September 11: Trauma and Human Bonds

ISBN-13: 9780881633818 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 308 str.

Coates; Susan W. Coates; Jane L. Rosenthal

Opis

Our view of massive trauma has been indelibly shaped by the events of September 11, 2001. This volume, with contributions by leading scholars, researchers and clinicians, focuses on the World Trade Center attack and its psychological consequences and thereby deepens our understanding of trauma in psychopathology, interpersonal psychobiology, epidemiology and social policy - the contributors pay particular attention to the fundamental relationship of human bonds and trauma. coming together in complementary ways that sustain a key finding: that trauma must be understood in relation and attachment contexts. The quality of early emotional attachments, differences in attachment styles and family milieus and the psychological qualities that enable traumatized parents to avoid traumatizing their children are among the topics through which these contexts are explored. From their various disciplinary vantage points, the contributions converge to show how human relationships can either provide an anodyne to trauma or serve as the vehicle of its transmission. of New York City and, as such, were among those personally affected by the horrific events of that day. As victims of the very trauma they analyse from various venues and research orientations, they bring to their contributions a vivid and intense understanding of what trauma is really about. trauma, the editors shy away from facile final lessons about the WTC disaster. As Susan Coates observes, a major legacy of 9/11 is the realization that there are no simple truths in the world of trauma studies, no easy-to-remember anodynes or pharmacologic magic bullets or depth-psychological schematizations that will hold true for a majority of even a sizable minority of cases. Yet, in delineating the multiple connections between human relations and trauma and in elaborating these connections from multidisciplinary perspectives, the contributors have taken a decisive first step to consolidate new knowledge about trauma and to demonstrate how it can assist clinicians who encounter diverse responses to trauma in their day-to-day work. A sobering reminder of shared human vulnerability in the face of devastating events, this text is also a heartening reminder of resiliency in the face of overwhelming loss and of the healing power of human connection.

Spis treści

Glick, Preface. Coates, Introduction: Trauma and Human Bonds. Poza III, A Letter from Brooklyn: September 11, 2001. Coates, Schechter, & First, Brief Interventions with Traumatized Children and Families After September 11. Hoven, Mandell, & Duarte, Mental Health of New York City Public School Children After 9/11: An Epidemiologic Investigation. Amsel, Marshall, Clinical Management of Subsyndromal Psychological Sequelae of the 9/11 Terror Attacks. Fonagy, Target, Evolution of the Interpersonal Interpretive Function: Clues for Effective Preventive Intervention in Early Childhood. Schechter, Intergenerational Communication of Maternal Violent Trauma: Understanding the Interplay of Reflexive Functioning and Posttraumatic Psychopathology. Harris, Relational Mourning in a Mother and Her Three-Year-Old After September 11. Rees, Some Clinical Observations After September 11: Awakening the Past? Hofer, The Emerging Neurobiology of Attachment and Separation: How Parents Shape Their Infant's Brain and Behavior. Teicher, Polcari, Andersen, Anderson, & Navalta, Neurobiological Effects of Childhood Stress and Trauma. Herman, Aaron, & Susser, An Agenda for Public Mental Health in a Time of Terror. Cournos, Lessons for High-Risk Populations from Attachment Research and September 11: Helping Children in Foster Care.