Extreme Stress and Communities Impact and Intervention [Hardcover]

Extreme Stress and Communities: Impact and Intervention is the first volume to address traumatic stress from a community perspective. The authors, drawn from among the world's leaders in psychology, psychiatry and anthropology, examine how extreme stress, such as war, disasters and political upheaval, interact in their effects on individuals, families and communities. The book is rich in both theoretical insight and practical experience. It informs readers about how to adopt a community perspective and how to apply this perspective to policy, research and intervention.
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on `Stress and Communities', Ch?teau de Bonas, France, June 14--18, 1994Extreme Stress and Communities: Impact and Intervention is the first volume to address traumatic stress from a community perspective. The authors, drawn from among the world's leaders in psychology, psychiatry and anthropology, examine how extreme stress, such as war, disasters and political upheaval, interact in their effects on individuals, families and communities. The book is rich in both theoretical insight and practical experience. It informs readers about how to adopt a community perspective and how to apply this perspective to policy, research and intervention.
Preface; S.E. Hobfoll, M.W. deVries. I: Introduction: Focusing on the Community in the Case of Extreme Stress; S.E. Hobfoll, M.W. deVries, R.P. Cameron. 1. The Community Context of Disaster and Traumatic Stress: an Ecological Perspective from Community Psychology; E.J. Trickett. II: Basic Stress Concepts and Where they Lead in the Study of Community Stress; S.E. Hobfoll, R.P. Cameron, M.W. deVries. 2. Disasters, Stress and Cognition; D. Meichenbaum. 3. Temperament Risk Factor: the Contribution of Temperament to the Consequences of the State of Stress; J. Strelau. 4. Coping with the Loss of a Family Member: Implications for Cols�