TRAUMASHASTRA
Subtitle: Biopsychosocial Perspective of Trauma
Publisher: Indian Mental Health and Research Centre
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Lucknow, India
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9789353461553
Copyright date: 2019
Description: “Traumashastra” is a book published by Indian
Mental Health & Research Centre (IMHRC)
coming out of the proceedings of a very well
organised “International Conference on Biopsychosocial
Perspectives of Trauma” held in
January, 2019 at Shia P.G. College, Lucknow
(India). The book has been edited by a young
team which includes Syed Sajid Husain
Kazmi, Director Indian Mental Health &
Research Centre; Kashif Hasan, Amity School
of Communication, Amity University,
Lucknow, Dr. Agha Parvez Masih, Associate Professor, Department of
Zoology, Shia P.G. College, Lucknow and Mohd Ali, Assistant Professor,
Department of Education, Shia P.G. College, Lucknow.
“Trauma” is a distressing word and it can either be physical or psychological.
The above mentioned conference was basically aimed at disseminating
knowledge about various bio-psychosocial aspects of trauma, including the
emotional and social-behavioural changes. This book contains contributions of
eminent authors/researchers on the consequences of traumatic experience and
the associated problems in daily functioning and an unfavourable social
outcome. Authors have tried to correlate the behavioural symptoms such as
social dysfunction across multiple domains on community integration,
including loss of important relationships, disrupted family life, poor work
related quality of life and reduced individual activity.
I am sure that the book will be of great help to the students and research scholars
working on various aspects of bio-psychosocial perspectives of trauma.
Notes: Our topic here is Trauma, discussed in context of Bio-psychosocial Model. This
approach gives equal importance to the biological factors along with
psychological and social factors in the understanding any psychopathology.
Earlier, the Biological model was prevalent but now we are fully aware of
various Psychological and Social factors which play equally important role in
predisposing, precipitating and perpetuating any medical as well as mental
illness.
In this book we have published original empirical as well as review papers
which were presented by researchers from diverse academic backgrounds and
specialties in the 1st International Conference on Biopsychosocial Perspectives
of Trauma, 2019 organised by Indian Mental Health & Research Centre at Shia
P.G. College.
This book is intended for students in psychology and the more cognitively
oriented branches of neuroscience, as well as for readers who are merely
curious about what these fields might have to contribute to our understanding of
the Trauma. However, we hope that our professional colleagues will also find
much to engage with here. So we've done our best to produce a book that holds
interest on all levels – for undergraduates, graduates, and researchers alike. We
have tried not to presuppose any significant background in any of the sciences
that we discuss and we hope that this book will serve as a useful companion for
many of those pursuing the interdisciplinary study of Trauma.