Beyond the Trauma Vortex Into the Healing Vortex: A Guide for The Medical Field

A large number of trauma-related syndromes are medically treatment-resistant. Knowledge of the traumatic etiology behind these traumatic symptoms allows medical personnel to relieve the suffering that comes with mental torment. A medical establishment sensitive to healing trauma with the new tools available increases the capacity to heal. This book defines the nature and characteristics of trauma; identifies persistent trauma-related symptoms and syndromes, which are unresponsive to medication; offers healing tools appropriate to the medical field; defines the issues of secondhand trauma and burnout and their effects on medical personnel (doctors, nurses, emergency personnel, surgeons etc.) and on patients, their families and friends; introduces tools to cope with trauma; defines the concept of the collective trauma vortex and presents tools for collective healing. It covers the impact of media-related secondhand trauma on the public.