Research Catalog

Title

Past trauma in late life : European perspectives on therapeutic work with older people / edited by Linda Hunt, Mary Marshall, and Cherry Rowlings.

Publication

London ; Bristol, Pa. : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 1997.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hunt, Linda
• Marshall, Mary, 1945 June 13-
• Rowlings, Cherry

Description

x, 237 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This book looks at the effects of trauma in early life in terms of behaviour displayed by older people, which is often viewed as part of the pathology of old age. The contributors look at the effects of the Holocaust as well as individual trauma.

Subject

• Warfare
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > etiology
• Psychotherapy > methods
• Holocaust
• Aged
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic > therapy
• Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
• Post-traumatic stress disorder in old age
• Geriatric psychiatry

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- 1. The Past in the Present: An Introduction to Trauma (Re-)Emerging in Old Age -- Pt. 1. Starting from Trauma -- 2. Post-Traumatic Re-Experiencing in Old Age: Working Through or Covering Up? -- 3. Psycho-Sexual Therapy with Elders -- 4. The Emotional Consequences of War 50 Years On: A Psychiatrist's Perspective -- 5. Understanding and Treating the Long-Term Consequences of War Trauma -- Pt. 2. Starting from the Holocaust -- 6. Time Heals No Wounds: Psychoanalytical Considerations of the Consequences of Persecution -- 7. Late Onset of Symptoms in Holocaust Survivors -- 8. Cafe 84: A Social Day Care Centre for Survivors and their Children -- 9. From Victim to Survivor: The Possibility of Healing in Ageing Survivors of the Nazi Holocaust -- Pt. 3. Starting from Old Age -- 10. Psychic Pain Resurfacing in Dementia: From New to Past Trauma? -- 11. 'Out of the Silence': When People Can't Talk About It -- 12. Listening to the Story: Life Review and the Painful Past in Day and Residential Care Settings -- 13. We'll Meet Again: The Long-Term Psychological Effects on, and Intervention with, UK Second World War Evacuees -- Pt. 4. The Journey Continues -- 14. Political Violence and Coping in Northern Ireland -- 15. The Implications for Practice -- The Contributors -- Subject Index -- Author Index.

ISBN

1853024465

LCCN

gb^98016545^

OCLC

• 37703641
• SCSB-10558051

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library