Analysts in the Trenches

The horrific events of 9/11 and its sequelae have reinforced what thoughtful analysts have long known: that they have a responsibilty to respond to the complex social and emotional issues arising in their communities - to function, that is, as "community psychoanalysts." Analysts in the Trenches vividly illustrates what socially engaged analysts can offer to violent and disturbed communities. Contributors bring analytic expertise to bear on the emotional sequelae to violence, including sexual and physical abuse; to multiple and traumatic losses; and to learning inhibitions. Thay also explore and devise community responses to the scapegoating of classes and groups, to homelessness, and to variations in family structures. This volume provides heartening testimony to the relevance of psychodynamic thinking in the post-9/11 world and will spur professional readers to develop their own programs of community involvement.

Autorentext

Bruce Sklarew, M.D., is Principal Investigator, School-Based Mourning Project, Wendt Center for Loss and Healing, Washington, DC.

Stuart W. Twemlow, M.D., is Director, Peaceful Schools and Communities Research Program, Menninger Clinic, and Professor of Psychiatry, Baylor School of Medicine, Houston, TX.

Sallye M. Wilkinson, Ph.D., teaches as the Greater Kansas City Psychoanalytic Institute.

Inhalt

Introduction

1. Reverberations of Danger, Trauma, and PTSD on Group Dynamics
2. Life Without Walls: Violence and Trauma Among the Homeless
3. From the Events of History to a Sense of History: Aspects of Transgenerational Trauma and Brutality in the African-American Experience
4. Concurrent Intervention During Massive Community Trauma: An Analyst's Experience at Ground Zero
5. After the Violence: The Internal World and Linking Objects of a Refugee Family
6. Topeka's Healthy Community Initiative: A Psychoanalytic Model for Change
7. A Retired Psychoanalyst Volunteers to Promote School-Based Mental Health
8. The Uses of Aggression: Healing the Wounds of War in a Community Context
9. The School-Based Mourning Project: A Preventive Intervention in the Cycle of Inner-City Violence
10. Psychoanalytic Responses to Violent Trauma: The Child Development-Community Policing Partnership
11. Children's Exposure to Community Violence: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Evaluation and Treatment
12. Early Mental Health Intervention and Prevention: The Implications for Government and the Wider Community