traumstress.jpg (85939 bytes)Traumatic Stress     

Gioventu` Duemila – Youth 2000  

 

It was the 15th anniversary of Chernobyl and 25 years since the Vietnam war ended. In Miami a bereaved five year old boy hit the headlines as he became a pawn in an international battle he could not comprehend.  And in Fabriano, almost two years after the ’97 earthquake, students and professionals met to discuss, role play and tell stories of these and other sources of traumatic stress.

Although this book was inspired by research conducted on school children after the Italian earthquake and includes presentations from our Italian conference, it’s scope is wide. Chapters cover traumatic stress as induced by disasters such as earthquakes, floods and fire and the more personal disasters of abuse, violence and bereavement.

We look at coping strategies and the pathological reactions of acute stress and post traumatic stress focussing on the effects on families and the young.

Traumatic stress and PTSD arising from a variety of situations - natural disasters, man made trauma, abuse and violence.  Includes earthquake study from Italy and report of Conference Youth Support Italia - Gioventu` Duemila.

Also available as - Lo Stress Traumatico - in Italian version.

Extract Traumatic Stress