By Claudia Zaylert, PhD and Jason C. DeViva PhD (Find this book)
Clinical psychologists Zayfert (psychiatry, Dartmouth Medical Sch.) and DeViva
(Univ. of Connecticut Sch. of Medicine; Yale Univ. Sch. of Medicine) provide a
family-focused book on dealing with post-traumatic stress. They present examples
of and advice related to various types of trauma, including sexual assault,
serious accidents, natural and human-made disasters, and combat, and provide
family members with useful information, support, and pragmatic ideas. The
emphasis is on friends and family of trauma survivors, who are indirectly but
seriously affected by the trauma. The book explains the effects of trauma on
survivors and the people surrounding them, what the latter can do to help
themselves and the survivor, how to decide how much to invest to help the
victim, and methods of communicating to bring families closer together as they
struggle with the aftermath of the traumatic event. The authors explain the
positive changes that can occur in trauma survivors and their loved ones.
VERDICT Throughout, the authors include real-life stories, and the list of
additional resources and references add value to this work, which nicely
supplements Cheryl A. Roberts's recent Coping With Post-Traumatic Stress
Disorder.-Dale Farris, Groves, TX (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source. -- Library Journal Review
