Understanding trauma
Subtitle: integrating biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives
By: edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson, Mark Barad.
Contributors: Kirmayer, Laurence J., 1952-; Lemelson, Robert, 1952-; Barad, Mark, 1961-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 519
ISBN-13: 9780521854283
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Social aspects; Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Physiological aspects; Stress Disorders, Traumatic; Cross-Cultural Comparison
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Neurobiological and neuroethological perspectives on fear and anxiety / Vinuta Rau & Michael S. Fanselow; title: Some biobehavioral insights into persistent effects of emotional trauma / Mark E. Bouton & Jaylyn Waddell; title: Learning not to fear: a neural systems approach / Gregory Quirk ... [et al.]; title: Mechanisms of fear extinction: towards improved treatment for anxiety / Mark Barad & Christopher K. Cain; title: Developmental origins of neurobiological vulnerability for PTSD / Rosemary Bagot ... [et al.]; title: Does stress damage the brain? / J. Douglas Bremner; title: Somatic manifestations of traumatic stress / Emeran A. Mayer; title: Cognitive behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder / Elna Yadin & Edna B. Foa; title: PTSD among traumatized refugees / J.D. Kinzie; title: PTSD: a disorder of recovery? / Arieh Y. Shalev; title: The developmental impact of childhood trauma / Bessel A. van der Kolk; title: Adaptation, ecosocial safety signals, and the trajectory of PTSD / Derrick Silove; title: Religion and spirituality after trauma / James K. Boehnlein; title: Posttraumatic suffering as a source of transformation: a clinical perspective / Cécile Rousseau & Toby Measham; title: Trauma, adaptation, and resilience: a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective / Melvin Konner; title: Bruno and the holy fool: myth, mimesis, and the transmission of traumatic memories / Allan Young; title: Failures of imagination: the refugee's predicament / Laurence J. Kirmayer; title: Trauma, culture, and myth: narratives of the Ethiopian Jewish exodus / Gadi BenEzer; title: Posttraumatic politics: violence, memory, and biomedical discourse in Bali / Leslie Dwyer & Degung Santikarma; title: Terror and trauma in the Cambodian genocide / Alexander Hinton; title: Trauma in context: integrating biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives / Robert Lemelson, Laurence J. Kirmayer & Mark Barad.