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Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror Paperback – July 7, 2015

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A revised and updated edition of the groundbreaking work that changed the way we think about and treat traumatic events and trauma victims.

"A stunning achievement ... a classic for our generation." --Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., author of The Body Keeps the Score

When Trauma and Recovery was first published in 1992, it was hailed as a groundbreaking work. In the intervening years, it has become the basic text for understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a broader political frame, Judith Herman argues that psychological trauma can be understood only in a social context. Drawing on her own research on incest, as well as on a vast literature on combat veterans and victims of political terror, she shows surprising parallels between private horrors like child abuse and public horrors like war. A new epilogue reviews what has changed--and what has not changed--over two decades. Trauma and Recovery is essential reading for anyone who seeks to understand how we heal and are healed.

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"One of the most important psychiatric works to be published since Freud."―New York Times

"A landmark."―Gloria Steinem

"A book of luminous intelligence. You must read it as soon as possible."―Sophie Freud

"Astute, accessible, and beautifully documented. Bridging the worlds of war veterans, prisoners of war, battered women, and incest victims, Herman presents a compelling analysis of trauma and the process of healing. A triumph."―Laura Davis, coauthor of The Courage to Heal

"Brilliant."―Boston Globe

"This book will surely become a landmark work on the social impact of psychological trauma and on its treatments.... A magnificent gift to survivors."―Women's Review of Books

"A stunning achievement ... a classic for our generation."―Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., author of The Body Keeps the Score

"Herman's brilliant insights into the nature of trauma and the process of healing shine through in every page of this rich and compassionate book."―Lenore Walker, ED.D., Director, Domestic Violence Institute, and author of Terrifying Love

"Herman links the public traumas of society to those of domestic life in this provocative work of psychiatric theory."―Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Judith Herman, M.D., is professor of psychiatry, emerita, at Harvard Medical School.

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Basic Books; 1R edition (July 7, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0465061710
ISBN-13: 978-0465061716
Product Dimensions: 5.4 x 0.9 x 8.2 inches
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Enthralling book

May 17, 2017

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Incredible book. I am reading it for a course in clinical treatment for trauma. The book is an extra-ordinary, moving, tour de force that moves elegantly from the history of the idea of trauma (its origins in French studies of hysteria) through the "discovery" of PTSD with war veterans to the feminist uncovering of rape, domestic violence, and child abuse. Herman argues that although medical professionals and society recognize that some people suffer from a malady of depression, anxiety, uncontrolled fear, dissociation, and pain they are not always willing to give this condition a name or to treat it unless a political movement comes along and makes the case that an entire group of neglected people is suffering and deserves help. At any given time there are some groups (vets) whose suffering is recognized while another group (women or children) whose suffering is not recognized or whose symptoms are patholgized or repressed or ignored. At the present moment, I think Dr. Herman would agree, the study of trauma has expanded past the first two groups (war veterans and women/children) to include refugees, immigrants, and minorities in an oppressive political system. This book is beautifully written--it is both academic and intellectual, and accessible to people who are suffering and want to understand their own experience more.

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June 17, 2016

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Wonderful book. My interest in developmental trauma is personal having grown up with a Borderline abusive mother and a jealous, bully of a sister who tormented me from day one. They couldn't have done a better job of damaging me in tandem if they tried.
Now I try to help others who have no idea why their lives are a "mess" with the depression, anxiety, panic, and low self-esteem. IT FINALLY MAKES SENSE! Thank you, dear Ms. Herman. (And Bessel van der Kolk)!!

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Thorough Work on Understanding & Treating Trauma

April 1, 2016

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Excellent, in-depth book on various types of trauma and the effects & treatments.
There is some political slant, but it is not the focus of the book. If you are serious about understanding trauma and people, this is an incredible book. I'm amazed how thorough it is. I'm amazed this much information can be in one book that is only 276 pages long and not a text book. It's well-written. There is some sophisticated vocabulary in it...Several times I had to look up words in my online dictionary to fully understand what the author is communicating. She is wonderfully gifted in her approach to this subject.

She starts with history, goes into trauma and various treatments. She delineates differences of acute trauma of a single event vs chronic traumas. She delineates further on how even just one good support can help someone with trauma, vs the results of someone experiencing trauma yet having no validating support. One of her key points is Chaper 6..."A New Diagnosis"... discussing that complaints of chronically traumatized people are not well-understood. For example:... "Survivors of child abuse who become patients appear with a bewildering array of symptoms....They may collect a virtual pharmacopeia of remedies: one for headaches, another for insomnia, another for anxiety, another for depression. None of these tends to work very well, since the underlying issues of trauma are not addressed".

She talks about getting the correct diagnosis. Investigating under the symptoms, thoroughly knowing the history. After that, the treatments are not just medication or psychotherapy. It's often both, but in a certain way... Safety first, then trauma work, then reconnection. It even goes into the strengths & support the therapist needs to treat people who have experienced trauma as well as details of individual vs group therapies. This book also discusses medications, but doesn't have a multitude of pages devoted to medications.

Please understand my description here is just a slight outline. Trauma and Recovery is an incredibly thorough and well-written work. It also includes many pages of its referenced sources.

The epilogue discusses many things including recent studies, advances and programs since the book was written 2 decades ago.

I highly recommend this book.

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Still relevant and compelling, 20+ years after its original publication

February 17, 2016

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This was a groundbreaking book in the 90s, and although the extant literature has expanded considerably since it's publication, the books itself has stood the test of time. It is my go-to for issues related to trauma: It is well-organized, chapters are exceptionally well-conceptualized and well-written, and the text itself is well-supported by research findings. Absolutely amazing--I'll read it again and again, and often recommend it to those working with trauma as well as individuals who just want to understand traumatic reactions and the context in which they occur a little better than they do, currently.

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This books bring deep insight and compassion into trauma.

April 12, 2017

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There is a reason the New York Times calls this book "one of the most important psychiatric works to be published in since Freud." Judith Miller has not only extensive knowledge but she is able to discuss how trauma and healing from trauma is affected my larger societal and familial relationship dynamics. The first part discusses the history of the study of trauma. Then how our relationship dynamics can help or hurt healing. Then what it takes to heal. She writes with great compassion and has a deep understanding how healing must happen in regards to the bigger picture of society. This books gets to the core of trauma.

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A Classic for a Reason

March 5, 2016

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I read this book a while back in my undergraduate program. Since then, I have been trained as an EMDR therapist and to reread the book with the EMDR lens is a new way to approach this fundamental work in the field of trauma. This is a solid work that will help readers understand trauma treatment and ways to approach those who have suffered unspeakable events.

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