Views on traumatology

Foreword: Encyclopedia of Trauma

What is trauma, stress, traumatology all about? This piece answers some of those questions and serves as a general introduction to Traumatology.
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Publication Author: Charles Figley. Sage. Publication Date: 2012 Categories: Trauma, Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy, Views on traumatology, Wholist perspective

Traumatology at the turn of the millennium. Australasian Traumatic Stress Points

Trauma has reflected central issues of life throughout human history. But traumatology as a scientific discipline has only developed over the last century. Let’s look at some of milestones of this development. Traumatology is an aware and self-aware discipline, but it has blind spots and is constrained by external factors. Dealing with these matters should release traumatology to reach a new level.
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Publication Author: Paul Valent Publication Date: 2000 Categories: Views on traumatology

Farewell tribute: Address by Dr Paul Valent. Stress Points; Newsletter for the Australasian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Summer December. Pp 14-17

On the occasion of my retirement from clinical work, I review my life and career through medicine, psychiatry, consultation-liaison psychiatry, traumatology and psychotherapy. Being a Holocaust survivor propelled my interest in traumatology and desire to heal traumas. I comment on the current state of traumatology and on my hopes for its future.
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Publication Author: Paul Valent Publication Date: 2003 Categories: Views on traumatology