Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Poem: The Tsunami of Despair
(Peter Sugen)
Part 1: Trauma Related Theory
Chapter 1. Overview: Mass Trauma Affects Whole Communities
(Kathryn Gow)
Chapter 2. Implementing Collective Approaches to Massive Trauma and Loss in Western Contexts
(Saliha Bava and Jack Saul)
Chapter 3. Rethinking the Moral Positioning of Trauma Work
(Stevan Weine)
Chapter 4. Using the Individualism-Collectivism Construct to Understand Cultural Differences in PTSD
(Nuwan Jayawickreme, Eranda Jayawickreme and Edna Foa)
Chapter 5. Assessing Resilience in the Aftermath of Mass Trauma
(Marek Celinski, Lyle Allen III, and Kathryn Gow)
Part 2: Effects of Man Made Trauma: War, Genocide, Murder and Terrorism
Chapter 6. Effects of Mass Homicide on Communities
(Sandra Sacre)
Chapter 7. The Legacy of the Nazi Holocaust Within a Theoretical Trauma Framework
(Janine Lurie-Beck)
Chapter 8. Cambodia 30 Years On: A Country Recovering From Genocide
(Roslyn Roberts)
Chapter 9. Mass Disaster Response: How Impending Health Catastrophes in the Displaced Populations of Post-War Sri Lanka were Averted
(Eeshara Kottegoda Vithana and Loyal Pattuwage)
Chapter 10. 21st Century Warfare: Can Deployment Resilience Assist the Return to Civilian Life?
(Jacques Gouws)
Chapter 11. Healing Fields and Field of Flags: Commemoration of 9/11 and War in Heterotopian Space/Place
(Catherine Collins)
Part 3: Community Resilience and Disasters
Chapter 12. What Makes Children Resilient and Resourceful Despite Family Adversity and Trauma in High Risk Populations?
(Karol Kumpfer and Qing-qing Hu)
Chapter 13. Main Trends in Resilience and Trauma Recovery with Children, Adolescents and Families
(Vladimír Kebza and Iva Šolcová, Department of Psychology, Czech University of Life Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, and others)
Chapter 14. Recognising and Assisting Children at Risk of PTSD Following Natural Disasters
(Heather Mohay and Nicole Forbes)
Chapter 15. When Community Resilience Breaks Down after Natural Disasters
(Kathryn Gow and Heather Mohay)
Chapter 16. Facilitating Successful Community-led Recovery after Disasters
(Suzanne Vallance)
Part 4: Trauma Impact and Recovery in Refugee Populations
Chapter 17. Towards Dialogic Trauma Work
(Stevan Weine)
Chapter 18. From Trauma Victims to Survivors: The Positive Psychology of Refugee Mental Health
Eranda Jayawickreme, Nuwan Jayawickreme, and Martin Seligman
Chapter 19. Trauma and Survival in African Humanitarian Entrants to Australia
(Alicia Copping and Jane Shakespeare-Finch)
Chapter 20. Resilience and Resourcefulness as Facilitators of Adjustment in Immigrants during Times of Adversity
(Giorgio Ilacqua, Marek Celinski, and Lyle Allen III)
Addendum: Questions To Be Explored When Assessing The Resilience Of A Community Post Disaster
(Ron Frey)
Index