Marilyn L. Bowman

individual Differences in Posttraumatic Response (eBook, ePUB)

Problems With the Adversity-distress Connection

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book challenges the assumptions of the event-dominated DSM model of posttraumatic stress disorder. Bowmam examines a series of questions directed at the current mental health model, reviewing the empirical literature. She finds that the dose-response assumptions are not supported; the severity of events is not reliable associated with PTSD, but is more reliably associated with important pre-event risk factors. She reviews evidence showing the greater role of individual differences including trait negative affectivity, belief systems, and other risk factors, in comparison with event characteristics, in predicting the disorder. The implications for treatment are significant, as treatment protocols reflect the DSM assertion that event exposure is the cause of the disorder, implying it should be the focus of treatment. Bowman also suggests that an event focus in diagnosis anad treatment risks increases the disorder because it does not provide sufficient attention to important pre-exisiting risk factors.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134807178
• Artikelnr.: 39264653

Autorenporträt

Marilyn L. Bowman

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Is There a Problem in Understanding Post-Event Distress?
How Prevalent Are Toxic Events and Event-Attributed Clinical Distress
Disorders? Do More Terrible Events Lead to More Serious Disorders? What Are
Typical Responses to Direct Exposure to Toxic Life Events? What Are the
Effects of Indirect Toxic Exposures? How Much Do Individual Differences in
Pre-Event Competencies Affect Responses to a Toxic Event? How Powerful Are
Individual Differences in Emotionality? Do Beliefs Affect Individual
Reactions to Toxic Events? Do Groups Differ in Post-Event Reactions? Which
Has More Power in Determining Distress, the Event or the Person? Why Are
Clinicians Reluctant to Look for Causes Beyond the Event? How Important Are
Emotions as a Guide to Well-Being? Can Professional Treatments Remedy
Event-Attributed Distress? Conclusion and Implications.