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International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma

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Editors:
  1. Arieh Y. Shalev

    1. Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

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  2. Rachel Yehuda

    1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Bronx, USA

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  3. Alexander C. McFarlane

    1. Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia

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Part of the book series: Springer Series on Stress and Coping (SSSO)

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Table of contents (31 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvi
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  2. Human Response to Trauma: An Evolving Paradigm

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. The Limiting Effects of Paradigms on the Concept of Traumatic Stress

      • Harold Kudler
      Pages 3-10

    3. On the Social Denial of Trauma and the Problem of Knowing the Past

      • Alexander C. McFarlane
      Pages 11-26

    4. Our Hearts and Our Hopes Are Turned to Peace

      • Sandra L. Bloom
      Pages 27-50

    5. An Alternative History of Traumatic Stress

      • Allan Young
      Pages 51-66

  3. Trauma and Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-68
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    2. Cultural Diversity in the Appraisal and Expression of Trauma

      • B. Hudnall Stamm, Matthew J. Friedman
      Pages 69-85

    3. The Discourse on Trauma in Non-Western Cultural Contexts

      • Alexandra Argenti-Pillen
      Pages 87-102

    4. Historical and Cultural Construction of PTSD in Israel

      • Eliezer Witztum, Moshe Kotler
      Pages 103-114

    5. Cultural Identity and Demonization of the Relevant Other

      • Dan Bar-On
      Pages 115-125

  4. The Victimization of Women and Children

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-128
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    2. Children: Secondary Victims of Domestic Violence

      • Dora Black, Martin Newman
      Pages 129-138

    3. Evaluating the Prevalence and Impact of Domestic Violence

      • Gwenneth Lilian Roberts
      Pages 139-152

    4. Collusion and Denial of Childhood Sexual Trauma in Traditional Societies

      • Sahika Yüksel
      Pages 153-162

    5. Body Image and Body Recovery

      • Sue Robinson
      Pages 163-177

    6. Deliberate Sexual Torture of Women in War

      • Libby Tata Arcel
      Pages 179-193

    7. The Controversy Concerning Recovered Memory of Traumatic Events

      • Laura S. Brown
      Pages 195-209

  5. Studying the Effects of Trauma over Its Changing Longitudinal Course

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 211-212
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    2. Obstacles to Assessment of PTSD in Longitudinal Research

      • Barbara L. Niles, Elana Newman, Lisa M. Fisher
      Pages 213-222
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About this book

In 1996, representatives from 27 different countries met in Jerusalem to share ideas about traumatic stress and its impact. For many, this represented the first dialogue that they had ever had with a mental health professional from another country. Many of the attendees had themselves been exposed to either personal trauma or traumatizing stories involving their patients, and represented countries that were embroiled in conflicts with each other. Listening to one another became possible because of the humbling humanity of each participant, and the accuracy and objectivity of the data presented. Understanding human traumatization had thus become a common denomi­ nator, binding together all attendees. This book tries to capture the spirit of the Jerusalem World Conference on Traumatic Stress, bringing forward the diversities and commonalties of its constructive discourse. In trying to structure the various themes that arose, it was all too obvious that paradigms of different ways of conceiving of traumatic stress should be addressed first. In fact, the very idea that psychological trauma can result in mental health symptoms that should be treated has not yet gained universal acceptability. Even within medicine and mental health, competing approaches about the impact of trauma and the origins of symptoms abound. Part I discusses how the current paradigm of traumatic stress disorder developed within the historical, social, and process contexts. It also grapples with some of the difficulties that are presented by this paradigm from anthropologic, ethical, and scientific perspectives.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Hadassah University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel

    Arieh Y. Shalev

  • Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Bronx, USA

    Rachel Yehuda

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, Australia

    Alexander C. McFarlane

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