Trauma Interventions in War and Peace

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Overview

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2

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   2. Introduction

      • Shekhar Saxena, Susan D. Solomon

      Pages 3-15

   3. Traumatic Stress and Its Consequences

      • Bonnie L. Green

      Pages 17-32

   4. Social Deprivation

      • Ellen L. Bassuk, Brigid Donelan, Bukelwa Selema, Salma Ali, Adriana Cavalcanti de Aguiar, Evelyn Eisenstein et al.

      Pages 33-55

   5. Intervention Options for Societies, Communities, Families, and Individuals

      • John A. Fairbank, Matthew J. Friedman, Joop de Jong, Bonnie L. Green, Susan D. Solomon

      Pages 57-72

3. Abuse and Torture

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 73-74

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   2. Child Abuse in Peacetime

      • David A. Wolfe, Madhabika B. Nayak

      Pages 75-104

   3. Abuse of Older People

      • Rosalie S. Wolf, Gerry Bennett, Lia Daichman

      Pages 105-128

   4. People with Mental and Physical Disabilities

      • Kim T. Mueser, Virginia A. Hiday, Lisa A. Goodman, Denise Valenti-Hein

      Pages 129-154

   5. Violence against Women

      • Mary Ann Dutton, Dean G. Kilpatrick, Merle Friedman, Vikram Patel

      Pages 155-184

   6. Survivors of Mass Violence and Torture

      • Stuart Turner, Sahika Yuksel, Derrick Silove

      Pages 185-211

4. War and disasters

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 213-215

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   2. Children in Armed Conflict

      • William Yule, Rune Stuvland, Florence K. Baingana, Patrick Smith

      Pages 217-242

   3. Refugees and Internally Displaced People

      • Nancy Baron, Soeren Buus Jensen, Joop T. V. M. de Jong

      Pages 243-270

   4. Former Combatants

      • Brian Engdahl, Purnaka de Silva, Zahava Solomon, Daya Somasundaram

      Pages 271-289

   5. Natural and Technological Disasters

      • Daya Somasundaram, Fran H. Norris, Nozomu Asukai, R. Srinivasa Murthy

      Pages 291-318

5. United Nations Personnel

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 319-321

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   2. UN Peacekeepers and Civilian Field Personnel

      • Matthew J. Friedman, Peter G. Warfe, Gladys K. Mwiti

      Pages 323-348

6. Summary and Conclusion

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 349-350

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Peace of mind is a most precious resource, without which neither rich nor poor can know happiness. Yet mental health is undervalued and routinely taken for granted. Moreover, we allow war, torture, violence, poverty, d- ease, discrimination, and domestic abuse to undermine it. The wounds inflicted by these great human ills sicken the individual psyche, tear f- ilies apart, and send shock waves through society. Natural disasters, too, can cause sudden and acute trauma. Often, the damage—a chronic and relentless loss of dignity, self-esteem, and hope—is transmitted from one generation to the next: a sad and painful legacy indeed. Scientists, scholars, and medical and other professionals are seeking continuously to know more about mental health, and to apply their kno- edge. All of us, vulnerable human beings that we are, need to work together to ensure that the environment we live in is conducive to peace of mind, and free of the horrors that jeopardize mental well-being. This publication grew out of the commitment of the United Nations and others to this cause, and is the product of a series of lively meetings that the authors held at UN Headquarters with civil society groups, government officials, and United Nations staff—a dialogue that coincided with the World Health Organization's focus on mental health in 2001. I hope it will be a valuable resource for practitioners, policymakers, and United Nations field and headquarters staff wherever trauma strikes, and wherever peace of mind is threatened.

• Counseling
• World Health Organization
• intervention
• trauma
• women

• Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D.C.

  Bonnie L. Green

• National Center for PTSD, White River Junction, Vermont

  Matthew J. Friedman

• Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover

  Matthew J. Friedman

• Transcultural Psychosocial Organisation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  Joop T. V. M. Jong

• National Institutes of Health, Bethesda

  Susan D. Solomon

• National Center for PTSD, Boston

  Terence M. Keane

• Boston University, Boston

  Terence M. Keane

• UCLA—Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress, Durham

  John A. Fairbank

• United Nations

  Brigid Donelan

• International Policy Research Institute, Riverdale

  Ellen Frey-Wouters

• United Nations, ISTSS, USA

  Yael Danieli

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