Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders

<p><em>Posttraumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders</em> summarizes the state of the field from a biopsychosocial perspective, addressing key domains of interest to clinicians, students, instructors, and researchers. </p><p>This book is a valuable resource and reference guide for multidisciplinary practitioners and scientists interested in the evidence-based assessment and treatment of posttraumatic stress and substance use disorders. </p><p>Chapters written by leaders in the field cover the latest research on assessment, diagnosis, evidence-based treatments, future directions, and much more. </p> <p><strong>I. Overview </strong>1. PTSD and Substance Use Disorders: A Clinical Overview 2. Development of Comorbid PTSD and Substance Use Disorders 3. Physical and Mental Health and Other Functional Outcomes in Co-Occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders 4. Sex and Gender Differences in PTSD and Substance Use Disorder Comorbidity 5. PTSD and Substance Use Disorders: Consideration of Ethnicity, Race, and Culture <b>II. Assessment and Diagnosis </b>6. Changes from DSM-IV to DSM-5: PTSD and Substance Use Disorders 7. Assessment of PTSD in the Context of Substance Use Disorders 8. Assessment of Substance Use Disorders in Individuals with PTSD <b>III. Treatment Approaches </b>9. Risk Reduction through Family Therapy (RRFT): Exposure-Based Treatment for Co-Occurring PTSD and Substance Use Problems among Adolescents 10. Seeking Safety: A Present-Focused Integrated Treatment for PTSD and Substance Use Disorders 11. COPE: Overview of an Exposure-Based Treatment of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders 12. Integrated Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (ICBT) for Co-Occurring PTSD and Substance Use Disorders: Overview and New Applications 13. Pharmacotherapies for PTSD and Substance Use Disorders 14. Third-Wave Behavioral Therapies for the Co-Occurrence of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders <b>IV. Future Directions for Treatment </b>15. Genetic Studies of PTSD and Substance Use Disorders: Background, Developments, and Future Directions 16. Treating PTSD in a Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program 17. New Directions in PTSD and Substance Use Treatment: Leveraging Technology to Expand Reach 18. Transdiagnostic Treatments: History and Potential for Treating PTSD and Substance Use Disorders</p>