| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 576 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Posttraumatic stress disorder : an overview of the concept / Matthew J. Friedman and Anthony J. Marsella -- The epidemiology of PTSD : a comprehensive review of the international literature / Giovanni de Girolamo and Alexander C. McFarlane -- The treatment of PTSD and related stress disorders : current research and clinical knowledge / Ellen T. Gerrity and Susan D. Solomon -- Ethnocultural aspects of PTSD : an overview of issues and research directions / Anthony J. Marsella, Matthew J. Friedman, and E. Huland Spain -- Confusion of the senses : implications of ethnocultural variations in somatoform and dissociative disorders for PTSD / Laurence J. Kirmayer -- Culture, emotion, and PTSD / Janis H. Jenkins -- Ethnocultural considerations in the assessment of PTSD / Terence M. Keane, Danny G. Kaloupek, and Frank W. Weathers -- PTSD among African Americans / Irving M. Allen -- Cumulative trauma and PTSD in American Indian communities / Robert W. Robin, Barbara Chester, and David Goldman -- Wounded spirits, ailing hearts : PTSD and related disorders among American Indians / Spero Manson ... [et al.] -- Traumatization stress among Asians and Asian Americans / Francis R. Abueg and Kevin M. Chun -- PTSD and related stress disorders among Hispanics / Richard L. Hough ... [et al.] -- Cross-national and ethnocultural issues in disaster research / Bonnie L. Green -- Women of color and traumatic stress in "domestic captivity" : gender and race as disempowering statuses / Maria P. Root -- Ethnocultural aspects of PTSD and related disorders among children and adolescents / Vincenzo F. Dinicola -- Ethnocultural considerations in understanding PTSD and related disorders among military veterans / William Schlenger and John Fairbank -- A multicultural developmental approach for treating trauma / Fred D. Gusman ... [et al.] -- Ethnocultural considerations in the treatment of PTSD : therapy and service delivery / Juris G. Draguns -- Ethnocultural variations in service use among veterans suffering from PTSD / Robert Rosenheck and Alan Fontana -- Ethnopsychopharmacology and the treatment of PTSD / Keh-Ming Lin ... [et al.] -- Ethnocultural aspects of PTSD : some closing thoughts / Anthony J. Marsella ... [et al.] |
| Summary |
The purpose of this volume is to explore and examine the role of ethnocultural aspects of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through a ... discussion of current theory, research and practice on the topic. |
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[The book explores] both universal and culture-specific reactions to trauma, and [discusses] implications for research, treatment, and prevention. The multidisciplinary perspective of the book will appeal to a broad audience of psychologists, psychiatrists, anthropologists, epidemiologists, sociologists, and social workers. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2004 APA, all rights reserved). |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Form |
Also available online via the World Wide Web, by subscription to Ovid PsycBooks. |
| Note |
GMD: electronic resource. |
| Subject |
Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Psychiatry, Transcultural.
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Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- ethnology.
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Psychiatry.
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| Added Author |
Marsella, Anthony J.
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| Note |
Available from some providers with title: PsycBOOKS |
| Other Form: |
Original 1557983194 (DLC) 95040252 |
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