Bearing Witness (Hardcover)

Contents Preface Part 1: A Trauma-Organized Society? Where the Violence Occurs Active Support for Violence Our Response to Violence Part II: Trauma Theory Normal Reactions to Abnormal Stress Psychological Trauma Denied The Fight-or-Flight Response Learned Helplessness Loss of “Volume Control” Thinking Under Stress: Action not Thought Remembering Under Stress Learning and Trauma: State Dependent Learning Emotions and Trauma: Dissociation Health and Trauma Character Change and Trauma Looking for an Antidote Attachment Behavior Failures of Attachment Endorphins and Attachment Endorphins and Stress: Addiction to Trauma Trauma-Bonding Traumatic Reenactment Issues of Meaning and Spirituality Trauma-Organized Systems Changing Patterns of Thought Part III: A Public Health Approach ?Defining a Public Health Approach Tertiary Prevention: Fixing What is Broken Secondary Prevention: Containing the Traumatic Infection Primary Prevention: Ending the Cycles of Violence Index Reference Notes Included