Culture and PTSD: Trauma in Global and Historical Perspective

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2016

Culture and PTSD

Trauma in Global and Historical Perspective

Edited by: Devon E. Hinton and Byron J. Good

In the series The Ethnography of Political Violence

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812291469

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About this book

Culture and PTSD examines the applicability of PTSD to cultural contexts beyond Europe and North America and details local responses to trauma and how they vary from PTSD as defined by the American Psychiatric Association.

Author / Editor information

Devon E. Hinton is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University and coeditor of Culture and Panic Disorder. Byron J. Good is Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University and coeditor of Culture and Panic Disorder.

Reviews

"Stress and trauma have become part of globalized languages of suffering and healing and the construct of PTSD is at the center of this discourse. The editors have brought together a stellar group of contributors who present historical and ethnographic studies that unpack some of the complexity of trauma response and PTSD to show the interplay of social contexts, cultural practices, and psychological processes. Culture and PTSD marks important advances in cultural psychiatry and will be richly rewarding for both researchers and mental health practitioners."—Laurence J. Kirmayer, McGill University

"Culture and PTSD is a wonderful, rich, exciting book that raises and sometimes answers critical questions at the juncture of anthropology and the interdisciplinary study of PTSD. It is a valuable volume that makes a significant contribution to the field."—Erin Finley, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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PART I. Introduction and Theoretical Background
Introduction: Culture, Trauma, and PTSD Byron J. Good and Devon E. Hinton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
CHAPTER 1. The Culturally Sensitive Assessment of Trauma: Eleven Analytic Perspectives, a Typology of Errors, and the Multiplex Models of Distress Generation Devon E. Hinton and Byron J. Good Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
PART I I. Historical Perspectives
CHAPTER 2. Is PTSD a Transhistorical Phenomenon? Richard J. McNally Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
CHAPTER 3. What Is “PTSD”? The Heterogeneity Thesis Allan Young and Naomi Breslau Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
CHAPTER 4. From Shell Shock to PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Historical Perspective on Responses to Combat Trauma James K. Boehnlein and Devon E. Hinton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
PART III. Cross- Cultural Perspectives
CHAPTER 5. Trauma in the Lifeworlds of Adolescents: Hard Luck and Trou ble in the Land of Enchantment Janis H. Jenkins and Bridget M. Haas Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
CHAPTER 6. Gendered Trauma and Its Effects: Domestic Vio lence and PTSD in Oaxaca Whitney L. Duncan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	202
CHAPTER 7. Exploring Pathways of Distress and Mental Disorders: The Case of the Highland Quechua Populations in the Peruvian Andes Duncan Pedersen and Hanna Kienzler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	240
CHAPTER 8. Latinas’ and Latinos’ Risk for PTSD After Trauma Exposure: A Review of Sociocultural Explanations Carmela Alcántara and Roberto Lewis- Fernández Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
CHAPTER 9. Karma to Chromosomes: Studying the Biology of PTSD in a World of Culture Brandon A. Kohrt, Carol M. Worthman and Nawaraj Upadhaya Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
CHAPTER 10. Square Pegs and Round Holes: Understanding Historical Trauma in Two Native American Communities Tom Ball and Theresa D. O’Nell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	334
CHAPTER 11. Culture, Trauma, and the Social Life of PTSD in Haiti Erica Caple James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
CHAPTER 12. Is PTSD a “Good Enough” Concept for Postconfl ict Mental Health Care? Refl ections on Work in Aceh, Indonesia Byron J. Good, Mary- Jo DelVecchio Good and Jesse H. Grayman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	387
List of Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	419
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	421

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 440
Illustrations
- Other: 16 illus.
Keywords: Anthropology; Medicine; Folklore; Linguistics; Health; Caregiving

eBook

Published: December 3, 2015
ISBN: 9780812291469