Human Adaptation to Extreme Stress : From the Holocaust to Vietnam

"This book is one additional indication that a new field of study is emerging within the social sciences, if it has not emerged already. Here is a sampling of the fruit of a field whose roots can be traced to the earliest medical writings in Kahun Papyrus in 1900 B.C. In this document, according to Ilza Veith, the earliest medical scholars described what was later identified as hysteria. This description was long before the 1870s and 1880s when CharƯ cot speculated on the etiology of hysteria and well before the first use of the term traumatic neurosis at the turn of this Century. Traumatic stress studies is the investigation of the immediate and long-term psychosocial consequences of highly stressful events and the factors that affect those consequences. This definition includes three primary elements: event, conseƯ quences, and causal factors affecting the perception of both. This collection of papers addresses all three elements and collectively contributes to our understanding and appreciation of the struggles of those who have enƯ dured so much, often with little recognition of their experiences"--Font no determinada Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii Front Matter....Pages 1-5 Understanding the Traumatized Self....Pages 7-31 The Serial Self....Pages 33-53 Coping with Extreme Trauma....Pages 55-79 Diagnosis and Phase-Oriented Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder....Pages 81-103 Conceptual Issues in Research with Survivors and Illustrations from a Follow-Up Study....Pages 105-124 Front Matter....Pages 125-130 Combat Experience, Comradeship, and Psychological Health....Pages 131-156 The Psychological Effects of Being a Prisoner of War....Pages 157-170 Predictors of Psychological Well-Being among Survivors of the Holocaust....Pages 171-192 Dominant Attitudes of Adult Children of Holocaust Survivors toward Their Parents....Pages 193-218 Confronting the Unimaginable....Pages 219-238 Front Matter....Pages 239-244 Post-Traumatic Self Disorders (PTsfD)....Pages 245-283 Treatment Issues in the Psychotherapy of Holocaust Survivors....Pages 285-303 The Psychiatric Effects of Massive Trauma on Cambodian Refugees....Pages 305-317 Diagnosis and Treatment of Survivor Guilt....Pages 319-336 Native American Healing and Purification Rituals for War Stress....Pages 337-355 Complicated Postcombat Disorders in Vietnam Veterans....Pages 357-375 Epilogue....Pages 377-381 Back Matter....Pages 383-397