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Psychological Impact of War Trauma on Civilians An International Perspective

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ISBN-10: 027597202X

ISBN-13: 9780275972028

Edition: 2002

Authors: Stanley Krippner, Maria McIntyre, Stevan E. Hobfoll, Jeanne Achterberg, Marian McIntyre

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In an interview granted years before September 11, 2001, Osama bin Laden has stated that he considers both soldiers and civilians of the enemy legitimate targets. That position is not unique, and the wars of the past century have proven with increasing numbers of civilian casualties. This book addresses the impact of war and extreme stress on civilian populations, as well as psychology's response to these phenomena. Contributors examined and developed interventions in locations including Africa, the Balkans, Afghanistan, Siberia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Subjects include: women under the Taliban, AIDS patients faced with governmental denial, survivors of the Rwanda massacres,…    
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Book details

List price: $75.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 1/30/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 344
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.496

Foreword: Moving the Borders of Psychology to the Aid of Victims of War
Acknowledgments
Overview: In the Wake of War
Case Studies and Assessment
The Women of Afghanistan and the Freedom of Thought
Healing the Impact of Colonization, Genocide, and Racism on Indigenous Populations
Children of War: Psychosocial Sequelae of War Trauma in Angolan Adolescents
War on the Internal Self: Memory, Human Rights, and the Unification of Germany
Assessing Depression Among Survivors of the Rwanda Genocide
Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS, and War: Impact on Civilian Psychological Health
An Asian Youth as Offender: The Legacy of the Khmer Rouge
Intervention and Reconstruction
War and Refugee Suffering
Self-Therapy Through Personal Writing: A Study of Holocaust Victims' Diaries and Memoirs
Post-Traumatic Nightmares in Kuwait Following the Iraqi Invasion
Psychosocial Effects and Treatment of Mass Trauma Due to Sociopolitical Events: The Argentine Experience
Cultural Art Therapy in the Treatment of War Trauma in Children and Youth: Projects in the Former Yugoslavia
Social Sources of Life: Rehabilitation in the Former Yugoslavia
Healing, Social Integration, and Community Mobilization for War-Affected Children: A View from Angola
Somato-Psychotherapy at the Medical Foundation in London
Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Related Disorders Among Civilian Victims of Sexual Trauma and Exploitation in Southeast Asia
Prevention
Toward a Graduate Curriculum in War Trauma Relief and Ethnopolitical Conflict Resolution
Before and After Trauma: The Difference Between Prevention and Reconciliation Activities in Macedonia
Change Agentry in an Islamic Context
Peacebuilding by Woman in Lebanon
Legacies of Fear: Religious Repression and Resilience in Siberia
Integrative Summaries
When Society Is the Victim: Catastrophic Trauma Recovery
Poisoned Dissociative Containers: Dissociative Defenses in Female Victims of War Rape
Challenges and Opportunities for Southeast Asian Refugee Adolescents
Why War? Fear Is the Mother of Violence
Afterword
"How Can This Be?"
Index
About the Editors and Contributors