After the Crash: Psychological Assessment and Treatment of Survivors of Motor Vehicle Accidents

by Edward B. Blanchard, Edward J. Hickling

Univ. of Albany, NY. Discusses the perspectives of the authors on the assessment and treatment of survivors of serious motor vehicle accidents (MVAs). Includes more than 10 years of research and offers integration of MVA posttraumatic stress disorder epidemiology, clinical manifestations, and treatment principles. For professionals in medicine, legal, and psychology.

520 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1997

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Auto accidents are the largest cause of post-traumatic stress disorder. About 25 percent of people injured in car crashes will suffer from it. Accident survivors and one of the world's foremost experts discuss variables that make PTSD worse and those that make recovery easier, as well as the essentials victims must carry out to recover. This week on Radio Health Journal, we talk PTSD with Dr. Edward Heckling. Listen here: https://radiohealthjournal.wordpress....