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Contents

List of Entries vii

Reader’s Guide xi
About the Editor xvii
Contributors xviii
Introduction xxiii
Foreword xxvii

Entries
A 1 L 341
B 33 M 355
C 73 N 403
D 191 P 415
E 219 R 511
F 257 S 579
G 277 T 665
H 301 V 783
I 321 W 795
J 337

Index 811
Dedicated to our friend, colleague, and multiple contributor to this encyclopedia,
Lt. Col. David Cabrera, Clinical Social Worker, Uniformed Services University,
killed in action October 29, 2011, in Kabul while attached to the
528th Brigade U.S. Force–Afghanistan
List of Entries

Abduction/Kidnapping Cognitive Restructuring and Trauma

Abortion Combat and Deployment, Effects on Military
Acute Stress Disorder Families. See Military Families, Effects of
Additive Trauma Combat and Deployment on
African American Culture and Trauma Combat Chaplains
African Women and Girls’ Trauma Combat Medics and Corpsmen
Alcohol and Trauma Combat Mortuary Services
Anthropology and Trauma Combat Stress Control
Anthropology and War Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Art and Trauma Combat-Related Stress Injury: Theory, Research,
Assisted Suicide and Management
Community Disasters
Battered Women Community Resilience
Bearing Witness to Trauma Community Violence
Bereavement Compassion Fatigue
Biological Effects of Physical and Psychological Complex Trauma
Trauma Comstock Act
Biological Mechanism of Traumatic Stress Conservation of Resources Theory
Response Conspiracy of Silence
Biology and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Correctional Officers and Trauma
Blaming the Victim Counseling and Education About Trauma
Boundaries and Boundary Violations Counterbalancing Stress
Boundary Issues for Traumatologists Countertransference
Brain and Memory Crime Scene Investigation
Brain and Trauma Criminal Behavior Consequent to War
Burnout Critical Illness in Children
Critical Incident Stress
Campus Violence Cults and Sects
Childhood and Adolescent Trauma: An Overview Cultural Aspects of Trauma
Childhood and Adolescent Trauma: Assessment Cultural Diversity in Trauma Response
and Treatment Culture and Cultural Beliefs
Childhood Trauma and the Juvenile Justice Culture and Trauma
System Cumulative Trauma
Childhood Traumatic Stress
Children of War Dance and Trauma
Clergy, Counseling by Date Rape/Acquaintance Rape
Clergy, Sexual Abuse by Death Notification in War
Clinical Trauma Psychology Debriefing
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Despair, Posttraumatic
Cognitive Processing Therapy Disaster Medicine

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Disaster Mortuary Services Incest

Disaster-Related Trauma Internet Terrorism
Disasters, History of Internet-Based Therapies for Posttraumatic Stress
Dissociation
Dissociative Identity Disorder and Trauma Journalism

Early Interventions Law Enforcement Officers

EMDR Theory and Research. See Eye Movement Lawsuits Against Behavioral Health Professionals
Desensitization and Reprocessing: Theory and Lawsuits Against Medical Professionals
Research Limbic System
EMDR Treatment. See Eye Movement Literary Expressions of Trauma
Desensitization and Reprocessing: Treatment
Emergency Care and Services Male Rape
Encoding Trauma, Neurobiology of Managing Trauma Symptoms
Ethical Dilemmas in Treatment of Trauma Marital Rape
Ethics Marriage and the Marital Relationship
Ethnicity, Culture, and Disaster Response Mass Violence
Evidence-Based Practice Medical Marijuana and Posttraumatic Stress
Expressive Art Therapies Disorder
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Medical Trauma Research
Theory and Research Meditation
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Memorial Architecture
Treatment Memory Work
Military Families, Effects of Combat and
Family and Couples Trauma and Treatment Deployment on
Family-Based Treatment for Child Traumatic Military Psychology and Combat Stress Injuries
Stress Military Sexual Abuse
Fear, Posttraumatic Military Social Work and Combat Stress
Financial Crises and Meltdowns Management
First Responders and Trauma Military Trauma
Fragility, Posttraumatic Mowrer’s Two-Factor Theory
Murder
Genetic Epidemiology
Genocide Neurobiological Effects of Trauma
Genocide, Cambodia’s Mass Casualty Trauma Neurobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Genocide in Non-Western Nations and Suicide
Grief, Complicated Nongovernmental Organizations, Governments,
Grief and Mourning and Humanitarian Aid
Growth, Posttraumatic
Pain
Hate Crimes Parenting During and After Traumatic Events
Hippocampus Peacekeeping Missions
Homicide and Trauma Perinatal Trauma
Human Trafficking Perinatal Trauma, Long-Term Consequences of
Humanitarian Missions Perpetrators of Trauma
Humor and Trauma Personality Disorders
Hypnosis in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Pharmacotherapy
Stress Disorder Philosophy and Ethics of Trauma Treatments
Philosophy of Trauma
Iatrogenic Effects Philosophy of Trauma Nursing
Incarceration and Trauma Poetry and Trauma
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Posttraumatic Growth Among Asylum Seekers Role of Media in Managing Disasters

and Other Immigrants Role of Trauma in Ethnic and Cultural Identity
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Comorbidity Sanctuary Model
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, History of School Shootings
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Assessment and Secondary Trauma Among Behavioral Health
Systemic Treatment Professionals
Primary Care Secondary Trauma Among Chaplains
Prolonged Exposure Secondary Trauma Among First Responders
Promoting Resilience in the Traumatized Secondary Trauma Among Judges, Jurors,
Protective Factors in Childhood Posttraumatic Attorneys, and Courtroom Personnel
Stress Disorder Secondary Trauma Among Medical Professionals
Psychobiology of Crisis Secondary Trauma Among Medics and
Psychological First Aid Corpsmen
Psychological First Aid for Older Adults Secondary Traumatic Stress
Psychological Injury and Law Self-Regulation
Psychological Responses to Trauma Sensationalism and the Economics of News
Psychological Trauma Media
Psychological Trauma Research Sexual Assault, Drug Facilitated
Psychoneuroimmunology and Trauma Sexual Assault and Trauma
Psychopharmacology, Psychiatry, and Trauma Sexual Compulsion and Trauma
Psychosensory Therapy Sexual Harassment of Women
Psychospiritual Impact of Disaster Sexual Predators
Public Health Sexual Trauma, Causes of
Shame
Race-Based Traumatic Stress Shared Trauma
Racial and Ethnic Factors Silencing Response
Racial Variations in the Psychobiology of Slavery and Forced Servitude
Trauma Social Learning Theory and Sexual Aggression
Racism-Induced Trauma Social Support and Trauma
Rape Counseling Social Work With the Traumatized Homeless
Rape Crisis Centers Somatic Complaints
Rape Trauma Syndrome Spiritual and Religious Growth
Rapist Profiles Spiritual Intelligence and Posttraumatic Growth
Recovery From Trauma Stigma
Refugees Stress Inoculation Training
Relapse Prevention and Posttraumatic Stress Suicide
Disorder Survival and Coping After Rape
Religious and Pastoral Responses to Trauma Systemic Trauma Research
Religious Fundamentalism
Resilience Terrorism, History of
Resilience, Growth, and Thriving Theories of Psychological Stress
Resilience and Hurricane Katrina Trafficking in Women and Children. See Human
Resilience Bolstering Trafficking
Resilient Posttraumatic Adjustment in Childhood Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma
and Beyond Trauma, Causes of
Resource Loss Among Adults, Groups, and Trauma, Definitions of
Communities Trauma, Identity, and the Workplace
Resource Loss Among Children and Families Trauma and Autobiography
Retraumatization Trauma and Domestic Violence
Rituals and Ceremonies, Therapeutic Use of Trauma and Homelessness
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Trauma and Metabolic Syndrome Traumatic Inventions and the Ethics of

Trauma and Metaphor Scientific Discovery
Trauma and Selfhood Traumatic Stress and Resilience
Trauma and Sexuality Traumatic Stress Responses
Trauma and Social Work Practice Traumatization in the Name of Religion
Trauma as Entertainment Traumatized Entertainers
Trauma Assessment Traumatized Journalists
Trauma Caregivers Traumatized Nurses
Trauma Education Traumatized Physicians
Trauma Images in Photography, Traumatized Practitioners, Supervisors of
Film, and Video Traumatized Scientists
Trauma Memories: Research and Ethics Traumatology
Trauma Prevention
Trauma Psychology Research Vicarious Trauma
Trauma Research, Social Work Victim, Survivor, Thriver
Contributions to Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
Trauma Resilience, Ecology of Vulnerability, Posttraumatic
Trauma Survival Strategies
Trauma Triggers War, Origins in Animals and
Trauma-Organized Systems Early Societies
Trauma-Related Ethical Dilemmas. See Ethical War Crimes
Dilemmas in Treatment of Trauma Wars for Symbols
Trauma-Related Happiness and Pleasure Wars in Civilized Societies
Trauma-Related Physical Symptoms and Illnesses Wartime Rape
Traumatic Bereavement Workplace Violence
Reader’s Guide

Anthropology and Archaeology Childhood Trauma and the Juvenile Justice

Anthropology and Trauma System
Anthropology and War Childhood Traumatic Stress
Racial and Ethnic Factors Children of War
Racial Variations in the Psychobiology of Critical Illness in Children
Trauma Dissociative Identity Disorder and Trauma
Resource Loss Among Adults, Groups, and Family and Couples Trauma and Treatment
Communities Family-Based Treatment for Child Traumatic
Resource Loss Among Children and Families Stress
Rituals and Ceremonies, Therapeutic Use of Genetic Epidemiology
Role of Trauma in Ethnic and Cultural Identity Incest
War, Origins in Animals and Early Societies Marital Rape
Wars for Symbols Marriage and the Marital Relationship
Wars in Civilized Societies Military Families, Effects of Combat and
Deployment on
Parenting During and After Traumatic Events
Arts and Humanities Perinatal Trauma
Art and Trauma Perinatal Trauma, Long-Term Consequences of
Dance and Trauma Protective Factors in Childhood Posttraumatic
Expressive Art Therapies Stress Disorder
Literary Expressions of Trauma Resilient Posttraumatic Adjustment in Childhood
Memorial Architecture and Beyond
Poetry and Trauma Resource Loss Among Adults, Groups, and
Trauma and Autobiography Communities
Trauma and Metaphor Resource Loss Among Children and Families
Trauma Images in Photography, Film, and Video School Shootings
Systemic Trauma Research
Business and Economics Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma
Financial Crises and Meltdowns
Trauma, Identity, and the Workplace Crime and Law
Workplace Violence
Abduction/Kidnapping
Battered Women
Children and Families Blaming the Victim
Abduction/Kidnapping Campus Violence
African Women and Girls’ Trauma Childhood Trauma and the Juvenile Justice
Campus Violence System
Childhood and Adolescent Trauma: An Overview Clergy, Sexual Abuse by
Childhood and Adolescent Trauma: Assessment Community Violence
and Treatment Comstock Act

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Correctional Officers and Trauma Emergency Care and Services

Crime Scene Investigation First Responders and Trauma
Criminal Behavior Consequent to War Humanitarian Missions
Date Rape/Acquaintance Rape Peacekeeping Missions
Genocide Psychobiology of Crisis
Genocide, Cambodia’s Mass Casualty Trauma Psychological First Aid
Genocide in Non-Western Nations Psychological First Aid for Older Adults
Hate Crimes Psychospiritual Impact of Disaster
Homicide and Trauma Resilience and Hurricane Katrina
Human Trafficking Role of Media in Managing Disasters
Incarceration and Trauma
Incest Culture and Ethnicity
Law Enforcement Officers
African American Culture and Trauma
Lawsuits Against Behavioral Health Professionals
African Women and Girls’ Trauma
Lawsuits Against Medical Professionals
Cultural Aspects of Trauma
Male Rape
Cultural Diversity in Trauma Response
Marital Rape
Culture and Cultural Beliefs
Mass Violence
Culture and Trauma
Military Sexual Abuse
Ethnicity, Culture, and Disaster Response
Murder
Genocide
Perpetrators of Trauma
Genocide, Cambodia’s Mass Casualty Trauma
Psychological Injury and Law
Genocide in Non-Western Nations
Rapist Profiles
Nongovernmental Organizations, Governments,
School Shootings
and Humanitarian Aid
Secondary Trauma Among First Responders
Race-Based Traumatic Stress
Secondary Trauma Among Judges, Jurors,
Racial and Ethnic Factors
Attorneys, and Courtroom Personnel
Racial Variations in the Psychobiology of
Sexual Assault, Drug Facilitated
Trauma
Sexual Assault and Trauma
Racism-Induced Trauma
Sexual Compulsion and Trauma
Refugees
Sexual Harassment of Women
Rituals and Ceremonies, Therapeutic Use of
Sexual Predators
Role of Trauma in Ethnic and Cultural Identity
Sexual Trauma, Causes of
Slavery and Forced Servitude
Slavery and Forced Servitude
Traumatization in the Name of Religion
Social Learning Theory and Sexual Aggression
Survival and Coping After Rape
Terrorism, History of Death and Dying
Trauma and Domestic Violence Bereavement
Wartime Rape Combat Mortuary Services
Workplace Violence Death Notification in War
Disaster Mortuary Services
Crisis and Disaster Fear, Posttraumatic
Grief, Complicated
Community Disasters
Grief and Mourning
Critical Incident Stress
Memorial Architecture
Debriefing
Traumatic Bereavement
Disaster Medicine
Disaster Mortuary Services
Disaster-Related Trauma Ethics and Philosophy
Disasters, History of Assisted Suicide
Early Interventions Boundaries and Boundary Violations
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Boundary Issues for Traumatologists Sensationalism and the Economics of News

Counterbalancing Stress Media
Countertransference Trauma as Entertainment
Ethical Dilemmas in Treatment of Trauma Traumatized Entertainers
Ethics Traumatized Journalists
Humor and Trauma
Philosophy and Ethics of Trauma Treatments
Medicine
Philosophy of Trauma
Philosophy of Trauma Nursing Abortion
Secondary Trauma Among Behavioral Health Alcohol and Trauma
Professionals Assisted Suicide
Secondary Trauma Among Chaplains Brain and Trauma
Secondary Trauma Among First Responders Combat Medics and Corpsmen
Secondary Trauma Among Judges, Jurors, Critical Illness in Children
Attorneys, and Courtroom Personnel Disaster Medicine
Secondary Trauma Among Medical Professionals Lawsuits Against Medical Professionals
Secondary Trauma Among Medics and Medical Marijuana and Posttraumatic Stress
Corpsmen Disorder
Secondary Traumatic Stress Medical Trauma Research
Shame Pain
Trauma Caregivers Perinatal Trauma
Trauma Memories: Research and Ethics Perinatal Trauma, Long-Term Consequences of
Pharmacotherapy
Philosophy of Trauma Nursing
First Responders
Primary Care
Critical Incident Stress Psychopharmacology, Psychiatry, and Trauma
Debriefing Public Health
Emergency Care and Services Retraumatization
First Responders and Trauma Secondary Trauma Among Medical Professionals
Law Enforcement Officers Sexual Assault, Drug Facilitated
Somatic Complaints
History Trauma-Related Physical Symptoms and Illnesses
Disasters, History of Traumatized Nurses
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, History of Traumatized Physicians
Terrorism, History of
Natural Sciences
Humanitarian Aid Biological Effects of Physical and Psychological
Humanitarian Missions Trauma
Nongovernmental Organizations, Governments, Biological Mechanism of Traumatic
and Humanitarian Aid Stress Response
Peacekeeping Missions Biology and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Refugees Brain and Memory
Brain and Trauma
Encoding Trauma, Neurobiology of
Internet, the Media, and Entertainment Genetic Epidemiology
Internet Terrorism Hippocampus
Internet-Based Therapies for Limbic System
Posttraumatic Stress Neurobiological Effects of Trauma
Journalism Neurobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Role of Media in Managing Disasters and Suicide
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Psychobiology of Crisis Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Assessment and

Trauma and Metabolic Syndrome Systemic Treatment
Trauma Resilience, Ecology of Primary Care
Traumatic Inventions and the Ethics of Scientific Promoting Resilience in the Traumatized
Discovery Protective Factors in Childhood Posttraumatic
Traumatized Scientists Stress Disorder
Psychological Injury and Law
Psychological Responses to Trauma
Psychology and Psychiatry Psychological Trauma
Acute Stress Disorder Psychological Trauma Research
Biological Mechanism of Traumatic Psychoneuroimmunology and Trauma
Stress Response Psychopharmacology, Psychiatry, and Trauma
Brain and Memory Psychosensory Therapy
Burnout Rape Counseling
Clinical Trauma Psychology Rape Crisis Centers
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Rape Trauma Syndrome
Cognitive Processing Therapy Recovery From Trauma
Cognitive Restructuring and Trauma Relapse Prevention and Posttraumatic Stress
Combat Stress Control Disorder
Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Resilience
Compassion Fatigue Resilience, Growth, and Thriving
Complex Trauma Resilience Bolstering
Conservation of Resources Theory Retraumatization
Counseling and Education About Trauma Secondary Trauma Among Behavioral Health
Counterbalancing Stress Professionals
Countertransference Secondary Traumatic Stress
Dissociation Shame
Dissociative Identity Disorder and Trauma Social Learning Theory and Sexual Aggression
Evidence-Based Practice Social Support and Trauma
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Somatic Complaints
Theory and Research Stigma
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: Stress Inoculation Training
Treatment Suicide
Family and Couples Trauma and Treatment Survival and Coping After Rape
Family-Based Treatment for Child Traumatic Systemic Trauma Research
Stress Theories of Psychological Stress
Fragility, Posttraumatic Trauma, Causes of
Iatrogenic Effects Trauma, Identity, and the Workplace
Lawsuits Against Behavioral Health Professionals Trauma and Selfhood
Limbic System Trauma and Sexuality
Marriage and the Marital Relationship Trauma Assessment
Meditation Trauma Education
Memory Work Trauma Prevention
Military Psychology and Combat Stress Injuries Trauma Psychology Research
Mowrer’s Two-Factor Theory Trauma Triggers
Pain Trauma-Related Happiness and Pleasure
Personality Disorders Trauma-Related Physical Symptoms and Illnesses
Pharmacotherapy Traumatic Stress and Resilience
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Traumatic Stress Responses
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Comorbidity Traumatized Practitioners, Supervisors of
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Victim, Survivor, Thriver Community Violence

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy Mass Violence
Vulnerability, Posttraumatic
Traumatology and Trauma Recovery
Public Health
Acute Stress Disorder
Community Disasters
Additive Trauma
Community Resilience
Alcohol and Trauma
Public Health
Bearing Witness to Trauma
Biology and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Religion and Spirituality Clergy, Counseling by
Clergy, Counseling by Clinical Trauma Psychology
Clergy, Sexual Abuse by Cognitive Restructuring and Trauma
Combat Chaplains Compassion Fatigue
Cults and Sects Complex Trauma
Growth, Posttraumatic Conspiracy of Silence
Meditation Counseling and Education About Trauma
Posttraumatic Growth Among Asylum Seekers Cultural Aspects of Trauma
and Other Immigrants Cultural Diversity in Trauma Response
Psychospiritual Impact of Disaster Culture and Trauma
Religious and Pastoral Responses to Trauma Cumulative Trauma
Religious Fundamentalism Dance and Trauma
Secondary Trauma Among Chaplains Despair, Posttraumatic
Spiritual and Religious Growth Disaster-Related Trauma
Spiritual Intelligence and Posttraumatic Growth Early Interventions
Traumatization in the Name of Religion Encoding Trauma, Neurobiology of
Ethical Dilemmas in Treatment of Trauma
Social Work Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing:
Theory and Research
Battered Women
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing:
Bereavement
Treatment
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Fear, Posttraumatic
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Fragility, Posttraumatic
Comstock Act
Grief, Complicated
Ethics
Grief and Mourning
Evidence-Based Practice
Growth, Posttraumatic
Military Social Work and Combat Stress
Hippocampus
Management
Homicide and Trauma
Social Support and Trauma
Humor and Trauma
Social Work With the Traumatized Homeless
Hypnosis in the Treatment of Posttraumatic
Theories of Psychological Stress
Stress Disorder
Trauma and Domestic Violence
Iatrogenic Effects
Trauma and Homelessness
Incarceration and Trauma
Trauma and Social Work Practice
Literary Expressions of Trauma
Trauma Research, Social Work Contributions to
Managing Trauma Symptoms
Traumatized Practitioners, Supervisors of
Medical Marijuana and Posttraumatic Stress
Disorder
Sociology Medical Trauma Research
Community Disasters Military Trauma
Community Resilience Neurobiological Effects of Trauma
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Neurobiology of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Trauma and Social Work Practice

and Suicide Trauma as Entertainment
Perpetrators of Trauma Trauma Assessment
Philosophy and Ethics of Trauma Treatments Trauma Caregivers
Philosophy of Trauma Trauma Education
Poetry and Trauma Trauma Memories: Research and Ethics
Posttraumatic Growth Among Asylum Seekers Trauma Prevention
and Other Immigrants Trauma Psychology Research
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Trauma Survival Strategies
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Comorbidity Trauma Triggers
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, History of Trauma-Organized Systems
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Assessment and Trauma-Related Happiness and Pleasure
Systemic Treatment Traumatic Bereavement
Prolonged Exposure Traumatic Stress and Resilience
Promoting Resilience in the Traumatized Traumatic Stress Responses
Psychological Responses to Trauma Traumatized Scientists
Psychological Trauma Traumatology
Psychological Trauma Research Vicarious Trauma
Psychoneuroimmunology and Trauma Victim, Survivor, Thriver
Psychosensory Therapy Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
Rape Counseling Vulnerability, Posttraumatic
Rape Crisis Centers War Crimes
Rape Trauma Syndrome
Rapist Profiles
Recovery From Trauma War and Combat
Relapse Prevention and Posttraumatic Stress Anthropology and War
Disorder Children of War
Resilience Combat Chaplains
Resilience, Growth, and Thriving Combat Medics and Corpsmen
Resilience and Hurricane Katrina Combat Mortuary Services
Resilience Bolstering Combat Stress Control
Sanctuary Model Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
Self-Regulation Combat-Related Stress Injury: Theory, Research,
Sexual Compulsion and Trauma and Management
Sexual Harassment of Women Criminal Behavior Consequent to War
Sexual Predators Death Notification in War
Sexual Trauma, Causes of Military Families, Effects of Combat and
Shared Trauma Deployment on
Silencing Response Military Psychology and Combat Stress Injuries
Stigma Military Sexual Abuse
Suicide Military Social Work and Combat Stress
Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma Management
Trauma, Causes of Military Trauma
Trauma, Definitions of Secondary Trauma Among Medics and
Trauma and Autobiography Corpsmen
Trauma and Homelessness War, Origins in Animals and Early Societies
Trauma and Metabolic Syndrome War Crimes
Trauma and Metaphor Wars for Symbols
Trauma and Selfhood Wars in Civilized Societies
Trauma and Sexuality Wartime Rape
About the Editor

Charles R. Figley (PhD, Pennsylvania State of Social Work at Florida State University before
University) is the Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD, moving to Tulane University in 2008. He is found-
Distinguished Chair in Disaster Mental Health at ing editor (1987–1992) of the Journal of Traumatic
Tulane University and a professor in the Tulane Stress and founding editor (1995–2011) of the jour-
School of Social Work. He is the director of the nal Traumatology. Dr. Figley has written more than
award-winning Traumatology Institute, recognized 200 scholarly works, including 21 books, most of
in 2000 as the best program of its kind by the which have focused on stress, resiliency, and cop-
University Continuing Education Association, and ing. His first book, Stress Disorder Among Vietnam
the co-director of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Veterans (1978), focused on combat stress and is
Academy. Dr. Figley is a former Fulbright Fellow credited with helping establish the modern field of
and winner of top awards in the study and treat- traumatology. In his subsequent books, he expanded
ment of trauma. He was a professor in the College his focus to other traumatizing contexts.

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