Protocol for Treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder by Doron, Miki;

Short description:

Why are some cities going broke while others prosper? This study of the failures and successes of city management offers new insights into how to manage cities effectively in today's economic climate.

Managing Cities in Austerity fills a major gap in the literature on urban policy-making and comparative public policy. The product of one of the largest comparative social science research projects ever undertaken, the Fiscal Austerity and Urban Innovation project, it maintains a genuinely comparative approach. An international team of authors applies a coherent set of concepts about fiscal austerity to over 2,500 local governments in ten Western countries. Most significantly, survey and hard fiscal data are merged not

Long description:

Psychic trauma is as old as mankind itself, but it is still not fully understood how or why the exposure to single or multiple horrific events can overwhelm some people to the extent that they are haunted day and night by the terrible things they have witnessed. Most will recover spontaneously, but others become victims of the most common psychological disorder stemming from such an experience: post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It is estimated that 8% of the Western population suffer from this disorder, and that 40% of them will continue to suffer from symptoms even ten years after the trigger event. For many years it was believed that there was no remedy for those suffering from severe psychic trauma, but in the last decade a major breakthrough has seen the development of new and effective therapy methods. Regaining a sense of control is key to helping clients suffering from PTSD and its accompanying disorders. The authors of this book have spent many years working in the field. Here they distill those elements common to all the accepted methods of treatment, and they add the unique aspect of imagination and fantasy, described in a concept they call Fantastic Reality. Whilst not claiming to have a remedy or solution for every sufferer, this book will help to provide solutions for some of the aspects lacking in other models. This book will prove a valuable addition to the resources of all those who work in this field, where effective treatment, though much needed, is still scarce.

Table of Contents:

Series Editors' Introduction - Terry Nichols Clark
PART ONE: THE CONTEXT
Introduction - Poul Erik Mouritzen
The Structure of Local Government - Michael Goldsmith
RT TWO
THE FISCAL CRISIS AND ITS CAUSES
What is a Fiscal Crisis? - Poul Erik Mouritzen
Was There a Fiscal Crisis? - Poul Erik Mouritzen and Kurt Houlberg Nielsen
Fiscal Stress and Central-Local Relations - Harold Wolman et al
The Critical Role of Government Grants
RT THREE
LEADERS AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS
Choosing the Budget Size - Richard Balme
Mayors' Spending Preferences in a Cross-National Perspective
Fiscal Stress and Local Political Environments - Harald Baldersheim
RT FOUR
RESPONSES TO FISCAL STRESS
Fiscal Changes and Policy Responses - Norman Walzer, Warren Jones and Hakon Magnusson
A Comparison of Ten Countries
Choosing Fiscal Austerity Strategies - Norman Walzer et al
Municipal Employees and Personnel Policies - Vincent Hoffmann-Martinot
A Comparison of Seven Countries
Professional Management and Innovation - Stephen C Brooks
RT FIVE
PERSPECTIVES
Money, Politics or Structure? - Poul Erik Mouritzen and Ari Yl[um]onen