Trauma Interventions in War and Peace Prevention, Practice, and Policy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Green, Bonnie L. (Editor), Friedman, Matthew J. (Editor), Jong, Joop T. V. M. de. (Editor), Solomon, Susan D. (Editor), Keane, Terence M. (Editor), Fairbank, John A. (Editor), Donelan, Brigid. (Editor), Frey-Wouters, Ellen. (Editor), Danieli, Yael. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2003.
• Series: International and Cultural Psychology Series,
• Subjects: Psychology.; Public health.; Psychiatry.; Clinical psychology.; Psychotherapy.; Counseling.; Psychotherapy and Counseling.; Clinical Psychology.; Public Health.
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Peace of mind is a most precious resource, without which neither rich nor poor can know happiness. Yet mental health is undervalued and routinely taken for granted. Moreover, we allow war, torture, violence, poverty, d- ease, discrimination, and domestic abuse to undermine it. The wounds inflicted b...

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• Traumatic Stress and Its Consequences
• Social Deprivation
• Intervention Options for Societies, Communities, Families, and Individuals
• Abuse and Torture
• Child Abuse in Peacetime
• Abuse of Older People
• People with Mental and Physical Disabilities
• Violence against Women
• Survivors of Mass Violence and Torture
• War and disasters
• Children in Armed Conflict
• Refugees and Internally Displaced People
• Former Combatants
• Natural and Technological Disasters
• United Nations Personnel
• UN Peacekeepers and Civilian Field Personnel
• Summary and Conclusion
• A Call to Action.