Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Litigation: Guidelines for Forensic Assessment, Second Edition
By Unknown Author.
Description
The terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in September 2001 turned PTSD into a household word. But posttraumatic stress disorder has been documented throughout history: For example, as long ago as 1666, Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary that he still had night terrors 6 months after the great fire of London. PTSD, officially recognized as a diagnosis by DSM-III in 1980, is only the most recent term used to describe the suffering of trauma victims.Few could have foreseen its profound impact on litigation. Often dubbed the "black hole" of litigation -- where allegations are rela...
ISBN(s)
1585620661, 9781585620661
