NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF PTSD: BIOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES
Written by Jennifer J. Vasterling, Chris R. Brewin
Published by The Guildford Press
in 2005
ISBN: 1593851731
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY OF PTSD: BIOLOGICAL, COGNITIVE AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES
Written by Jennifer J. Vasterling, Chris R. Brewin.
Stock no. 1812773
1st.
2005.
Hardback.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Synthesizing current knowledge on how trauma affects the brain. Clearly written and well documented, the volume explores the emergence of neuropsyhological dysfunction in specific trauma populations: children, adults, older adults, and victims of closed-head injury. Black boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 337 pages. ISBN: 1593851731. Dustwrapper slightly scuffed else a nice, clean copy.
Front cover
Contents
- I. Background and Context
- CHAPTER 1. Epidemiological and Methodological Issues in Neuropsychological Research on PTSD
- II. Biological Perspectives
- CHAPTER 2. Neurobiological and Neurocognitive Alterations in PTSD: A Focus on Norepinephrine, Serotonin, and they Hypothalmic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis
- CHAPTER 3. Structural and Functional Anatomy of PTSD: Findings from Neuroimaging Research
- CHAPTER 4. Electrophysiology of PTSD
- III. Cognitive and Information-Processing Perspectives
- CHAPTER 5. Information-Processsing Biases in PTSD
- CHAPTER 6. Encoding and Retrieval of Traumatic Memories
- IV. Developmental and Population-Specific Perspectives
- CHAPTER 7. Early Trauma Exposure and the Brain
- CHAPTER 8. Neuropsychological Findings in Adults with PTSD
- CHAPTER 9. Learning and Memory in Aging Trauma Survivors with PTSD
- CHAPTER 10. PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury
- V. Clinical Applications
- CHAPTER 11. Clinical Neuropsychological Evaluation
- CHAPTER 12. Implications for Psychological Intervention
- CHAPTER 13. Pharmacological Approaches to Cognitive Deficits Associated with PTSD