Trauma Interventions in War and Peace

Download or read book Trauma Interventions in War and Peace written by Bonnie L. Green and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-07-11 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With traumatic stress an increasing global challenge, the U.N., the NGO community and governments must take into account the psychological aftermath of large-scale catastrophes and individual or group violence. This volume addresses this global perspective, and provides a conceptual framework for interventions in the wake of abuse, torture, war, and disaster on individual, local, regional, and international levels. To be useful to both practitioners and policymakers, the book identifies model programs that can be implemented at every level.