Introduction, Frank M. Dattilio and Arthur FreemanI. Psychological Crises
2. Depression and Suicide, Mark A. Reinecke, Jason J. Washburn, and Emily Becker-Weidman
3. Panic Disorder, Frank M. Dattilio and Philip C. Kendall
4. Crisis Intervention Strategies for Treating Law Enforcement and Mental Health Professionals, Laurence Miller
5. The Crisis-Prone Patient: The High-Arousal Cluster B Personality Disorders, Gina M. Fusco and Arthur FreemanII. Medically Related Crises
6. Traumatic Brain Injury, Mary R. Hibbard, Wayne A. Gordon, and Lynne Kothera
7. Substance Misuse and Dependency: Crisis as Process or Outcome, Sharon Morgillo Freeman and Misti Storie
8. Crisis with Medical Patients, Frank M. Dattilio, Elizabeth A. Davis, and Robert M. Goisman
9. Acute and Chronic Pain, Sharon Morgillo FreemanIII. Child and Family Crises
10. Child Sexual Abuse, Anne Hope Heflin and Esther Deblinger
11. Spousal Abuse, L. Kevin Hamberger and Amy Holtzworth-Munroe
12. Couple Problems, Stephen E. Schlesinger and Norman B. Epstein
13. Families in Crisis, Frank M. Dattilio
14. Anger and Aggression in Children and Adolescents, Arthur Freeman and Stephen Timchack
15. Crisis with Older Adults, Helen M. DeVries and Suzann M. Ogland-HandIV. Environmental and Situational Crises
16. Disaster Trauma, Lata K. McGinn and Carrie Spindel
17. Terrorism, Stevan E. Hobfoll, Tamar Galai-Gat, Dawn M. Johnson, and Patricia J. Watson
18. Problem Solving in Crisis Intervention, Joop J. Meijers
19. Rape Trauma, Elizabeth Muran

20. Traumatic Stress Disorders, Laurence MillerV. General Issues in Crisis Work
21. Legal and Ethical Issues in Crisis Intervention, Leon VandeCreek and Samuel Knapp

About the Author

Edited by Frank M. Dattilio, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA, and Arthur Freeman, EdD, Department of Psychology, Governors State University, IL, and Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, USA

Reviews

"Dattilio and Freeman have included the most common themes in crisis intervention, describing techniques and strategies that are short term and time effective. !Students and seasoned professionals alike will find practical and invaluable information within these pages." - Barbara Olasov Rothbaum, Trauma and Anxiety Recovery Program, Department of Psychiatry, Emory University School of Medicine, Georgia, USA "An international group of outstanding authors have crafted a remarkably useful guide!.Methods for responding to diverse types of crises are clearly explained and illustrated. The chapters on disaster trauma and terrorism provide especially relevant guides to coping with some of the most troubling issues of our times." - Jesse H. Wright, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Louisville, USA