Refugee Women and Their Mental Health (Paperback)

Contents Foreword

• I. Introduction
• Refugee Women and Mental Health: Shattered Societies, Shattered Lives
• ?A Personal Introduction
• Roots Uprooted: The Psychological Impact of Historical/Political Dislocation
• ?II. Understanding Refugees: From the Inside Out
• ?Coping With Stress: A Refugee’s Story
• ?Birth, Transformation, and Death of Refugee Identity: Women and Girls of the Intifada(in ital)
• Women in Exile and Their Children
• Rape and Domestic Violence: The Experience of Refugee Women
• ?Soviet Jewish Refugee Women: Searching for Security
• Displaced Women in Settings of Continuing Armed Conflict
• Fifty Years Later: Am I Still an Immigrant?
• III. Working With Refugees: The Challenges and Rewards
• The Balancing Act: Plight of Afghan Women Refugees
• ?Traces of Khmer Women’s Imaginary: Finding Our Way in the West
• ?From Helpless Victim to Empowered Survivor: Oral History as a Treatment for Survivors of Torture
• On Trial in the Promised Land: Seeking Asylum
• IV. Journeys to Recovery: The Healing Process
• Testimonio, A Bridge Between Psychotherapy and Sociotherapy
• Healing the Wounds of the Mahantdori(in ital)
• Women and Political Torture: Work With Refugee Survivors in Exile
• Markers of Successful Aging Among Vietnamese Refugee Women
• V. Diagnostic Studies Across Cultures
• Treatment for Psychosomatic Blindness Among Cambodian Refugee Women
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Among Salvadoran Women: Empirical Evidence and Description of Treatment
• Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Vietnamese Women
• Healing Their Wounds: Guatemalan Refugee Women as Political Activists
• Reference Notes Included