Psychology of Trauma (Psychology of Emotions, Motivations and Actions - Psychiatry-Theory, Applications and Treatments)

This book examines the psychology of trauma. The authors present current research including the topics of traumatic attachment as adaptation; trauma bonding and interpersonal violence; interventions to treat families who have experienced historical trauma; facial emotion perception and psychological functioning in victims of early-life trauma; energy psychology in the treatment of PTSD; hypothalamic-pituitary-andrenal axis dysregulation in post-traumatic stress disorder; the earthquake interference effect and traumatic episodic memory; and the positive after-effects of turmoil and trauma.