Assessment and Treatment Planning for PTSD

B. CHRISTOPHER FRUEH, PhD, is Director of Clinical Research at The Menninger Clinic and Professor of Psychology at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. Formerly a clinician and director of a VA PTSD clinic in Charleston, South Carolina, his research interests are in clinical and mental health service delivery to those who suffer from trauma, including both veterans and civilians.ANOUK L. GRUBAUGH, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Medical University of South Carolina and a Research Health Scientist at the Charleston Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Charleston, South Carolina.JON D. ELHAI, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo, Ohio, where he directs the university's PTSD Lab.JULIAN FORD, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Director of the University of Connecticut Health Center Child Trauma Clinic and Center for Trauma Response Recovery and Preparedness. Dr. Ford is the author of the TARGET intervention model for adult, adolescent, and child traumatic stress disorders and co-occurring substance use disorders.

• Acknowledgments vii CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Overview 1CHAPTER 2 Using Evidence-Based Practices 17CHAPTER 3 Working With Trauma Survivors 31CHAPTER 4 Assessing PTSD 71CHAPTER 5 Assessing Comorbid Conditions 91CHAPTER 6 Considering Ethnicity, Race, and Culture 103CHAPTER 7 Conducting Forensic Evaluations 121CHAPTER 8 Working With Children and Adolescents: Conceptual and Clinical Foundations 137CHAPTER 9 Assessing Children and Adolescents: Evidence-Based Assessment Instruments 165CHAPTER 10 Working With Veterans 185CHAPTER 11 Working With Special Populations and Settings 209CHAPTER 12 PTSD Treatments and Treatment Planning 229CHAPTER 13 Follow-Up With Evaluation and Support 253CHAPTER 14 Going Forward: New Frontiers and Future Directions 265Author Index 283Subject Index 295