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. Ed(S): Drozdek, Boris; Wilson, John P., Ph.D. - Voices of Trauma - 9781441943477 - V9781441943477
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Voices of Trauma

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Description for Voices of Trauma Paperback. Editor(s): Drozdek, Boris; Wilson, John P., Ph.D. Series: International and Cultural Psychology. Num Pages: 396 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: MMKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 640.

Synthesizing insights from psychiatry, social psychology, and anthropology, Voices of Trauma: Treating Survivors across Cultures sets out a framework for therapy that is as culturally informed as it is productive. An international panel of 23 therapists offers contextual knowledge on PTSD, coping skills, and other trauma sequelae as they affect survivors of traumatic events. Case studies from Egypt to Chechnya demonstrate various therapeutic approaches (and the Cultural Formation of Diagnosis from the DSM-IV), often integrated with social agencies outside the clinical setting. Authors explore the balance of inter- and intrapersonal factors in reactions to trauma, dispel misconceptions that hinder progress ... Read more

Highlights of the coverage: Silence as a coping strategy: Sudanese refugee women; Individual and group identity, Western and non-Western healing: a Chinese woman in Hong Kong; Mother/infant psychotherapy with a Kosovar family; Trauma and the bicultural self: New York’s Dominican community and the crash of Flight 587; Why war? Why genocide? A social psychology theory of collective violence; Transference, countertransference, and supervisory issues in intercultural treatment.

Today’s political climate has made refugee mental health a growing public health issue. Voices of Trauma gives clinical and counseling psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, rescue and social workers, the tools to create healing on a global scale.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
Series
International and Cultural Psychology
Number of Pages
396
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441943477
SKU
V9781441943477
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About . Ed(S): Drozdek, Boris; Wilson, John P., Ph.D.
Boris Droždek, M.D., M.A., is psychiatrist at Psychotrauma Centrum Zuid Nederland/Reinier van Arkel groep, ’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, an international centre for treatment of victims of political and war violence. He is leading the residency training in social psychiatry, collaborating with different NGO’s in post-war areas, teaching and giving trainings in psychotraumatology and transcultural psychiatry on a regular basis in the ... Read more

Reviews for Voices of Trauma
From the reviews: "Voices of Trauma addresses the important subject of understanding and responding to the subjective and communal consequences of trauma cross culturally. This is a topic of considerable significance in our dangerous and uncertain world. I give this volume and its strong group of contributors high marks for addressing treatment issues in a professionally and morally ... Read more

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