TY - BOOK TI - Traumatic stress: the effects of overwhelming experience on mind body and society SN - 9781572300880 PY - 1996/// CY - New York PB - Guildford Press, N1 - include index N2 - This volume presents the current state of research and clinical knowle dge on traumatic stress and its treatment. With contributions from the leading authorities, the book summarizes the knowledge that has emerg ed since the acceptance of PTSD as a defined entity in 1980. It also a ddresses the uncertainties and controversies that confront the field o f traumatic stress, including the complexity of posttraumatic adaptati ons and the unproven effectiveness of some approaches to prevention an d treatment ER -