Judith L. Herman Livres

A revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking work that changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. "A stunning achievement ... a classic for our generation." --Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., author of The Body Keeps the Score When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, it has become the basic text for understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context. Drawing on her own research on incest, as well as on a vast literature on combat veterans and victims of political terror, she shows surprising parallels between private horrors like child abuse and public horrors like war. A new epilogue reviews what has changed--and what has not changed--over two decades. Trauma and Recovery is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand how we heal and are healed.

'A magnificent and inspiring contribution with profound implications' Bessel van der Kolk MD, author of The Body Keeps the Score 'Celebrates survivors' wisdom and their power to heal themselves and the world we live in' Anita Hill A powerful manifesto for reimagining justice, based on the testimony of trauma survivors. The #MeToo movement brought worldwide attention to sexual violence, but while the media focused on the fates of a few notorious predators who were put on trial, we heard far less about the outcomes of those trials for the survivors of their abuse. The conventional retributive process fails to serve most survivors because it was never designed for them. Renowned trauma expert Judith L. Herman argues that the first step toward a better form of justice is simply to ask survivors what would make things as right as possible for them. In Truth and Repair, she commits the radical act of listening to survivors. Recounting their stories, she offers an alternative vision of justice as healing for survivors and their communities. Deeply researched and compassionately told, Truth and Repair envisions a new path to justice for all.

In a major new work of synthesis, the author of Father-Daughter Incest extends her ground-breaking work to explore the psychological consequences of the full range of traumatic life events. Integrating clinical and social perspective without sacrificing either the complexity of individual experience or the breadth of political context, Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually.

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This collection presents key writings on understanding and treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Editor Mardi J. Horowitz introduces the evolution of our comprehension of PTSD, establishing the necessary conceptual framework and terminology. The essays that follow offer a comprehensive exploration of the disorder's complexities, addressing individual and cultural responses, as well as pre- and post-traumatic causative factors and the evolving nature of diagnostic categories. Organized into sections on diagnosis, etiology, and treatment, the collection features both classic and more controversial essays. Notable contributors include Freud, Lindemann, Eitinger, Nadelson, Notman, Zackson, Gornick, Green, Grace, Lindy, Titchener, Lindy, Terr, Galante, Foa, Rothbaum, Riggs, Murdock, Shore, Tatum, Vollmer, Pittman, Orr, Forgue, Altman, de Jong, Herz, Herman, Yehuda, McFarlane, Putnam, Lifton, Olson, Wilner, Kaltrider, Alvarez, Trimble, Epstein, Keane, Zinering, Caddell, Krystal, Kosten, Southwick, Mason, Perry, Giller, Spiegel, Hunt, Dondershire, van der Kolk, Lang, Pynoos, Eth, Friedman, Shapiro, Wilson, Lindy, McCann, and Pearlman. This anthology serves as an essential resource for those seeking to deepen their understanding of PTSD and its treatment.

When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, Herman’s volume has changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims. In a new afterword, Herman chronicles the incredible response the book has elicited and explains how the issues surrounding the topic have shifted within the clinical community and the culture at large. Trauma and Recovery brings a new level of understanding to a set of problems usually considered individually. Herman draws on her own cutting-edge research in domestic violence as well as on the vast literature of combat veterans and victims of political terror, to show the parallels between private terrors such as rape and public traumas such as terrorism. The book puts individual experience in a broader political frame, arguing that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context. Meticulously documented and frequently using the victims’ own words as well as those from classic literary works and prison diaries, Trauma and Recovery is a powerful work that will continue to profoundly impact our thinking.

Dieses Buch ist das Ergebnis von 20 Jahren Forschung und praktischer Arbeit mit Opfern sexueller und häuslicher Gewalt und spiegelt auch die vielfältigen Erfahrungen mit zahlreichen anderen traumatisierten Patienten wider, vor allem mit Kriegsveteranen und Terroropfern. Wer Furchtbares durchlebt hat, leidet unter bestimmten vorhersehbaren psychischen Schäden. Das Spektrum traumatischer Störungen reicht von den Folgen eines einzigen überwältigenden Ereignisses bis zu den vielschichtigen Folgen lang anhaltenden und wiederholten Missbrauchs. Gängige diagnostische Kategorien, insbesondere die häufig bei Frauen diagnostizierten schweren Persönlichkeitsstörungen, berücksichtigen im Allgemeinen zu wenig, was es bedeutet, wenn ein Mensch zum Opfer geworden ist. Im ersten Teil des Buches wird das Spektrum menschlicher Reaktionen auf traumatische Ereignisse beschrieben, im zweiten Teil der Verlauf des Heilungsprozesses. Aussagen von Opfern und Fallbeispiele illustrieren die Besonderheiten traumatischer Störungen und die Prinzipien der Behandlung.

Trauma a uzdravenie je základná kniha o porozumení osobám, ktoré prežili traumu. Na základe vlastného výskumu incestu, ako aj rozsiahlej literatúry o vojnových veteránoch a obetiach politického teroru, Judith Herman ukazuje prekvapivé paralely medzi súkromnými hrôzami, ako je zneužívanie detí, a verejnými hrôzami, ako je vojna. Toto vydanie obsahuje nový epilóg autorky, v ktorom hodnotí, čo sa zmenilo – a nezmenilo – v chápaní a liečbe traumy za posledné tri desaťročia. Knihu, ktorú práve držíte v rukách, označil denník New York Times za „jedno z najdôležitejších diel v oblasti psychiatrie, ktoré bolo vydané od čias Freuda“. Trauma a uzdravenie je nevyhnutným čítaním pre každého, kto sa snaží pochopiť, ako sa spamätávame z ťažkých psychických rán.

Násilie a jeho následky - od týrania v súkromí po politický teror. Kniha profesorky psychiatrie na Harvardovej univerzite je široko koncipovaná práca o psychickej traume ako dôsledku prežitého násilia. Masové ukrutnosti, ktoré sa napáchali počas vojen v Európe, Ázii a Afrike, pritiahli medzinárodnú pozornosť k devastujúcemu účinku násilia a vyústili do poznania, že psychická trauma je celosvetový a univerzálny jav. Násilie sa však nestáva "len tak", a nech sa týka jednotlivej osoby, alebo celých skupín ľudí, vždy ide o to, že ten, kto má moc, zneužíva svoje postavenie. No kým politické zajatie vo všeobecnosti vnímame a registrujeme, domáce zajatie, v ktorom trpia ženy a deti, veľmi často nevidíme. Výskum psychickej traumy spôsobenej násilím je teda zákonite politická vec. Jedinečným prínosom knihy je spôsob, akým autorka prepája súkromný svet osôb, ktoré prežili násilie, a spoločenský kontext, ktorý svojou štruktúrou umožňuje násilie páchať.