Mapping Trauma and Its Wake: Autobiographic Essays by Pioneer Trauma Scholars: 31 (Psychosocial Stress Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415951402 ISBN 13: 9780415951401

Publisher: Routledge, 2005

Synopsis

Mapping Trauma and Its Wake is a compilation of autobiographic essays by seventeen of the field's pioneers, each of whom has been recognized for his or her contributions by the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Each author discusses how he or she first got interested in the field, what each feels are his or her greatest achievements, and where the discipline might - and should - go from here. This impressive collection of essays by internationally-renowned specialists is destined to become a classic of traumatology literature. It is a text that will provide future mental health professionals with a window into the early years of this rapidly expanding field.

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About the Author

Charles R. Figley, Ph.D., CT, MT, is President and Founder of the Green Cross Foundation and Professor at the School of Social Work at Florida State University. He is founder and director of the FSU Traumatology Institute (formerly the Psychosocial Stress Research and Development Program). He is an elected Fellow of the APA, APS, AAMFT, the American Association for the Applied Psychology, and the American Orthopsychiatric Association. Figley is the Founding President of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS). He is a longtime Taylor & Francis author and consultant to our program, and currently serves as the consulting editor of the Psychosocial Stress Series.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415951402
• ISBN 13: 9780415951401
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272
• Editor: Figley Charles R.