The Trauma of Terrorism : Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook

ISBN-13: 9780789027733 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 858 str.

Yael Danieli; Danny Brom; Joe Sills

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The Trauma of Terrorism: Sharing Knowledge and Shared Care, An International Handbook is a penetrating, thoughtful compendium of the latest information on terrorism and its impact on individuals, families, communities, and nations. Respected authorities from several disciplines explore the multidimensional consequences of terrorism along with crucial strategies, policies, and programs to prevent and help counteract its effects. The full range of issues are explored, including the significant effects on different people and societies, the effects on political reactions and policies, and the cultural sensitivity that needs to be employed when observing the damaging impact and subsequent development of intervention programs.

Spis treści

• About the Contributors
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• FOREWORD
  
• Terrorism: The United Nations and the Search for Shared Solutions (David Malone)
  
• INTRODUCTION
  
• The Trauma of Terrorism: Contextual Considerations (Yael Danieli, Danny Brom, and Joe Sills)
  
• SECTION I: THE ORIGINS OF TERRORISM IN MODERN SOCIETY
  
• The Origins and Nature of Terrorism: Foundations and Issues (Anthony J. Marsella and Fathali M. Moghaddam)
  
• Terrorism as a Strategy of Psychological Warfare (Boaz Ganor)
  
• Tales from the Underground (Gerald Cromer)
  
• Aum Shinrikyo: The Threshold Crossed (Robert Jay Lifton)
  
• Voice: Murdered Twin Buddhas and Annihilated Twin Towers: Traumatized Civilization (Hirad Abtahi)
  
• Tactical and Strategic Terrorism (Giandomenico Picco)
  
• Voice: Do They Kill for Their Mothers? (Joyce M. Davis)
  
• Voice: Palestinian Voices
  
• Voice: Remembrance Day/Independence Day (Martin Herskovitz)
  
• Voice: Terrorism Poem
  
• SECTION II: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CONSEQUENCES OF TERRORISM
  
• Adults in the United States
  
• Voice: Grounded on Sept. 11 (David Handschuh)
  
• Psychological Impact of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks: Summary of Empirical Findings in Adults (William E. Schlenger)
  
• Television Watching and Mental Health in the General Population of New York City After September 11 (Jennifer Ahern, Sandro Galea, Heidi Resnick, and David Vlahov)
  
• Voice: Too Close to Ever Forget (Adam Lisberg)
  
• Exploring the Myths of Coping with a National Trauma: A Longitudinal Study of Responses to the September 11th Terrorist Attacks (Roxane Cohen Silver, Michael Poulin, E. Alison Holman, Daniel N. McIntosh, Virginia Gil-Rivas, and Judith Pizarro)
  
• Somatization and Terrorism (Carol S. North)
  
• FINDINGS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
  
• Short- and Long-Term Effects of Terrorist Attacks in Spain (Enrique Baca, Enrique Baca-García, María Mercedes Pérez-Rodríguez, and Maria Luisa Cabanas)
  
• Voice: Spain: The ETA Enigma (Al Goodman)
  
• Northern Ireland: The Psychological Impact of “The Troubles” (Andrea Campbell, Ed Cairns, and John Mallett)
  
• Voice: Brave Little Man (Tony Maddox)
  
• Voice: “So What Is It Like Now That Your Country Is Run by a Terrorist?” (Brandon Hamber)
  
• The Long-Term Effects of Terrorism in France (Louis Jehel and Alain Brunet)
  
• Psychological Effects of Terrorist Attacks in Algeria (Noureddine Khaled)
  
• Voice: Nadia, a Victim/Survivor of a Terrorist Massacre of Her Family in Algeria (Noureddine Khaled)
  
• Short- and Long-Term Effects on the Victims of Terror in Sri Lanka (Daya Somasundaram)
  
• Voice: Sri Lanka: The Destruction of South Asia’s Most Developed Society (Barbara Crossette)
  
• Observations on the Impact on Kenyans of the August 7, 1998 Bombing of the United States Embassy in Nairobi (Samuel B. Thielman)
  
• Voice: We Are Asked to Do Anything and Everything Except Be Victims (Lee Ann Ross)
  
• Terror and Trauma in Bali: Australia’s Mental Health Disaster Response (Beverley Raphael, Julie Dunsmore, and Sally Wooding)
  
• Voice: Memories of Bali (Alan Atkinson)
  
• Voice: A Baptism of Fire in Bali (Bill McNeil)
  
• International Findings on the Impact of Terrorism (Brian Engdahl)
  
• Traumatic Loss, Complicated Grief, and Terrorism (Ilona L. Pivar and Holly G. Prigerson)
  
• Voice: Theo Was on Pan Am 103 (Susan Cohen and Daniel Cohen)
  
• Voice: When You Are Alone, It Is Different (Conny Mus)
  
• The Psychological Burden of Bioterrorism (Molly J. Hall, Ann E. Norwood, Carol S. Fullerton, Robert Gifford, and Robert J. Ursano)
  
• CHILDREN
  
• Psychological Impact of Terrorism on Children and Families in the United States (Betty J.

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Yael Danieli