Auteur : Kirmayer, Laurence J. 1952- / Lemelson, Robert 1961- / Barad, Mark 1961-

Maison d'édition : Cambridge University Press

Date de publication : 2007

Collation : xxviii, 519 p. : ill.

ISBN : 9780521854283

Langue : Anglais

Table des matières : 1. Neurobiological and neuroethological perspectives on fear and anxiety -- 2. Some biobehavioral insights into persistent effects of emotional trauma -- 3. Learning not to fear : a neural systems approach -- 4. Mechanisms of fear extinction : toward improved treatment for anxiety -- 5. Developmental origins of neurobiological vulnerability for PTSD -- 6. Does stress damage the brain? -- 7. Somatic manifestions of traumatic stress -- 8. Cognitive behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder -- 9. PTSD among traumatized refugees -- 10. PTSD : a disorder of recovery? -- 11. The developmental impact of childhood trauma -- 12. Adaptation, ecosocial safety signals and the trajectory of PTSD -- 13. Religion and spirituality after trauma -- 14. Posttraumatic suffering as a source of transformation : a clinical perspective -- 15. Trauma, adaptation and resilience : a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective -- 16. Bruno and the holy fool : myth, mimesis and the transmission of traumatic memories -- 17. Failures of imagination : the refugee's predicament -- 18. Trauma, culture and myth : narratives of the ethiopian jewish exodus -- 19. Posttraumatic politics : violence, memory and biomedical discourse in Bali -- 20. Terror and trauma in the cambodian genocide -- 21. Trauma in context : integrating biological, clinical and cultural perspectives

Résumé : This book analyzes the individual and collective experience of and response to trauma from a wide range of perspectives including basic neuroscience, clinical science, and cultural anthropology. Each perspective presents critical and creative challenges to the other. The first section reviews the effects of early life stress on the development of neural systems and vulnerability to persistent effects of trauma. The second section of the book reviews a wide range of clinical approaches to the treatment of the effects of trauma. The final section of the book presents cultural analyses of personal, social, and political responses to massive trauma and genocidal events in a variety of societies. This work goes well beyond the neurobiological models of conditioned fear and clinical syndrome of post-traumatic stress disorder to examine how massive traumatic events affect the whole fabric of a society, calling forth collective responses of resilience and moral transformation.

Mots-clés : État de stress post-traumatique / Études transculturelles

Cote : WM 170 U55 2007