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  title info:
    title: Traumatic Stress in South Africa
  name:
    name part: Kaminer, Debra.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Eagle, Gillian.
  name:
    name part: Project Muse
    role:
      role term: distributor
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: sa
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (232 pages).
  abstract: "Traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress more particularly, has gained international prominence as a condition or disorder that affects people across the globe in the wake of exposure to extreme life events, be these collective or individual. Given the history of political violence in South Africa, extremely high levels of violence against women and children and the prevalence of violent crime, South Africa has the unfortunate distinction of being considered a real life laboratory in which to study traumatic stress. Taking both a historical and contemporary perspective, the title 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 particular needs of traumatised children and adolescents. Illustrative case material is used to render ideas accessible and engaging. Traumatic stress in South Africa provides a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of theory and practice in the field of traumatic stress studies, incorporating both international and South African specific findings. The particular value of the text lies in the integration of global and local material and attention to context related challenges, such as how trauma presentation and intervention is coloured by cultural systems and class disparities. The text would be of particular interest to scholars and practitioners working with traumatic stress in developing countries or in settings in which assessment and intervention resources are limited. The book highlights both psychological and sociopolitical dimensions of traumatic stress and emphasises insights derived from working in the South African context that have potential relevance for shaping the direction of traumatic stress studies"--Bookseller's website.
  table of contents: Patterns of trauma exposure in South Africa -- Posttraumatic stress disorder and other trauma syndromes -- Trauma as a crisis of meaning -- Trauma interventions for individuals, groups and communities -- Children and trauma.
  note: Debra Kaminer and Gillian Eagle.
  note: Open Access Unrestricted online access star
  subject:
    topic: Stress (Psychology)
  subject:
    topic: Psychic trauma
  subject:
    topic: Post-traumatic stress disorder
  subject:
    topic: POLITICAL SCIENCE
    topic: General
  subject:
    topic: Psychology
  subject:
    topic: Society and social sciences Society and social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Stress
    geographic: Afrique du Sud
  subject:
    topic: Traumatisme psychique
    geographic: Afrique du Sud
  subject:
    topic: État de stress post-traumatique
    geographic: Afrique du Sud
  subject:
    topic: Stress (Psychology)
    geographic: South Africa
  subject:
    topic: Psychic trauma
    geographic: South Africa
  subject:
    topic: Post-traumatic stress disorder
    geographic: South Africa
  subject:
    geographic: South Africa
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Book collections on Project MUSE
  identifier: 9781776141678
  identifier: 9781868145096
  identifier: 2019667417
  identifier: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/60607/
  access condition: Open Access
  record info:
    record content source: MdBmJHUP
    record creation date: 101201
    record change date: 20240815120749.0
    record identifier: musev2_60607