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.

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I: Overview. WHO Voice: WHO: From the Health Perspective; S. Saxens. 1. Introduction; S.D. Solomon. 2. Traumatic Stress and its Consequences; B. Green. 3. Social Deprivation; E.L. Bassuk, B. Donelan. 4. Intervention Options for Society, Communties, Families and Individuals; J.A. Fairbank, M.J. Friedman, J. de Jong, B.L. Green, S.D. Solomon. II: Abuse and Torture. UN Voice: The Ascendant Ethical Self; O. Frank. 5. Child Abuse in Peacetime; D.A. Wolfe, M.B. Nayak. 6. Abuse of Older People; R.F. Wolfe, G. Bennett, L. Daichman. 7. People with Mental and Physical Disabilities; K.T. Mueser, V.A. Hiday, L.B. Goodman, D. Valenti-Hein. 8. Violence against Women; M.A. Dutton, D.G. Kilpatrick, M. Friedman, V. Patel. 9. Survivors of Mass Violence and Torture; S. Turner, S. Yuksel, D. Silove. III: Wars and Disasters. UN Voice: Coordinating Humanitarian Assistance with OCHA: Issues of Psychological Trauma; M. Bowden. 10. Children in Armed Conflict; W. Yule, R. Stuvland, F.K. Baingana, P. Smith. 11. Refugees and Internally Displaced People; N. Baron, S. Buus Jensen, J. de Jong. 12. Former Combatants; B. Engdahl, P.L. de Silva, Z. Solomon, D. Somasundaram. 13. Natural and Technological Disasters; D. Somasundaram, F. Norris, N. Azukai, R. Srinivasa Murthy. IV: United Nations Personnel. UN Voice: UNSECOORD: Protecting the Protectors; D. Russler. 14. UN Peacekeepers and Civilian Field Personnel; M.J. Friedman, P.G. Warfe, G.K. Mwiti. V: Summary and Conclusion. World Bank Voice: World Bank: An Overview and Some Next Steps; F. Baingana. 15. A Call to Action: Responding to Social and Humanitarian Crises; T.M. Keane.