Beyond Trauma

'The editors of this book have created a volume that goes beyond the individual's psychological dynamics of trauma, exploring its social, cultural, political, and ethical dimensions from an international as well as a global perspective.' Yael Danieli, Director, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and their Children

• 1. Introduction.- 2. Addressing Human Response to War and Atrocity: Major Challenges in Research and Practices and the Limitations of Western Psychiatric Models.- 3. The Severity of the Trauma: Issues about Its Role in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- 4. A Cognitive Processing Formulation of Posttrauma Reactions.- 5. Beyond the “Victim”: Secondary Traumatic Stress.- 6. The Deficiency of the Concept of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder When Dealing with Victims of Human Rights Violations.- 7. The Development of Treatment Approaches for Victims of Human Rights Violations in Chile.- 8. Cultural Analysis of Research Findings on the Political Instability in the Philippines.- 9. Psychotherapeutic Work with Refugees.- 10. The Prevalence, Trauma, and Sociocultural Causes of Incestuous Abuse of Females: A Human Rights Issue.- 11. What Went Wrong?: Diagnostic and Ethical Problems in Dealing with the Effects of Torture and Repression in South Africa.- 12. Health Problems in Areas Contaminated by the Chernobyl Disaster: Radiation, Traumatic Stress, or Chronic Stress?.- 13. When Political Reality Enters Therapy: Ethical Considerations in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.- 14. Working through the Holocaust: Still a Task for Germany’s Youth?.- 15. Primary Prevention of Traumatic Stress Caused by War.- 16. Epilogue.- About the Editors.