Ebook: Beyond Trauma: Cultural and Societal Dynamics
- Tags: Clinical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling
- Series: The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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The editors of Beyond Trauma: Cultural and Societal Dynamics have created a volume that goes beyond the individual's psychological dynamics of trauma, exploring its social, cultural, politica!, and ethical dimensions from an international as well as a global perspective. In the opening address as International Chair of the First World Conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies on Trauma and Tragedy: The Origins, Management, and Prevention of Traumatic Stress in Today's World, June 22-26, 1992, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, the conference that formed the foundation for the col lected chapters in this volume, 1 commented: This meeting is a landmark in accomplishing the Society's universal mission. Our distinguished International Scientific Advisory Committee and Honor ary Committee, whose membership was drawn from over 60 countries, the cooperation of six United Nations bodies, and the participation anei endorse ment of numerous nongovernmental organizations and institutions attest to the Society's emerging presence as a major international forum for profes sionals of ali disciplines working with victims and trauma survivors.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-16
Addressing Human Response to War and Atrocity....Pages 17-29
The Severity of the Trauma....Pages 31-54
A Cognitive Processing Formulation of Posttrauma Reactions....Pages 55-74
Beyond the “Victim”....Pages 75-98
The Deficiency of the Concept of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder When Dealing with Victims of Human Rights Violations....Pages 99-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-114
The Development of Treatment Approaches for Victims of Human Rights Violations in Chile....Pages 115-131
Cultural Analysis of Findings on the Political Instability in the Philippines....Pages 133-150
Psychotherapeutic Work with Refugees....Pages 151-170
The Prevalence, Trauma, and Sociocultural Causes of Incestuous Abuse of Females....Pages 171-186
What Went Wrong?....Pages 187-212
Health Problems in Areas Contaminated by the Chernobyl Disaster....Pages 213-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-236
When Political Reality Enters Therapy....Pages 237-248
Working through the Holocaust....Pages 249-275
Primary Prevention of Traumatic Stress Caused by War....Pages 277-297
Epilogue....Pages 299-305
Back Matter....Pages 307-313
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction....Pages 1-10
Front Matter....Pages 11-16
Addressing Human Response to War and Atrocity....Pages 17-29
The Severity of the Trauma....Pages 31-54
A Cognitive Processing Formulation of Posttrauma Reactions....Pages 55-74
Beyond the “Victim”....Pages 75-98
The Deficiency of the Concept of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder When Dealing with Victims of Human Rights Violations....Pages 99-110
Front Matter....Pages 111-114
The Development of Treatment Approaches for Victims of Human Rights Violations in Chile....Pages 115-131
Cultural Analysis of Findings on the Political Instability in the Philippines....Pages 133-150
Psychotherapeutic Work with Refugees....Pages 151-170
The Prevalence, Trauma, and Sociocultural Causes of Incestuous Abuse of Females....Pages 171-186
What Went Wrong?....Pages 187-212
Health Problems in Areas Contaminated by the Chernobyl Disaster....Pages 213-232
Front Matter....Pages 233-236
When Political Reality Enters Therapy....Pages 237-248
Working through the Holocaust....Pages 249-275
Primary Prevention of Traumatic Stress Caused by War....Pages 277-297
Epilogue....Pages 299-305
Back Matter....Pages 307-313
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