Mass Trauma and Violence
Subtitle: Helping Families and Children Cope (Social Work Practice with Children and Families)
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: December 30, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 378
ISBN-13: 9781572309760
Subjects: Counselling; Social, group or collective psychology; Victims of violence; Reference; Post-traumatic stress disorder; Medical; Sociology; Victims of terrorism; Treatment; Social Work; Abuse - General; Psychotherapy - Couples & Family; Social Science / Social Work; Disasters; Post-traumatic stress disorder in children
First sentence: Experiences of stress and loss occur inevitably and unpredictably over the normal course of human life, from infancy to old age.
Description: "This book describes a range of effective ways to help children and families cope with major traumatic experiences such as community violence, war, and terrorist attacks. Detailed case examples bring to life the complexities of assessment and intervention with children of different ages and cultural backgrounds, including both survivors of one-time traumatic events and those dealing with ongoing stressors like the military deployment of a parent. Expert contributors provide guidelines of setting up and running school-and clinic-based support groups; conducting brief and longer-term interventions with individuals and families; and promoting healing with art, music, and play.

Grounded in the latest knowledge on stress and coping, bereavement, attachment, and risk and resilience, and including much-needed tips for therapist self-care, this is an essential clinical resource and text."--Jacket.