Preface -- Acknowledgments -- PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE FIELD OF TRAUMATOLOGY -- Chapter 1 Introduction to the Magnitude and Complexity of the Field of Traumatology -- Case 1: The Ash Wednesday Bush Fires -- Case 2: A Case of Angina in the Emergency Department -- Case 3: A Child Survivor of the Holocaust -- The Wholist Perspective to Help -- and Understand Traumatic Stress Responses -- Chapter 2 Features of Stress and -- in Different Traumatic Situations -- War -- The Holocaust -- Natural Disasters -- Accidents -- Physical Assault, Rape, and Torture -- Sexual Assault of Children and Incest -- Psychosomatic Medicine -- Dying and Bereavement -- Lessons from Across Different Traumatic Situations -- PART 2 THE TRIAXIAL FRAMEWORK: THE PROCESS, PARAMETERS, AND DEPTH AXES AS COORDINATES FOR ORIENTATION OF CONCEPTS IN TRAUMATIC STRESS AND FULFILLMENT -- Chapter 3 Components of Axis 1, the Process Axis -- Stressors -- Appraisals -- Stress -- Stress Responses -- Vulnerabilities -- Strengths -- Trauma -- Defenses -- Memories -- Chapter 4 Components of Axis 2, the Parameters Axis -- Factors in Traumatic Situations -- Phases of Traumatic Situations -- Social System Levels -- Developmental Phases -- Chapter 5 Components of Axis 3, the Depth Axis -- A Hierarchy of Human Function Levels -- Fulfillment and Traumatization at -- Function Levels -- The Life-Trauma Dialectic: The Purpose of Life -- Chapter 6 Illnesses and the Triaxial Framework -- Historical Background -- Phenomenological Stream of Stress and Trauma Illness -- Dynamic Stream -- Phenomenological and Dynamic Streams in Children -- Other Theories of Trauma Illnesses -- The Triaxial Framework Applied to Views of Illnesses -- PART 3 SURVIVAL STRATEGIES: AN OCTAVE FOR THE SYMPHONY OF TRAUMATIC STRESS AND FULFILLMENT -- Chapter 7 Introduction to Survival Strategies -- Evolution and Strategies of Survival -- Precursors to Survival Strategies -- Survival Strategies -- The Eight Survival Strategies and Appraisals that Evoke Them -- Chapter 8 Rescue-Caretaking -- Axis 1: The Process Axis -- Axis 2: Parameters Axis -- Axis 3: Fulfillment and Trauma Along the Depth Axis -- Chapter 9 Attachment -- Axis 1: The Process Axis -- Axis 2: Parameters Axis -- Axis 3: Fulfillment and Trauma Along the Depth Axis -- Chapter 10 Assertiveness: Goal Achievement -- Axis 1: The Process Axis -- Axis 2: Parameters Axis -- Axis 3: Fulfillment and Trauma Along the Depth Axis -- Chapter 11 Adaptation: Goal Surrender -- Axis 1: The Process Axis -- Axis 2: Parameters Axis -- Axis 3: Fulfillment and Trauma Along the Depth Axis -- Chapter 12 Fight: Defense -- Axis 1: The Process Axis -- Axis 2: Parameters Axis -- Axis 3: Fulfillment and Trauma Along the Depth Axis -- Chapter 13 Flight: Escape -- Axis 1: The Process Axis -- Axis 2: Parameters Axis -- Axis 3: Fulfillment and Trauma Along the Depth Axis -- Chapter 14 Competition: Struggle -- Axis 1: The Process Axis -- Axis 2: Parameters Axis -- Axis 3: Fulfillment and Trauma Along the Depth Axis -- Chapter 15 Cooperation: Love -- Axis 1: The Process Axis -- Axis 2: Parameters Axis -- Axis 3: Fulfillment and Trauma Along the Depth Axis -- PART 4 THE WHOLIST PERSPECTIVE: AN INTEGRATED FRAMEWORK OF TRAUMATIC STRESS AND FULFILLMENT -- Chapter 16 The Wholist View of Traumatic Stress —Making Sense Within the Life-Trauma Dialectic -- An Elegant Model for the Life-Trauma Dialectic -- Applications of the Wholist Perspective -- Chapter 17 Conclusion: From Survival to Fulfillment -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index.