- Summary
- Violence is one of the most important challenges, not only for public health systems, but also for public mental health. Violence can have immediate as well as long-term and even transgenerational effects on the mental health of its victims. This book provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging assessment of the mental health legacy left by violence. It addresses the issues as they affect states, communities and families, in other words at macro-, meso-, and microlevels, beginning by describing the impact of violence on neurobiology and mental health, as well as the spectrum of syndromes and disorders associated with different forms of violence. The work moves on to tackle violence at the international?and intranational?level before zeroing in on the nature of violence in communities such as villages or city districts. It also examines the results of violence in the family. Each type of violence has distinct effects on mental health, and in each chapter specific groups are explored in depth to demonstrate the heterogeneity of violence as well as the diversity of its outcomes in the realm of public mental health. Finally, the book addresses the notion of?undoing violence? by detailing case studies of effective interventions and prevention occurring in countries, communities and families. These cases give us pause to reflect on the nature of resilience and dignity in the context of violence and mental health. All the chapters have been written by leading authors in the field and provide a state-of-the-art perspective. The authors, from different fields of expertise, facilitate interdisciplinary and international insights into the impact of violence on mental health.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Dordrecht : Springer, [2015]
- Contents
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Part I. General issues in violence and mental health. Violence in prolonged conflicts and its socio-psychological effects
Intergenerational transmission of violence
Violence exposure and mental health states
Part II. Self-inflicted violence. Self-inflicted violence
Part III. Violence in families. Child abuse and adult psychopathology
Corporal punishment and children's mental health: opportunities for prevention
Mental health consequences of violence agains women
The consequences of violence on the mental health of the elderly
Part IV. Violence in communities. Bullying in schools: rates, correlates and impact on mental health
Violence against people with mental disorders
"This is where a seed is sown": aboriginal violence-continuities or contexts?
Trafficked persons and mental health
Part V. Violence and societies. Terrorism and its impact on mental health
Political violence in the German Democratic Republic between 1949 and 1989 and its consequences for mental and physical health
The aftermath of the European and Rwandan genocides
The new H⁵ model of refugee trauma and recovery
Part VI. Facing the challenges of violence. From Sharpeville to Marikana : the changing political landscape for mental health practice in a violent South Africa
Evidence-based interventions for violent behavior in children and adolescents.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Lindert, Jutta, 1958- editor.
Levav, Itshak, editor.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I. General issues in violence and mental health. Violence in prolonged conflicts and its socio-psychological effects -- Intergenerational transmission of violence -- Violence exposure and mental health states -- Part II. Self-inflicted violence. Self-inflicted violence -- Part III. Violence in families. Child abuse and adult psychopathology -- Corporal punishment and children's mental health: opportunities for prevention -- Mental health consequences of violence agains women -- The consequences of violence on the mental health of the elderly -- Part IV. Violence in communities. Bullying in schools: rates, correlates and impact on mental health -- Violence against people with mental disorders -- "This is where a seed is sown": aboriginal violence-continuities or contexts? -- Trafficked persons and mental health -- Part V. Violence and societies. Terrorism and its impact on mental health -- Political violence in the German Democratic Republic between 1949 and 1989 and its consequences for mental and physical health -- The aftermath of the European and Rwandan genocides -- The new H⁵ model of refugee trauma and recovery -- Part VI. Facing the challenges of violence. From Sharpeville to Marikana : the changing political landscape for mental health practice in a violent South Africa -- Evidence-based interventions for violent behavior in children and adolescents.
