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In 1996, representatives from 27 different countries met in
Jerusalem to share ideas about traumatic stress and its impact. For
many, this represented the first dialogue that they had ever had
with a mental health professional from another country. Many of the
attendees had themselves been exposed to either personal trauma or
traumatizing stories involving their patients, and represented
countries that were embroiled in conflicts with each other.
Listening to one another became possible because of the humbling
humanity of each participant, and the accuracy and objectivity of
the data presented. Understanding human traumatization had thus
become a common denomi nator, binding together all attendees. This
book tries to capture the spirit of the Jerusalem World Conference
on Traumatic Stress, bringing forward the diversities and
commonalties of its constructive discourse. In trying to structure
the various themes that arose, it was all too obvious that
paradigms of different ways of conceiving of traumatic stress
should be addressed first. In fact, the very idea that
psychological trauma can result in mental health symptoms that
should be treated has not yet gained universal acceptability. Even
within medicine and mental health, competing approaches about the
impact of trauma and the origins of symptoms abound. Part I
discusses how the current paradigm of traumatic stress disorder
developed within the historical, social, and process contexts. It
also grapples with some of the difficulties that are presented by
this paradigm from anthropologic, ethical, and scientific
perspectives.
In 1996, representatives from 27 different countries met in
Jerusalem to share ideas about traumatic stress and its impact. For
many, this represented the first dialogue that they had ever had
with a mental health professional from another country. Many of the
attendees had themselves been exposed to either personal trauma or
traumatizing stories involving their patients, and represented
countries that were embroiled in conflicts with each other.
Listening to one another became possible because of the humbling
humanity of each participant, and the accuracy and objectivity of
the data presented. Understanding human traumatization had thus
become a common denomi nator, binding together all attendees. This
book tries to capture the spirit of the Jerusalem World Conference
on Traumatic Stress, bringing forward the diversities and
commonalties of its constructive discourse. In trying to structure
the various themes that arose, it was all too obvious that
paradigms of different ways of conceiving of traumatic stress
should be addressed first. In fact, the very idea that
psychological trauma can result in mental health symptoms that
should be treated has not yet gained universal acceptability. Even
within medicine and mental health, competing approaches about the
impact of trauma and the origins of symptoms abound. Part I
discusses how the current paradigm of traumatic stress disorder
developed within the historical, social, and process contexts. It
also grapples with some of the difficulties that are presented by
this paradigm from anthropologic, ethical, and scientific
perspectives."
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