Understanding trauma : integrating biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives / edited by Laurence J. Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson, Mark Barad.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Neurobiological and neuroethological perspectives on fear and anxiety / Vinuta Rau & Michael S. Fanselow -- Some biobehavioral insights into persistent effects of emotional trauma / Mark E. Bouton & Jaylyn Waddell -- Learning not to fear: a neural systems approach / Gregory Quirk ... [et al.] -- Mechanisms of fear extinction: towards improved treatment for anxiety / Mark Barad & Christopher K. Cain -- Developmental origins of neurobiological vulnerability for PTSD / Rosemary Bagot ... [et al.] -- Does stress damage the brain? / J. Douglas Bremner -- Somatic manifestations of traumatic stress / Emeran A. Mayer -- Cognitive behavioral treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder / Elna Yadin & Edna B. Foa -- PTSD among traumatized refugees / J.D. Kinzie -- PTSD: a disorder of recovery? / Arieh Y. Shalev -- The developmental impact of childhood trauma / Bessel A. van der Kolk --

Adaptation, ecosocial safety signals, and the trajectory of PTSD / Derrick Silove -- Religion and spirituality after trauma / James K. Boehnlein -- Posttraumatic suffering as a source of transformation: a clinical perspective / Cécile Rousseau & Toby Measham -- Trauma, adaptation, and resilience: a cross-cultural and evolutionary perspective / Melvin Konner -- Bruno and the holy fool: myth, mimesis, and the transmission of traumatic memories / Allan Young -- Failures of imagination: the refugee's predicament / Laurence J. Kirmayer -- Trauma, culture, and myth: narratives of the Ethiopian Jewish exodus / Gadi BenEzer -- Posttraumatic politics: violence, memory, and biomedical discourse in Bali / Leslie Dwyer & Degung Santikarma -- Terror and trauma in the Cambodian genocide / Alexander Hinton -- Trauma in context: integrating biological, clinical, and cultural perspectives / Robert Lemelson, Laurence J. Kirmayer & Mark Barad.