Arieh Y. Shalev – författare

This wide ranging handbook brings together an international group of experts in the field of traumatic stress to provide integrative views of the field, discussions of the current conceptual and ethical debates on traumatic stress disorders, and experiences related to their countries or their discrete field of expertise. Included as an appendix is "Childhood Trauma Remembered", a position paper issued by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies.

In 1996, representatives from 27 different countries met in Jerusalem to share ideas about traumatic stress and its impact. Part I discusses how the current paradigm of traumatic stress disorder developed within the historical, social, and process contexts.