The psychological impact of war trauma on civilians : an international perspective / edited by Stanley Krippner and Teresa M. McIntyre ; foreword by Stevan E. Hobfoll ; afterword by Jeanne Achterberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Krippner, Stanley, 1932-

McIntyre, Teresa M.

Series:

Psychological dimensions to war and peace 1540-5265

Psychological dimensions to war and peace, 1540-5265

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War victims--Mental health--Cross-cultural studies.

War victims.

Post-traumatic stress disorder--Cross-cultural studies.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

War--Psychological aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

War.

War--Psychological aspects.

War victims--Mental health.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xiv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Summary:

This book addresses the impact of war and extreme stress on civilian populations, as well as psychology's response to these phenomena.

Contents:

Foreword: Moving the Borders of Psychology to the Aid of Victims of War / Stevan E. Hobfoll xi

Overview: In the Wake of War / Stanley Krippner, Teresa M. McIntyre 1

Part I Case Studies and Assessment 15

1. The Women of Afghanistan and the Freedom of Thought / Adam Fish, Rona Popal 19

2. Healing the Impact of Colonization, Genocide, and Racism on Indigenous Populations / Betty Bastien, Jurgen W. Kremer, Rauna Kuokkanen, Patricia Vickers 25

3. Children of War: Psychosocial Sequelae of War Trauma in Angolan Adolescents / Teresa M. McIntyre, Margarida Ventura 39

4. War on the Internal Self: Memory, Human Rights, and the Unification of Germany / Benina B. Gould 55

5. Assessing Depression Among Survivors of the Rwanda Genocide / Paul Bolton 67

6. Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS, and War: Impact on Civilian Psychological Health / George M. Carter 79

7. An Asian Youth as Offender: The Legacy of the Khmer Rouge / Clay Foreman 95

Part II Intervention and Reconstruction 107

8. War and Refugee Suffering / Daryl S. Paulson 111

9. Self-Therapy Through Personal Writing: A Study of Holocaust Victims' Diaries and Memoirs / Sandrine Arons 123

10. Post-Traumatic Nightmares in Kuwait Following the Iraqi Invasion / Deirdre Barrett, Jaffar Behbehani 135

11. Psychosocial Effects and Treatment of Mass Trauma Due to Sociopolitical Events: The Argentine Experience / Lucila Edelman, Daniel Kersner, Diana Kordon, Dario Lagos 143

12. Cultural Art Therapy in the Treatment of War Trauma in Children and Youth: Projects in the Former Yugoslavia / Arpad Barath 155

13. Social Sources of Life: Rehabilitation in the Former Yugoslavia / Vesna Ognjenovic, Bojana Skorc, Jovan Savic 171

14. Healing, Social Integration, and Community Mobilization for War-Affected Children: A View from Angola / Michael Wessells, Carlinda Monteiro 179

15. Somato-Psychotherapy at the Medical Foundation in London / Michael Korzinski, an interview by Stanley Krippner 193

16. Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Related Disorders Among Civilian Victims of Sexual Trauma and Exploitation in Southeast Asia / Glenn Graves 203

Part III Prevention 215

17. Toward a Graduate Curriculum in War Trauma Relief and Ethnopolitical Conflict Resolution / Ronald J. Fisher 217

18. Before and After Trauma: The Difference Between Prevention and Reconciliation Activities in Macedonia / Sally Broughton 231

19. Change Agentry in an Islamic Context / Leila F. Dane 239

20. Peacebuilding by Woman in Lebanon / Mary Bentley Abu-Saba 249

21. Legacies of Fear: Religious Repression and Resilience in Siberia / Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer 257

Part IV Integrative Summaries 269

22. When Society Is the Victim: Catastrophic Trauma Recovery / Steve S. Olweean 271

23. Poisoned Dissociative Containers: Dissociative Defenses in Female Victims of War Rape / James D. Pappas 277

24. Challenges and Opportunities for Southeast Asian Refugee Adolescents / Roben A. Marvit 285

25. Why War? Fear Is the Mother of Violence / Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski 299

"How Can This Be?" / John Cannon, W. Harrison Childers 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

027597202X

OCLC:

49991497