Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror - Couverture souple

Herman, Judith L.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0465087302 ISBN 13 : 9780465087303

Editeur : Basic Books, 1997

Synopsis

Trauma and Recovery Drawing on her own research in domestic violence as well as on the literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, the author shows parallels between private terrors such as rape, and public traumas such as terrorism. The study puts individual trauma in a broader context. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman's volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large.Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually. Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. The book puts individual experience in a broader political frame, arguing that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context. Meticulously documented and frequently using the victims' own words as well as those from classic literary works and prison diaries, Trauma and Recovery is a powerful work that will continue to profoundly impact our thinking.

Biographie de l'auteur

Judith Herman, M.D., one of this country's leading experts on trauma and abuse, is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, and director of training at the Victims of Violence Program at Cambridge Hospital. She is also a founding member of the Women's Mental Health Collective in Massachusetts.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Basic Books
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0465087302
• ISBN 13: 9780465087303
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 304