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Herman, Judith Lewis, 1942- author.

Trauma and recovery : the aftermath of violence--from domestic abuse to political terror / Judith L. Herman, MD.

Fourth trade paperback edition.

New York : Basic Books, an imprint of Perseus Books, LLC., a subsidiary of Hachette Book Group, Inc., 2022.

©1992, 1997, 2015, 2022

ix, 469 pages ; 21 cm

"Trauma and Recovery is the foundational text on understanding trauma survivors. By placing individual experience in a political frame, psychiatrist Judith L. Herman argues that psychological trauma is inseparable from its social and political context. Drawing on her own research on incest, as well as 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. This edition includes a new epilogue by the author assessing what has -- and hasn't -- changed in understanding and treating trauma over the last three decades. Hailed by the New York Times as "one of the most important psychiatric works to be published since Freud," Trauma and Recovery is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how we heal." --Back cover.

Post-traumatic stress disorder.

Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Treatment.

Psychic trauma.

Healing.

Violence -- Psychological aspects.

Informational works.

Trauma & recovery : the aftermath of violence--from domestic abuse to political terror

Aftermath of violence--from domestic abuse to political terror

"With a new epilogue by the author." --Cover/Title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 403-447) and index.

"Cover design by Emily O'Connor ; Cover images © Soho A. Studio / Shutterstock.com; painting by Rosemary Marbach, from the exhibit "The Art of Healing" (Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1990) © Rosemary Marbach" -- Title page verso.

Introduction -- Part I. Traumatic disorders -- Chapter 1. A forgotten history -- Chapter 2. Terror -- Chapter 3. Disconnection -- Chapter 4. Captivity -- Chapter 5. Child abuse -- Chapter 6. A new diagnosis -- Part II. Stages of recovery -- Chapter 7. A healing relationship -- Chapter 8. Safety -- Chapter 9. Remembrance and mourning -- Chapter 10. Reconnection -- Chapter 11. Commonality -- Afterword: The dialectic of trauma continues (2015) -- Epilogue (2022) -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.

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