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Author French, Laurence, 1941-

Title War trauma and its aftermath : an international perspective on the Balkan and Gulf Wars / Laurence Armand French and Lidija Nikolić-Novaković
Published Lanham : University Press of America, [2012]
©2012

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Description 1 online resource (iv, 194 pages)
Contents Introduction to psycho-cultural and historical precedents to classifications of traumatic stress -- Continuum of socio-cultural adjustments to war trauma from sublimation to suicide -- The neurophysiology and neuropsychology of trauma adjustment -- Dimensions of Gulf War trauma -- Dimensions of Balkan War trauma -- Assessment and treatment of trauma -- International trauma bibliography
Summary War trauma has long been associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a term coined in 1980 to explain the post-war impact of Vietnam veterans. The Gulf and Balkan wars added new dimensions to the traditional PTSD definition, due largely to the changing dynamics of these wars
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-178) and index
Notes English
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Subject War neuroses.
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Veterans -- Mental health
Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Veterans -- Mental health
Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Veterans -- Mental health
Persian Gulf syndrome.
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Traumatic neuroses.
Persian Gulf War, 1991.
War.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
Gulf War
Armed Conflicts
Combat Disorders
Persian Gulf Syndrome
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
War
Veterans
Mental health
Persian Gulf syndrome
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Traumatic neuroses
Veterans -- Mental health
War neuroses
Posttraumatiskt stressyndrom.
Kriget i Jugoslavien 1991-1995 -- psykologiska aspekter.
Kuwaitkriget 1990-1991 -- psykologiska aspekter.
Irakkriget 2003- -- psykologiska aspekter.
SUBJECT Middle East. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85090501
Yugoslavia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79097346
Middle East https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008877
Yugoslavia https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015022
Subject Yugoslavia
Middle East
Iraq
Form Electronic book
Author Nikolić-Novaković, Lidija, 1960-
LC no. 2021676153
ISBN 9780761858027
0761858024
0761858024