Table of Contents

PART I. INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND
Introduction. Culture, Trauma, and PTSD
—Byron J. Good and Devon E. Hinton
Chapter 1. The Culturally Sensitive Assessment of Trauma: Eleven Analytic Perspectives, a Typology of Errors, and the Multiplex Models of Distress Generation
—Devon E. Hinton and Byron J. Good
PART II. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 2. Is PTSD a Transhistoric Phenomenon?
—Richard J. McNally
Chapter 3. What Is "PTSD"? The Heterogeneity Thesis
—Allan Young and Naomi Breslau
Chapter 4. From Shell Shock to PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Historical Perspective on Responses to Combat Trauma
—James K. Boehnlein and Devon E. Hinton
PART III. CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
Chapter 5. Trauma in the Lifeworlds of Adolescents: Hard Luck and Trouble in the Land of Enchantment
—Janis H. Jenkins and Bridget M. Haas
Chapter 6. Gendered Trauma and Its Effects: Domestic Violence and PTSD in Oaxaca
—Whitney Duncan
Chapter 7. Exploring Pathways of Distress and Mental Disorders: The Case of the Highland Quechua Populations in the Peruvian Andes
—Duncan Pedersen and Hanna Kienzler
Chapter 8. Latinas' and Latinos' Risk for PTSD After Trauma Exposure: A Review of Sociocultural Explanations
—Carmela Alcántara and Roberto Lewis-Fernández
Chapter 9. Karma to Chromosomes: Studying the Biology of PTSD in a World of Culture
—Brandon A. Kohrt, Carol M. Worthman, and Nawaraj Upadhaya
Chapter 10. Square Pegs and Round Holes: Understanding Historical Trauma in Two Native American Communities
—Tom Ball and Theresa D. O'Nell
Chapter 11. Culture, Trauma, and the Social Life of PTSD in Haiti
—Erica James
Chapter 12. Is PTSD a "Good Enough" Concept for Postconflict Mental Health Care? Reflections on Work in Aceh, Indonesia
—Byron J. Good, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, and Jesse H. Grayman
List of Contributors
Index

Promotional Information

Culture and PTSD examines the applicability of PTSD to cultural contexts beyond Europe and North America and details local responses to trauma and how they vary from PTSD as defined by the American Psychiatric Association.

About the Author

Devon E. Hinton is Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard University and coeditor of Culture and Panic Disorder. Byron J. Good is Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard University and coeditor of Culture and Panic Disorder.

Reviews

"This book should be compulsory reading for all civilian and military mission advisors and mentors."
*Journal of Global South Studies*

"Stress and trauma have become part of globalized languages of suffering and healing and the construct of PTSD is at the center of this discourse. The editors have brought together a stellar group of contributors who present historical and ethnographic studies that unpack some of the complexity of trauma response and PTSD to show the interplay of social contexts, cultural practices, and psychological processes. Culture and PTSD marks important advances in cultural psychiatry and will be richly rewarding for both researchers and mental health practitioners."
*Laurence J. Kirmayer, McGill University*

"Culture and PTSD is a wonderful, rich, exciting book that raises and sometimes answers critical questions at the juncture of anthropology and the interdisciplinary study of PTSD. It is a valuable volume that makes a significant contribution to the field."
*Erin Finley, The University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio*