For mental health clinicians, McMackin (counseling psychology, Tufts U.) et al. compile 18 chapters by psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals from the US and Canada
who address the importance of adopting integrated treatments that consider the whole person, his or her relationships, and the community in treating posttraumatic stress disorder and other
trauma-related conditions. They outline the role of empathic listening, culture, and clinical assessment; ways to support growth, resilience, and recovery, including the role of the community,
cultural context, and positive psychology; ways to develop meaning to facilitate healing, including hope, spirituality, narrative therapy, and measures of positive quality of life; and how to
use integrated treatments and assessments for substance abuse and traumatic brain injury, cognitive-behavioral interventions for those with chronic pain, neuropsychological screening,
acceptance and commitment therapy, and how the principles of dissemination science relate to evidence-based interventions. Annotation 穢2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
