International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma

In 1996, representatives from 27 different countries met in Jerusalem to share ideas about traumatic stress and its impact. For many, this represented the first dialogue that they had ever had with a mental health professional from another country. Many o

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The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping Series Editor. Donald Meichenbaum, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Editorial Beard:. Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Columbia University • Marian Frankenhauser, University of Stockholm • Norman Garmezy, University of Minnesota • Mardi J. Horowitz, University of California Medical Schoo~ San Francisco • Richard S. Lazarus, University of California, Berluley • Michael Rutter, University of London • Dennis C. Turk, University of Washington • John P. Wilson, Cleveland State University • Camille Wortman, University of Michigan Current Volumes in the Series:

BEYOND TRAUMA Cultural and Societal Dynamics Edited by Rolf J. Kleber, Charles R. Figley, and Berthold P. R. Gersons COMMUTING STRESS Causes, Effects, and Methods of Coping Meni Koslowsky, Avraham N. Kluger, and Mordechai Reich COPING WITH CHRONIC STRESS Edited by Benjamin H. Gottlieb ETHNICITY, IMMIGRATION, AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Edited by Ihsan Al-Issa and Michael Tousignant HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL SUPPORT AND THE FAMILY Edited by Gregory R. Pierce, Barabara R. Sarason, and Irwin G. Samson INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF HUMAN RESPONSE TO TRAUMA Edited by Arieh Y Shalev, Rachel Yehuda, and Alexander C. McFarlane INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF MULTIGENERATIONAL LEGACIES OF TRAUMA Edited by Yael Danieli PSYCHOTRAUMATOLOGY Key Papers and Core Concepts in Post-Traumatic Stress Edited by George S. Everly, Jr. and Jeffrey M. Lating STRESS, CULTURE, AND COMMUNITY The Psychology and Philosophy of Stress Stevan E. Hobfoll TRAUMATIC STRESS From Theory to Practice Edited by John R. Freedy and Stevan E. Hobfoll

A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher.

International Handbook of Human Response to Trauma Edited by

Arieh Y Shalev Hadassah Uni~ty Hospita[ Jerwakm., /STfMl

Rachel Yehuda Mount Sinai Sdwol of Mtdici~ Bnmx, New Yom

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Alexander C. McFariane Quetn EUwbtth Hospital Woodville, South Australia, Australia

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ISBN 978-1-4613-6873-1 ISBN 978-1-4615-4177-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-4177-6

© 2000 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally pllblished by Kluwer Academic IPlenum Publi~ben; in 2000 Softcover reprint ofthe hardcover lst edition 2000

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To Mrs. Vered Shalev, a true healer of the soul, whose initiative it was to create this book

Contributors Libby Tata Arcel, International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims, DK-I0l4, Copenhagen K, Denmark; and Institute of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, DK-2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark Amit Anand, Department of Psychiatry, VA Medical Center, Yale University School of Medicine, West