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Book Reviews Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1999 Traumatic Events and Mental Health. By L. Stephen of Romans, through the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries O'Brien. Cambridge University Press, Cam- to the First and Second World Wars and, finally, bridge and New York, 1998, 302 pp., $42.95 Vietnam. The final part of this chapter deals with (paperback), $100 (hardback). the validity of the PTI concept, reviewing its face, descriptive, predictive, construct, and diagnostic va- lidity; in addition, furthe r nosological considerations, Psychological trauma and its consequences are causes, management, prevention, and future of PTI a well-known and widely studied subject. Official rec- are discussed. It is basically a very good preview of ognition and formalization of this area came with the the whole book. inclusion of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in The second chapter, "Normal Reactions to the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Trauma," is a very important one. O'Brien reviews Manual of Mental Disorders (1) in 1980. Yet the the seemingly contradictory evidences that PTSD is formulation of PTSD was and still is met with some an illness and is also a normal reaction. He points skepticism. PTSD does not explain the entire story out http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Clinical Psychiatry Springer Journals

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Springer Journals
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Copyright © 1999 by American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Neurology; Psychiatry; Psychopharmacology
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1040-1237
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1573-3238
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10.1023/A:1022860116011
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Annals of Clinical Psychiatry, Vol. 11, No. 1, 1999 Traumatic Events and Mental Health. By L. Stephen of Romans, through the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries O'Brien. Cambridge University Press, Cam- to the First and Second World Wars and, finally, bridge and New York, 1998, 302 pp., $42.95 Vietnam. The final part of this chapter deals with (paperback), $100 (hardback). the validity of the PTI concept, reviewing its face, descriptive, predictive, construct, and diagnostic va- lidity; in addition, furthe r nosological considerations, Psychological trauma and its consequences are causes, management, prevention, and future of PTI a well-known and widely studied subject. Official rec- are discussed. It is basically a very good preview of ognition and formalization of this area came with the the whole book. inclusion of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in The second chapter, "Normal Reactions to the third edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Trauma," is a very important one. O'Brien reviews Manual of Mental Disorders (1) in 1980. Yet the the seemingly contradictory evidences that PTSD is formulation of PTSD was and still is met with some an illness and is also a normal reaction. He points skepticism. PTSD does not explain the entire story out

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