Crisis and crisis disorders. Petrova N.N., Pashkovsky V.E.

The leadership provides relevant detailed information about the psychological crisis of a person and crisis disorders, modern theoretical ideas about the mechanisms of personality crisis, stress and its consequences for health. The emphasis is on clinical forms of crisis states described in accordance with modern international classifications. Old and new ideas are given about acute reactions to stress, post -traumatic stress disorder, adaptation reactions, and long -term grief conditions. A separate chapter is devoted to the methods of overcoming the crisis and the principles of the organization of crisis assistance. The applications contain the most common psychological techniques.

The publication is intended for psychiatrists, psychotherapists, clinical psychologists and can be useful to residents who are studying in the specialty of Psychiatry.