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Resolving childhood trauma : a long-term study of abuse survivors / by Catherine Cameron.
Van Pelt Library RC569.5.A28 C35 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cameron, Catherine.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adult child sexual abuse victims--Longitudinal studies.
- Adult child sexual abuse victims.
- Recovered memory.
- Genre:
- Longitudinal studies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 339 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2000.
- Summary:
- Based on a 12-year study with 60 survivors of child sexual abuse, Catherine Cameron sets out to understand their early trauma and its impact over subsequent years and to monitor their progress toward recovery. The difficult but rewarding process of their recovery unfolded over time, along with increasing societal awareness of the problem. In 1998 a final survey provided the epilogue for their story. Cameron grounds their personal stories by citing parallels to the larger field of national and international trauma. The result is a compelling and deeply human story of trauma and triumph.
- Contents:
- Background
- A study of sexual abuse survivors
- The women and their families
- Childhood trauma
- Cumulative developmental damage
- Amnesia and posttraumatic stress
- Long silent years
- Triggering of memories
- Flashbacks and the crisis of recall
- Personal response to remembering
- Reactions of others
- Confronting the abuser
- Changed lives
- Epilogue : gaining closure.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-332) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0761921281
- 076192129X
- OCLC:
- 42660066
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