This handbook provides both a conceptual and practical framework for diagnosing, treating and assessing post-traumatic stress in survivors of violence, abuse, war, ethnocultural problems, political torture and disaster. The in-depth clinical experience of Williams and Sommer helps define a variety of theories and methods for treating children, adults, families and other groups with various types of post-traumatic stress disorders. They point out specific new kinds of therapies and types of interventions, and discuss new developments and trends for the treatment of post-traumatic stress. This reference volume, with its lengthy bibliography, is designed for students, teachers and practitioners in the fields of psychology and psychiatry, social work, medicine and public health.