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Title The psychological impact of war trauma on civilians : an international perspective / edited by Stanley Krippner and Teresa M. McIntyre ; foreword by Stevan E. Hobfoll ; afterword by Jeanne Achterberg
Published Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003

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Description xiv, 327 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Series Psychological dimensions to war and peace, 1540-5265
Psychological dimensions to war and peace.
Contents Machine derived contents note: Foreword: Moving the Borders of Psychology to the Aid of -- Victims of War xi -- Stevan E. Hobfoll -- Acknowledgments xv -- Overview: In the Wake of War 1 -- Stanley Krippner and Teresa M. Mclntyre -- PART I: CASE STUDIES AND ASSESSMENT 15 -- -- 1. The Women of Afghanistan and the Freedom of Thought 19 -- Adam Fish and Rona Popal -- 2. Healing the Impact of Colonization, Genocide, and Racism on -- Indigenous Populations 25 -- Betty Bastien, Jiirgen W. Kremer, Rauna Kuokkanen, -- and Patricia Vickers -- 3. Children of War: Psychosocial Sequelae of War Trauma in -- Angolan Adolescents 39 -- Teresa M. Mcintyre and Margarida Ventura -- 4. War on the Internal Self: Memory, Human Rights, and the -- Unification of Germany 55 -- Benina B. Gould -- 5. Assessing Depression Among Survivors of the Rwanda -- Genocide 67 -- Paul Bolton -- -- -- -- 6. Infectious Disease, HIV/AIDS, and War: Impact on Civilian -- Psychological Health 79 -- George M. Carter -- 7. An Asian Youth as Offender: The Legacy of the Khmer Rouge 95 -- Clay Foreman -- PART II: INTERVENTION AND RECONSTRUCTION 107 -- -- 8. War and Refugee Suffering 111 -- Daryl S. Paulson -- 9. Self-Therapy Through Personal Writing: A Study of -- Holocaust Victims' Diaries and Memoirs 123 -- Sandrine Arons -- 10. Post-Traumatic Nightmares in Kuwait Following the Iraqi -- Invasion 135 -- Deirdre Barrett and Jaffar Behbehani -- 11. Psychosocial Effects and Treatment of Mass Trauma Due to -- Sociopolitical Events: The Argentine Experience 143 -- Lucila Edelman, Daniel Kersner, Diana Kordon, -- and Darfo Lagos -- 12. Cultural Art Therapy in the Treatment of War Trauma in -- Children and Youth: Projects in the Former Yugoslavia 155 -- Arpdd Bardth -- 13. Socal Sources of Life: Rehabilitation in the Former -- Yugoslavia 171 -- Vesna Ognjenovic, Bojana Skorc, and Jovan Savic -- 14. Healing, Social Integration, and Community Mobilization -- for War-Affected Children: A View from Angola 179 -- Michael Wessells and Carlinda Monteiro -- 15. Somato-Psychotherapy at the Medical Foundation in London 193 -- Michael Korzinski (an interview by Stanley Krippner) -- 16. Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome and Related Disorders -- Among Civilian Victims of Sexual Trauma and Exploitation -- in Southeast Asia 203 -- Glenn Graves -- PART III: PREVENTION 215 -- -- 17. Toward a Graduate Curriculum in War Trauma Relief and -- Ethnopolitical Conflict Resolution 217 -- Ronald J. Fisher -- -- -- -- 18. Before and After Trauma: The Difference Between Prevention -- and Reconciliation Activities in Macedonia 231 -- Sally Broughton -- -- 19. Change Agentry in an Islamic Context 239 -- Leila F. Dane -- 20. Peacebuilding by Woman in Lebanon 249 -- Mary Bentley Abu-Saba -- 21. Legacies of Fear: Religious Repression and Resilience in Siberia 257 -- Marjorie Mandelstam Balzer -- PART IV: INTEGRATIVE SUMMARIES 269 -- -- 22. When Society Is the Victim: Catastrophic Trauma Recovery 271 -- Steve S. Olweean -- 23. Poisoned Dissociative Containers: Dissociative Defenses in -- Female Victims of War Rape 277 -- James D. Pappas -- 24. Challenges and Opportunities for Southeast Asian Refugee -- Adolescents 285 -- Roben A. Marvit -- 25. Why War? Fear Is the Mother of Violence 299 -- Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski -- Afterword 311 -- Jeanne Achterberg -- "How Can This Be?" 313 -- John Cannon and W. Harrison Childers -- Index 315 -- -- About the Editors and Contributors 325
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject War victims -- Mental health -- Cross-cultural studies.
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Cross-cultural studies.
War -- Psychological aspects -- Cross-cultural studies.
Author Krippner, Stanley, 1932-
McIntyre, Teresa M.
LC no. 2002072549
ISBN 027597202X alkaline paper