Future Directions in Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment

Part I.PROTECTIVE AND RISK FACTORS FOR PTSD.- 1.Vulnerability to PTSD: Psychosocial and demographic risk and resilience factors.- 2.Predictors of Vulnerability to PTSD Neurobiological and genetic risk factors.- 3.The early adolescent or 'juvenile stress' translational animal model of Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.- 4.An Attachment Perspective on Traumatic and Post-Traumatic Reactions.- 5.Delayed onset PTSD in Israel Veterans: correlates, clinical picture, and controversy.- Part II.PREVENTING PTSD.- 6.Cutting Edge Research on Prevention of PTSD.- 7.Systems of care for traumatized children: The example of a school-based intervention model.- 8.Is Prevention Better than Cure? How Early Interventions can Prevent PTSD.- 9.Evolution of PTSD Diagnosis in the DSM.- 10.Functional neuroanatomy of PTSD: Developmental cytoarchitectonic trends, memory systems and control process.- Part III.THE DEVELOPMENT OF EVIDENCE-BASED TREATMENT FOR PTSD.- 11.The Psychopathology and Evidence-Based Treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: PE.- 12.Cognitive Processing Therapy: Beyond the Basics.- 13.Interpersonal Psychotherapy for PTSD.- Part IV.MODIFICATIONS OF PTSD TREATMENT.- 14.Inclusion of Virtual Reality: A Rationale for the Use of VR in the Treatment of PTSD.- 15.Development and Dissemination of Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy for Combat Related PTSD.- 16.Virtual Reality as a Tool for Delivering PTSD Exposure Therapy.- 17.Mental Health Problems and Treatment Utilization of Iraq and Afghanistan VeteransEnrolled in Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare.- 18.Enhancing Exposure Therapy Using D-Cycloserine (DCS) .- 19.Implementation of Evidence-Based Assessment, Treatment, and Research Programs Following the World Trade Center Disaster on September 11, 2001.- Part V.CASE DISCUSSION.- 20.Case Presentation.- 21.Matching Treatment to Patients Suffering from PTSD - What We Know and especially What We Don't Know.