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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kleber, Rolf J[Herausgeber]
• Figley, Charles R[Herausgeber]
• Gersons, Berthold P. R[Herausgeber]

Titel

Beyond Trauma : Cultural and Societal Dynamics

Ist Teil von

• Springer Series on Stress and Coping

Ort / Verlag

Boston, MA : Springer US

Erscheinungsjahr

1995

Link zum Volltext

• Volltext

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 1. Introduction -- 2. Addressing Human Response to War and Atrocity: Major Challenges in Research and Practices and the Limitations of Western Psychiatric Models -- 3. The Severity of the Trauma: Issues about Its Role in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder -- 4. A Cognitive Processing Formulation of Posttrauma Reactions -- 5. Beyond the “Victim”: Secondary Traumatic Stress -- 6. The Deficiency of the Concept of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder When Dealing with Victims of Human Rights Violations -- 7. The Development of Treatment Approaches for Victims of Human Rights Violations in Chile -- 8. Cultural Analysis of Research Findings on the Political Instability in the Philippines -- 9. Psychotherapeutic Work with Refugees -- 10. The Prevalence, Trauma, and Sociocultural Causes of Incestuous Abuse of Females: A Human Rights Issue -- 11. What Went Wrong?: Diagnostic and Ethical Problems in Dealing with the Effects of Torture and Repression in South Africa -- 12. Health Problems in Areas Con
• 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 collected 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 Honorary Committee, whose membership was drawn from over 60 countries, the cooperation of six United Nations bodies, and the participation anei endorsement of numerous nongovernmental organizations and institutions attest to the Society's emerging presence as a major international forum for professionals of ali disciplines working with victims and trauma survivors