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1、P1:JZZ0521854288preCUFX055/Kirmayer0521854288printer:cupusbwNovember9,200613:27ThispageintentionallyleftblankiiP1:JZZ0521854288preCUFX055/Kirmayer0521854288printer:cupusbwNovember9,200613:27UnderstandingTraumaIntegratingBiological,Clinical,andCulturalPerspectivesThisbookexplorestheindividualandco
2、llectiveexperiencesoftraumafromtheperspectivesofneuroscience,clinicalscience,andculturalanthropology.Eachperspectivepresentscriticalandconceptualchal-lengesforthedevelopmentofanintegrativemodeloftheimpactoftrauma.Thefirstsectionreviewstheneurobiologyoffearconditioningandextinction,andtheeffectsofe
3、arlylifestressonthedevelopmentofneuralsystemsrelatedtovulnerabilitytopersistenteffectsoftrauma.Thesecondsectionofthebookreviewsawiderangeofclinicalapproachestothetreatmentoftheeffectsoftraumaindifferentpopulations,includ-ingrefugees.Thefinalsectionofthebookpresentsculturalanalysesofpersonal,social
4、,andpoliticalresponsestomassivetraumaandgenocidaleventsinavarietyofsocieties.Thisworkgoeswellbeyondneurobiologi-calmodelsofconditionedfearandtheclinicalsyndromeofposttraumaticstressdisordertoexaminehowmassivetraumaticeventsaffectthewholefabricofasociety,callingforthcollectiveresponsesofresilencea
5、ndmoraltransformation.LaurenceJ.KirmayerisJamesMcGillProfessorandDirector,DivisionofSocialandTransculturalPsychiatryintheDepartmentofPsychiatryatMcGillUniversity.Heiseditor-in-chiefofTransculturalPsychiatry,aquarterlyscientificjournal,anddirectstheCultureandMentalHealthResearchUnitattheDepartmento
6、fPsychiatry,SirMortimerB.Davis–JewishGeneralHospitalinMontreal,whereheconductsresearchonmentalhealthservicesforimmigrantsandrefugees,thementalhealthofindigenouspeoples,andtheanthropologyofpsychiatry.RobertLemelsoniscurrentlyalecturerintheDepartmentsofAnthro-pologyandPsychologyattheUniversityofCal
7、ifornia,LosAngeles,andthepresidentoftheFoundationforPsychoculturalResearch(FPR).Heisapsychologicalanthropologistwithaspecialtyincultureandmentalillness.HewasaFulbrightscholarinIndonesiaandiscurrentlyreleas-ingseveraldo
