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Human Adaptation to Extreme Stress

From the Holocaust to Vietnam

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. John P. Wilson

    1. Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA

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  2. Zev Harel

    1. Center on Applied Gerontological Research, Department of Social Service, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA

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  3. Boaz Kahana

    1. Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
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  2. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-5
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    2. Understanding the Traumatized Self

      • Robert J. Lifton
      Pages 7-31

    3. The Serial Self

      • Robert S. Laufer
      Pages 33-53

    4. Coping with Extreme Trauma

      • Eva Kahana, Boaz Kahana, Zev Harel, Tena Rosner
      Pages 55-79

    5. Diagnosis and Phase-Oriented Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

      • Charles R. Marmar, Mardi J. Horowitz
      Pages 81-103

    6. Conceptual Issues in Research with Survivors and Illustrations from a Follow-Up Study

      • Bonnie L. Green, Mary C. Grace
      Pages 105-124

  3. Research

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-130
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    2. Combat Experience, Comradeship, and Psychological Health

      • Glen H. Elder Jr., Elizabeth C. Clipp
      Pages 131-156

    3. The Psychological Effects of Being a Prisoner of War

      • Edna J. Hunter
      Pages 157-170

    4. Predictors of Psychological Well-Being among Survivors of the Holocaust

      • Boaz Kahana, Zev Harel, Eva Kahana
      Pages 171-192

    5. Dominant Attitudes of Adult Children of Holocaust Survivors toward Their Parents

      • Fran Klein-Parker
      Pages 193-218

    6. Confronting the Unimaginable

      • Yael Danieli
      Pages 219-238

  4. Treatment

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-244
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    2. Post-Traumatic Self Disorders (PTsfD)

      • Erwin Randolph Parson
      Pages 245-283

    3. Treatment Issues in the Psychotherapy of Holocaust Survivors

      • Phyllis Ehrlich
      Pages 285-303

    4. The Psychiatric Effects of Massive Trauma on Cambodian Refugees

      • J. D. Kinzie
      Pages 305-317

    5. Diagnosis and Treatment of Survivor Guilt

      • Tom Williams
      Pages 319-336

    6. Native American Healing and Purification Rituals for War Stress

      • Steven M. Silver, John P. Wilson
      Pages 337-355

    7. Complicated Postcombat Disorders in Vietnam Veterans

      • Roland M. Atkinson, Michael E. Reaves, Michael J. Maxwell
      Pages 357-375
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About this book

This book is one additional indication that a new field of study is emerging within the social sciences, if it has not emerged already. Here is a sampling of the fruit of a field whose roots can be traced to the earliest medical writings in Kahun Papyrus in 1900 B.C. In this document, according to Ilza Veith, the earliest medical scholars described what was later identified as hysteria. This description was long before the 1870s and 1880s when Char­ cot speculated on the etiology of hysteria and well before the first use of the term traumatic neurosis at the turn of this Century. Traumatic stress studies is the investigation of the immediate and long-term psychosocial consequences of highly stressful events and the factors that affect those consequences. This definition includes three primary elements: event, conse­ quences, and causal factors affecting the perception of both. This collection of papers addresses all three elements and collectively contributes to our understanding and appreciation of the struggles of those who have en­ dured so much, often with little recognition of their experiences.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Psychology, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA

    John P. Wilson, Boaz Kahana

  • Center on Applied Gerontological Research, Department of Social Service, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, USA

    Zev Harel

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Human Adaptation to Extreme Stress

  • Book Subtitle: From the Holocaust to Vietnam

  • Editors: John P. Wilson, Zev Harel, Boaz Kahana

  • Series Title: Springer Series on Stress and Coping

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0786-8

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-42873-9Published: 31 October 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-0788-2Published: 15 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-0786-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 400

  • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling

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