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

This book analyzes the individual and collective experience of and response to trauma from a wide range of perspectives including basic neuroscience, clinical science, and cultural anthropology. Each perspective presents critical and creative challenges to the other. The first section reviews the ef...

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Other Authors: Kirmayer, Laurence J., 1952- (Editor), Lemelson, Robert, 1952- (Editor), Barad, Mark, 1961- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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Table of 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.