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Diagnosis and Phase-Oriented Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

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During the past decade, there has been increasing research and clinical interest in the diagnostic entity of post-traumatic stress disorder. A number of factors have contributed to interest in the phenomenology of traumatic reactions to stress. Publication of the DSM-III criteria for this disorder (American Psychiatric Association Press, 1980), systematic studies of the long-term consequences of exposure to traumatic events in war (Egendorf, Kadushin, Laufer, Rothbart, & Sloan, 1981; Figley, 1978; Laufer, Yager, Frey-Wouters, & Doneallan, 1981; Sonnenberg, Blank, & Talbot, 1985; Wilson, 1987), advances in the understanding and treatment of stress disorders in civilian populations (Horowitz, 1986; Horowitz, Marmar, Weiss, DeWitt, & Rosenbaum, 1984; Marmar, Horowitz, Weiss, Wilner, & Kaltreider, 1988), research on the effects of psychic trauma in children (Frederick, 1984; Terr, 1983), and advances in the measurement of post-traumatic stress disorder (Keane, Malloy, & Fairbank, 1984; Horowitz, Wilner, & Alvarez, 1979; Malloy, Fairbank, & Keane, 1983; Weiss, Horowitz, & Wilner, 1984; Wilson & Krauss, 1985) have stimulated further inquiry.

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Marmar, C.R., Horowitz, M.J. (1988). Diagnosis and Phase-Oriented Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. In: Wilson, J.P., Harel, Z., Kahana, B. (eds) Human Adaptation to Extreme Stress. The Springer Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0786-8_4

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