Human Adaptation to Extreme Stress From the Holocaust to Vietnam
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The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping Series Editor: Donald Meichenbaum, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Editorial Board:
Bruce P. Dohrenwend, Columbia University Marianne Frankenhaeuser, University of Stockholm Norman Garmezy, University of Minnesota Mardi J. Horowitz, University of California Medical School, San Francisco Richard S. Lazarus, University of California, Berkeley Michael Rutter, University of London Dennis C. Turk, University of Pittsburgh Camille Wortman, University of Michigan
COPING WITH LIFE CRISES An Integrated Approach Edited by Rudolf H. Moos COPING WITH NEGATIVE LIFE EVENTS Clinical and Social Psychological Perspectives Edited by C. R. Snyder and Carol E. Ford DYNAMICS OF STRESS Physiological, Psychological, and Social Perspectives Edited by Mortimer H. Appley and Richard Trumbull HUMAN ADAPTATION TO EXTREME STRESS From the Holocaust to Vietnam Edited by John P. Wilson, Zev Harel, and Boaz Kahana
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Human Adaptation to Extreme Stress From the Holocaust to Vietnam Edited by
JOHN P. WILSON ZEVHAREL and BOAZ KAHANA Cleveland State University Cleveland, Ohio
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Human adaptation to extreme stress. (The Plenum series on stress and coping) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Post-traumatic stress disorder. 2. War—Psychological aspects. 3. War victims — Mental health. I. Wilson, John Preston. II. Harel, Zev. III. Kahana, Boaz. IV. Series. RC552.P67H86 1988 616.85'21 88-22497 ISBN 978-1-4899-0788-2
ISBN 978-1-4899-0788-2 ISBN 978-1-4899-0786-8 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-0786-8 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 1988 Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1988 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1988 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher
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Contributors Roland M. Atkinson, Psychiatry Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Portland, Oregon Elizabeth C. Clipp, Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, VA and Duke Medical Centers, Durham, North Carolina Yael Danieli, Group Project for Holocaust Survivors and Their Children, 345 East 80th Street, New York, New York Glen H. Elder,Jr., Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Phyllis Ehrlich, Benjamin Rose Institute, Cleveland, Ohio Mary C. Grace, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Bonnie L. Green, Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Zev Harel, Center on
