Contemporary Directions in Trauma is a new text for courses on trauma and working with vulnerable populations. Trauma has evolved as a field over the past few decades. What began as focusing on childhood trauma, sexual abuse and PTSD, has now broadened much further to include other definitions such as terrorism, natural disasters, school shootings and more. Yet, there is no current book that unifies the various approaches and coverage of trauma under one book. This book unifies the various approaches for assessing trauma in one volume.