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With traumatic stress an increasing global challenge, the U.N.,the NGO community and goverments must take into account thepsychological aftermath of large-scale catastrophes and individual orgroup violence. Trauma Interventions in War and Peace is avolume created to address this global perspective, and as such itprovides a conceptual framework for interventions in the wake ofabuse, torture, war, and disaster on individual, local, regional, andinternational levels. To be useful to both practitioners and policymakers, the book identifies model programs that can be implemented atevery level. These programs vary in target and intensity to includesocial policy, safety programs, public education, coordination,capacity building, training, self-help, counseling, and clinicalintervention. A core group of chapters covers the general concepts oftraumatic stress, intervention, and social deprivation, while othersfocus on specific traumatic events like refugees and child abuse inpeacetime, each addressing the scope of the problem, reactions to thetraumatic stressor, intervention issues, and recommendations. Onewhole chapter is devoted to caregiver reactions. Special features ofthe book are the integration of cultural, gender, poverty, andmarginalization issues into each discussion, as well as thecontributions of internationally noted academic and professionalexperts. U.N. and NGO personnel provided input and feedback on eachchapter to provide the best working guidelines available for thoseresponding to trauma around the world. ... Read more