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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 616.8521
EAN: 9780465087303
ISBN: 0465087302
Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: May 29, 1997
Publisher: Basic Books
Sales Rank: 7163
Studio: Basic Books
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When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large.Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually. Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. The book puts individual experience in a broader political frame, arguing that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context. Meticulously documented and frequently using the victims’ own words as well as those from classic literary works and prison diaries, Trauma and Recovery is a powerful work that will continue to profoundly impact our thinking.
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Rating:  - Looking backwards with understanding in order to move forward
I've had occasion to read a number of books that deal with the condition now classified as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).This one was recommended to me a decade ago, and remains amongst the best of those I have read so far.
Increasingly, many people are familiar with what might be encompassed by PTSD.Unfortunately, it has become used by some as a catch-all phrase to explain, and sometimes to excuse, all manner of behaviours.This indeed unfortunate because one of the consequences ... Read More
Rating: - Wonderful
I am a senior Psychology student and this is seriously the most informative book I have read yet. It is extremely practical and well written, and gives a very comprehensive and well rounded view. I definitely recommend this book!
Rating: - A Witness to Trauma and Recovery
Judith Herman's Trauma and Recovery is as viable a narrative of human relations now as it was when first published @15 years ago.In a post-September 11 world of domestic and global trauma, the text is a must-read for all of us, not just those who have experienced abuse.Understanding the long-term consequences of abuse not only for the victim but also for those around her is crucial to creating an environment of personal safety and growth.Realizing the benefits of witness can diminish the fear that blocks ... Read More
Rating: - Invaluable for those in helping professions....clear, compassionate
The subject matter is hard to read about in large doses but the
information is very very helpful and clear.It helped me see the issue
from the victims point of view.
Much of the info is distressing...our society is shown as self protective
and without compassion.
Not for idle reading but very helpful if one is suddenly put in a place
to help and understand the effects and recovery process.
Rating: - Move Over Freud: Future Definitive Psychology Classic
This book is a must read for anyone, male or female, who has suffered tragedy/abuse due to someone else's actions and who is struggling to make sense of their lives in the aftermath. It's not fair to label this book as a post-traumatic stress book: it is soooo much more than that. The author explains how trauma affects the psyche: particularly the developing psyche, explains the cycle of abuse, explains crime and the criminal mind, and pedophile behavior in a way that no one has before. The author is bar none brilliant. ... Read More
Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror |
