Case studies show how various personal, social, and protective
factors can override seemingly unbearable trauma. Rather than
addressing what goes wrong when people are traumatized, Survivors:
What We Can Learn from How They Cope with Horrific Tragedy takes a
positivist approach. Filled with stories of people who overcame
seemingly unbearable events, the book examines the details of their
traumas to explain what combination of factors enabled them to
thrive despite their experiences. Survivors studies men and women,
adults and children, Americans and those from other lands. It
encompasses victims of the Nazi Holocaust, survivors of spinal
injury, victims of violent crime, adult victims of child abuse, and
survivors of the Rwandan genocide. Author Gregory K. Moffatt, a
psychologist and counselor, looks at all of these cases in the
light of research regarding post-traumatic growth and clinical
implications. He explains the combination of social context and
protective and personal factors identified as prime agencies for
resilience, drawing lessons that can prepare us, not only for
extreme trauma, but to deal with the everyday traumas that affect
us all. Includes a chronology of the events pitting Tutsis and
Hutus in Rwanda, as well as a chronology of the 1994 Rwanda
genocide Presents photographs of subjects in each case study
Provides an extensive bibliography, including research on the
Holocaust, genocide in Rwanda, trauma, post-traumatic growth, and
trauma treatment
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