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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465845803321

Autore

Danieli Yael

Titolo

The Trauma of Terrorism [[electronic resource] ] : Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, : Taylor and Francis, 2013

ISBN

0-203-81998-5

1-299-28710-7

1-136-74705-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (879 p.)

Disciplina

362.1968521

Soggetti

Terrorism - Psychological aspects

Victims of terrorism - Psychology

Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency

Social Welfare & Social Work

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; About the Contributors; Acknowledgments; FOREWORD; Terrorism: The United Nations and the Search for Shared Solutions; INTRODUCTION; The Trauma of Terrorism: Contextual Considerations; SECTION I: THE ORIGINS OF TERRORISM IN MODERN SOCIETY; The Origins and Nature of Terrorism: Foundations and Issues; Terrorism as a Strategy of Psychological Warfare; Tales from the Underground; Aum Shinrikyo: The Threshold Crossed

Voice: Murdered Twin Buddhas and Annihilated Twin Towers: Traumatized CivilizationTactical and Strategic Terrorism; Voice: Do They Kill for Their Mothers?; Voice: Palestinian Voices; Voice: Remembrance Day/Independence Day; Voice: Terrorism Poem; SECTION II: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF TERRORISM; Adults in the United States Voice: Grounded on Sept. 11; Psychological Impact of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: Summary of Empirical Findings



in Adults; Television Watching and Mental Health in the General Population of New York City After September 11

Voice: Too Close to Ever ForgetExploring the Myths of Coping with a National Trauma: A Longitudinal Study of Responses to the September 11th Terrorist Attacks; Somatization and Terrorism; FINDINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD; Short- and Long-Term Effects of Terrorist Attacks in Spain; Voice: Spain: The ETA Enigma; Northern Ireland: The Psychological Impact of "The Troubles"; Voice: Brave Little Man; Voice: "So What Is It Like Now That Your Country Is Run by a Terrorist?"; The Long-Term Effects of Terrorism in France; Psychological Effects of Terrorist Attacks in Algeria

Voice: Nadia, a Victim/Survivor of a Terrorist Massacre of Her Family in AlgeriaShort- and Long-Term Effects on the Victims of Terror in Sri Lanka; Voice: Sri Lanka: The Destruction of South Asia's Most Developed Society; Observations on the Impact on Kenyans of the August 7, 1998 Bombing of the United States Embassy in Nairobi; Voice: We Are Asked to Do Anything and Everything Except Be Victims; Terror and Trauma in Bali: Australia's Mental Health Disaster Response; Voice: Memories of Bali; Voice: A Baptism of Fire in Bali; International Findings on the Impact of Terrorism

Traumatic Loss, Complicated Grief, and TerrorismVoice: Theo Was on Pan Am 103; Voice: When You Are Alone, It Is Different; The Psychological Burden of Bioterrorism; CHILDREN; Psychological Impact of Terrorism on Children and Families in the United States; Voice: I Don't Want to Go to Any More Funerals of Eight Year Olds; The Immediate Psychological Consequences of Terror Attacks in Children; Post-Traumatic Distress in Israeli Adolescents Exposed to Ongoing Terrorism: Selected Findings from School-Based Screenings in Jerusalem and Nearby Settlements; Voice: Koby's Death

In the Shadow of Terror: Changes in World Assumptions in Israeli Youth

Sommario/riassunto

Learn intervention strategies to counter the effects of terrorismIn the twenty-first century, terrorism has become an international scourge whose effect devastates individuals, weakens societies, and cripples nations. The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook and Shared Care provides a comprehensive, penetrating look at the effects of terrorism, at the prevention and treatment of immediate and long-term sequelae, at preparedness for terrorism, and at the range of individual, community, and national responses. International authorities dis