Table of Contents-A Sneak Peek

Thesis: Title? :)

Introduction

Chapter One: Types of Trauma, Violence, & Population Factors

Definitions of Trauma

Types of Trauma & Violence

·      Terrorism

·      Intimate Violence

·      Victimization

·      Natural Disaster

·      Direct Violence

·      Structural Violence

Population Factors to Consider in Assessing the Situation

·      Universal commonalities

·      Preexisting psychiatric disorders or illnesses

·      Frequency of exposure to traumatic events

·      Networks & Community Structure

·      Family

·      Response of parents

·      Resiliency Factors

·      Age

·      Perception of Stress

Chapter Two: Timing of recovery

Immediate

·      Terminology overview: crisis intervention, emergency or disaster mental health response, and psychological first aid

·      Planning emergency responses around coping strategies

·      Short term interventions, long term effects?

Intermediate

·      Overview of grief and recovery terminology: chronic grief

·      Compounding grief factors

·      ‘Stages of Grief’

·      Burials & Funeral Rites

Long-Term

Chapter Three: The sciences of healing

Science, the credence of its construct

Biological and Social Sciences

Contemporary Neuroscience

·      The human brain

Traumatic Memories and Mental Health

·      The neuroscience behind a traumatic memory

·      Does trauma “reappear”

·      Do you have to retell the story in order to heal?

Chapter Four: Therapeutic Interventions

A note on the role of culture

Difficulties in diagnosis—which means difficult in designing intervention

Rituals

Religion

Externalization

Placebo Effect

Art therapy

Exposure Therapy

Debriefing

EMDR

Cognitive Behavior Theory

Sensory

Music

Dance/Movement

Mass Media:

Drama

Play activity

Combining Methods

Art Therapy

Role of Stories

Psychosocial

Emergency psychology

Pharmacotherapy

the must-have’s

Chapter Five: The Role of the Psychologist/Behavior Medicine

Role

Ethics