C
Child sexual abuse...292, 304
Cognitive approach...146, 167
Compensations...236-238
D
Denial...90-91, 293-294
Depersonalization...18
Depression...45-51, 306-307
Dissociation...34-36, 152
Domestic violence...290-293, 298-304
Dreams...21
DSM IV (Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
.....biochemistry...27, 39-43, 114-115, 192-194, 253
.....criteria...16-33
EMDR (Eye movement desensitization & reprocessing)...160-162
F
Fears...168-177, 258, 260-264
Feelings...66-75, 143, 148, 167-177, 191, 218, 257-258
Flashbacks...22-23, 36, 72, 160
Flooding...163
G
Grief...177-179, 182, 186-198
Growth vs deficit model...142
Guilt & self blame...73-84, 165, 177, 183-185, 295-297, 310-314
H
Healing...89-90, 140, 142-149, 169-170, 236-243, 266-267, 317-318
Helplessness syndrome...43-44
Hyperarousal...27-29
Hypnosis...162
I
Impairment...30
Insomnia...21, 28
J
Jung...141
M
Medication...126, 145
N
Natural catastrophes...321-339
Noradrenaline...28
P
Perceptual distortion...76-78, 103-111, 165, 182, 218, 221, 126, 126, 297
Purpose of text...6, 9
PTSD (post trauma stress disorder)
.....definition...2
.....history...14
.....untreated...11
R
Rape...270-285
Relaxation...129-135, 199
Remembering...151-159
Revenge...230-234
S
Safety...121-124, 145 , 222-224, 229
Secondary wounding...90-103, 118-119, 144, 254-259
Self-talk...135-140
Shutting down...24-26
Suicide...305
T
Terminating therapy...149
Triggers...113-140, 288
V
van der Kolk...35, 113, 151-152
Vicarious traumatization...17
Victim blaming...90-103, 265
W
War & combat...342-355
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