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Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

Series Editor: Charles Figley

The Psychosocial Stress Series includes books that make a contribution to understanding the role of psychosocial stress as a context for causing and absorbing stress.

Psychosocial stress is broadly viewed to include interpersonal, social, familial, societal, social psychological, and sociological factors that are causes or consequences of stress. Stress is viewed as a demand for action not only on the part of the person, but in relation to others.

The first book in the Series, the classic Stress Disorders among Vietnam Veterans: Theory, Research, and Treatment, for example, not only discussed the individual war veterans' mental disorders, but also in relation to family, friends, and fellow veterans.

Future books in the Series continue the tradition of groundbreaking theory, research, assessment, treatment, and policy books that contribute to the various fields of study, and will include books that make contributions to history, positive psychology, personality, fear studies, and clinical innovation.

New and Published Books

21-30 of 36 results in Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

  1. Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD

    By John P. Wilson, Ph.D., Rhiannon Brywnn Thomas, Ph.D.

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    Empathy in the Treatment of Trauma and PTSD examines how professionals are psychologically impacted by their work with trauma clients. A national research study provides empirical evidence, documenting the struggle for professionals to maintain therapeutic equilibrium and empathic attunement with...

    Published October 7th 2004 by Routledge

  2. The Pain of Helping

    Psychological Injury of Helping Professionals

    By Patrick J. Morrissette

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    The purpose of The Pain of Helping is to provide a source that identifies, condenses, and consolidates information pertaining to psychological injury. In addition to providing details regarding construct definition, information pertaining to symptomatology, assessment instruments (e.g. structured...

    Published July 26th 2004 by Routledge

  3. Handbook of Stress, Trauma, and the Family

    Edited by Don. R. Catherall

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    The Handbook of Stress, Trauma, and the Family is broken down into three sections, compiling research, theory and practice. The first section focuses on how traumatic stress affects intimate others, what familial characteristics affect individual susceptibility to trauma, as well as evaluation of...

    Published July 18th 2004 by Routledge

  4. Treating Compassion Fatigue

    Edited by Charles R. Figley

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    In recent years, much has occurred in the field of traumatology, including the widening of the audience and the awareness of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). This book from celebrated traumatology pioneer Charles Figley, further clarifies the concept of compassion fatigue through theory,...

    Published June 27th 2002 by Routledge

  5. Compassion Fatigue

    Coping With Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder In Those Who Treat The Traumatized

    By Charles R. Figley

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    Published April 30th 1995 by Routledge

  6. Systemic Treatment Of Incest

    A Therapeutic Handbook

    By Terry Trepper, Mary Jo Barrett

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    Published September 30th 1989 by Routledge

  7. Trauma, Transformation, And Healing.

    An Integrated Approach To Theory Research & Post Traumatic Therapy

    By J. P. Wilson

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    Published July 31st 1989 by Routledge

  10. Vietnam

    A Casebook

    By Jacob D. Lindy

    Series: Routledge Psychosocial Stress Series

    Published October 31st 1987 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Collective Trauma, Collective Healing: Promoting Community Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster
    By Jack Saul
    To Be Published July 23rd 2013
  2. Handbook of Women, Stress and Trauma
    Edited by Kathleen A. Kendall-Tackett
    To Be Published September 26th 2013
  3. Violent Death: Resilience and Intervention Beyond the Crisis
    Edited by Edward K. Rynearson
    To Be Published September 26th 2013
  4. Handbook of Stress, Trauma, and the Family
    Edited by Don. R. Catherall
    To Be Published September 26th 2013

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