Psychopathology - General & Miscellaneous, Anxiety, Stress & Trauma-Related Disorders, Child & Infant Psychology & Psychiatry
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Overview
This first volume in an exciting series sets the myriad and turbulent issues of adolescence in an international context: skinheads in Germany, thalassemia patients in Greece, adolescent Holocaust survivors, psychodrama, mourning, the Buffalo Creek disaster, cancer diagnosis and treatment, the effects of violence, and trauma as a potential psychic organizer.The book contains no figures.
Editorials
Booknews
In this first volume in a new series, an international group of specialists explores the effects of trauma on the adolescent psyche. Arrangement is in three parts. The first furnishes a psychoanalytic overview of trauma, explores trauma as a psychic organizer, and discusses effective treatment for adolescent trauma. The next two sections examine the trauma of illness (both psychosomatic and physical, including cancer and kidney transplant); and social disruption and the adolescent process<-->living with violence, the long-term effects of disasters, violence and identity formation, and adolescent skinheads. A final contribution by editor Sugar (clinical psychiatry, Tulane U. and Louisiana State U.), focuses on adolescent survivors of the Holocaust. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
April 1, 1999
Publisher
International Universities Press
Pages
322
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780823666263