Taking both a historical and contemporary perspective, the book covers the extent of and manner in which traumatic stress manifests, including the way in which exposure to such extremely threatening events impacts on people’s meaning and belief systems. Therapeutic and community strategies for addressing and healing the effects of trauma exposure are comprehensively covered, as well as the pa…
This open access book provides an enriched understanding of historical, collective, cultural, and identity-related trauma, emphasising the social and political location of human subjects. It therefore presents a socio-ecological perspective on trauma, rather than viewing displaced individuals as traumatised “passive victims”. The vastness of the phenomenon of trauma among displaced populati…
In 1945 moest Europa in het reine zien te komen met de verwoestende gevolgen van de oorlog. Miljoenen hadden het leven gelaten. Anderen waren ziek, uitgehongerd of getraumatiseerd door hun kamp- of onderduikervaringen, of door belevenissen in gevechten en bombardementen. Vandaag zouden we die slachtoffers tegemoet treden met een legertje traumapsychologen, maar in 1945 was het begrip posttrauma…