Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violence Causes, Consequences, or Correlates?

by Widom, Cathy Spatz

• ISBN13: 9780199783090
• ISBN10: 0199783098
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-06-05
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violence: Causes, Correlates, or Consequencescritically examines correlates, consequences, and potential causal relationships involving trauma, psychopathology, and violence. The authors address methodological and theoretical challenges to understanding the interrelationships among trauma, psychopathology, and violence from the perspective of their own research fields. Chapters focus on different types of traumas, traumas occurring at different developmental stages and in different contexts, and the contributions of biological and genetic factors in understanding psychopathology and violence. Each of the chapters offers recommendations for needed research. The book is divided into six topical areas: (1) Setting the context; (2) Biological and genetic factors in understanding trauma, psychopathology and violence; (3) Trauma in childhood and risk of psychopathology and violence; (4) Culture and community context in understanding trauma, psychopathology, and violence; (5) Responses to disasters and terrorism; and (6) Trauma, psychopathology, and violence in the military. The third volume in the American Psychopathological Association series,Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violenceis a much needed addition to the scholarship of the mental health consequences of violence and trauma.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. xv
Setting the Context
Post-traumatic Syndromes and the Problem of Heterogeneity	p. 3
Biological and Genetic Factors in Understanding Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violence
Epigenetic Pathways and the Consequences of Adversity and Trauma	p. 23
Teasing Out the Role of Genotype in the Development of Psychopathology in Maltreated Children	p. 49
Trauma in Childhood and Risk of Psychopathology and Violence
The Intergenerational Transmission of Family Violence The Neurobiology of the Relationships among Child Victimization, Parental Mental Health, and Addiction	p. 79
Predictors, Correlates, and Consequences of Trajectories of Antisocial Personality Disorder Symptoms from Early Adolescence to Mid-30s	p. 109
Children and Adolescents in Disaster, War, and Terrorism Developmental Pathways to Psychopathology and Resilience	p. 131
Culture and Community Context in Understanding Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violence
Four Meanings of "Community" in Disaster	p. 161
Epidemiology of Violence Exposure in the Home and Community and Children's Physical Health Risk The Urban Asthma/Allergy Paradigm	p. 187
Responses to Disasters and Terrorism
An Exploration of Causality in the Development and Timing of Disaster-Related PTSD	p. 219
Causal Thinking and Complex Systems Approaches for Understanding the Consequences of Trauma	p. 233
Examining Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violence in the Military
Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violence in Recent Combat Veterans	p. 267
Presidential Address
Childhood Trauma, Psychopathology, and Violence Disentangling Causes, Consequences, and Correlates	p. 291
Index	p. 319
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