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Traumatic stress in South Africa /

"Traumatic stress and post-traumatic stress more particularly, has gained international prominence as a condition or disorder that affects people across the globe in the wake of exposure to extreme life events, be these collective or individual. Given the history of political violence in South...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaminer, Debra
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Other Authors: Eagle, Gillian
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Johannesburg, South Africa : Wits University Press, 2010.
Subjects:
Post-traumatic stress disorder > South Africa.
Psychic trauma > South Africa.
Stress (Psychology) > South Africa.
État de stress post-traumatique > Afrique du Sud.
Traumatisme psychique > Afrique du Sud.
Stress > Afrique du Sud.
Society and social sciences Society and social sciences.
Psychology.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > General.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Psychic trauma.
Stress (Psychology)
South Africa.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Patterns of trauma exposure in South Africa
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder and other trauma syndromes
  • Trauma as a crisis of meaning
  • Trauma interventions for individuals, groups and communities
  • Children and trauma.