Understanding trauma : integrating biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives
by
 
Kirmayer, Laurence J., 1952-

Title
Understanding trauma : integrating biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives

Author
Kirmayer, Laurence J., 1952-

ISBN
9780521726993
 
9780521854283

Publication Information
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Physical Description
xxviii, 519 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

General Note
Formerly CIP.

Contents
Neurobiological and neuroethological perspectives on fear and anxiety / Vinuta Rau & Michael S. Fanselow -- Some biobehavioral insights into persistent effects of emotional trauma / Mark E. Bouton & Jaylyn Waddell -- Learning not to fear: a neural systems approach / Gregory Quirk ... [et al.] -- Mechanisms of fear extinction: towards improved treatment for anxiety / Mark Barad & Christopher K. Cain -- Developmental origins of neurobiological vulnerability for PTSD / Rosemary Bagot ... [et al.] -- Does stress damage the brain? / J. Douglas Bremner -- Somatic manifestations of traumatic stress / Emeran A. Mayer -- Cognitive behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder / Elna Yadin & Edna B. Foa -- PTSD among traumatized refugees / J.D. Kinzie -- PTSD: a disorder of recovery? / Arieh Y. Shalev -- The developmental impact of childhood trauma / Bessel A. van der Kolk --
 
Adaptation, ecosocial safety signals, and the trajectory of PTSD / Derrick Silove -- Religion and spirituality after trauma / James K. Boehnlein -- Posttraumatic suffering as a source of transformation: a clinical perspective / Cécile Rousseau & Toby Measham -- Trauma, adaptation, and resilience: a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective / Melvin Konner -- Bruno and the holy fool: myth, mimesis, and the transmission of traumatic memories / Allan Young -- Failures of imagination: the refugee's predicament / Laurence J. Kirmayer -- Trauma, culture, and myth: narratives of the Ethiopian Jewish exodus / Gadi BenEzer -- Posttraumatic politics: violence, memory, and biomedical discourse in Bali / Leslie Dwyer & Degung Santikarma -- Terror and trauma in the Cambodian genocide / Alexander Hinton -- Trauma in context: integrating biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives / Robert Lemelson, Laurence J. Kirmayer & Mark Barad.

Subject Term
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Social aspects.
 
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Physiological aspects.
 
Stress Disorders, Traumatic.
 
Cross-Cultural Comparison.

Added Author
Kirmayer, Laurence J., 1952-
 
Lemelson, Robert, 1952-
 
Barad, Mark, 1961-

Electronic Access
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Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0803/2006014725-b.html


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