Trauma, Culture, and PTSD

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Alford, C. Fred (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Θέματα: Psychology.; Psychology, Pathological.; Psychopathology.

This book examines the social contexts in which trauma is created by those who study it, whether considering the way in which trauma afflicts groups, cultures, and nations, or the way in which trauma is transmitted down the generations. As Alford argues, ours has been called an age of trauma. Yet, n...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• 1. PTSD Is a Culturally Bound and Imperialistic Concept: That’s Not All Bad.
• 2. Trauma Is a Political Issue. Chronic Trauma Is an: Invisible Way of Life.
• 3. Extreme Trauma and its Intergenerational Transmission
• 4. The Meaning of Trauma and the Place of Neuroscience
• 5. Conclusion: How Massive Trauma Works. .