This new title in the World Psychiatric Association Series offers insightful commentaries from experts in PTSD. With a critical review of the evidence on causes and treatment, this concise volume will be useful to both psychiatrists and clinical psychologists as well as trainees.

Preface xi List of Contributors xv 1 PTSD and Related Disorders 1 Matthew J. Friedman Commentaries 1.1 Walking the Line in Defining PTSD: Comprehensiveness Versus Core Features 35 Chris R. Brewin 1.2 Trauma-Related Disorders in the Clinical and Legal Settings 38 Elie G. Karam 1.3 Redefining PTSD in DSM-5: Conundrums and Potentially Unintended Risks 42 Alexander C. McFarlane 2 Epidemiology of PTSD 49 Carlos Blanco Commentaries 2.1 Challenges and Future Horizons in Epidemiological Research into PTSD 75 Abdulrahman M. El-Sayed and Sandro Galea 2.2 Preventing Mental Ill-Health Following Trauma 79 Helen Herrman 2.3 PTSD Epidemiology with Particular Reference to Gender 82 Marianne Kastrup 3 Neurobiology of PTSD 89 Arieh Y. Shalev, Asaf Gilboa and Ann M. Rasmusson Commentaries 3.1 Translational Theory-Driven Hypotheses and Testing Are Enhancing Our Understanding of PTSD and its Treatment 139 Brian H. Harvey 3.2 Precipitating and design approaches to PTSD 142 Eric Vermetten 4 Pharmacotherapy of PTSD 149 Dan J. Stein and Jonathan C. Ipser Commentaries 4.1 Critical View of the Pharmacological Treatment of Trauma 163 Marcelo F. Mello 4.2 Shortcomings and Future Directions of the Pharmacotherapy of PTSD 164 Michael Van Ameringen and Beth Patterson 4.3 Dire Need for New PTSD Pharmacotherapeutics 167 Murray B. Stein 5 Psychological Interventions for Trauma Exposure and PTSD 171 Richard A. Bryant Commentaries 5.1 Psychological Interventions for PTSD in Children 203 Lucy Berliner 5.2 Challenges in the Dissemination and Implementation of Exposure-Based CBT for the Treatment of Hispanics with PTSD 205 Rafael Kichic, Mildred Vera, and Marıa L. Reyes-Rabanillo 5.3 What Else Do We Need to Know about Evidence-Based Psychological Interventions for PTSD? 208 Karina Lovell 5.4 Another Perspective on Exposure Therapy for PTSD 211 Barbara Olasov Rothbaum 6 (Disaster) Public Mental Health 217 Joop de Jong Commentaries 6.1 An Excellent Model for Low- and Middle-Income Countries 263 Dean Ajdukovic 6.2 Disaster Mental Health and Public Health: An Integrative Approach to Recovery 266 Suresh Bada Math, Channaveerachari Naveen Kumar and Maria Christine Nirmala 6.3 Transcultural Aspects of Response to Disasters 272 Tarek A. Okasha 6.4 Disaster Public Health: Health Needs, Psychological First Aid and Cultural Awareness 275 Robert J. Ursano, Matthew N. Goldenberg, Derrick Hamaoka and David M. Benedek Index 281

Despite the growing interest in the role of psychological trauma in the genesis of psychiatric disorders, few volumes have addressed these issues from a multidisciplinary and international perspective.  Given the complexity of resilience and post-traumatic disorder, and given ongoing trauma and violence in many parts of the world, it is crucial to apply such perspectives to review existing knowledge in the field and provide directions for future research. This book has a broad scope.  A key focus is PTSD, because of its clinical and health importance, its obvious link with trauma, and its interest for many clinicians and researchers. However, the book also examines resilience and a range of mental health consequences of trauma, because it has become increasingly clear that not all individuals react to trauma in the same way. It is important for mental health professionals to be aware of the broad range of potential responses to trauma, as well as of relevant evidence-based treatments. The book includes chapters that address a wide range of topics on trauma-related disorders, including nosology and classification, epidemiology, neurobiology, pharmacotherapy, and psychotherapy. Each chapter comprises a critical review of the existing literature, aimed at being useful for the practitioner.  This is followed by selected commentaries from other authorities on the topic, representing diverse geographical locations and points of view, who refine some of the perspectives offered in the review, provide alternative views, or suggest important areas of future work.