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Beyond the Trauma Vortex: The Media's Role in Healing Fear, Terror, & Violence

Peter A. Levine (foreword)
Berkeley: North Atlantic Books (2003), xviii, 210 pp.

Contains bibliogr. pp. 191-197, web directory pp. 198-210

Series: Psychology/Somatics

ISBN 1-55643-446-4

Signature commbox: 10-Conflicts-E 2003

1 What Everyone Should Know About Trauma, 1
2 The "Trauma Vortex" and the "Healing Vortex", 21
3 The Trauma Vortex as a Root Cause of Violence in International Conflicts, 39
4 The Urge to Repeat: The Pull of the Trauma Vortex, 59
5 Secondhand Trauma, 73
6 The News Media's Role in Transmitting or Healing Trauma, 93
7 The Healing Vortex, 109
8 The Entertainment Industry's Role in Transmitting or Healing Trauma, 125
9 Engaging the Healing Vortex in Entertainment, 137
10 Trauma is Curable, 147
11 Breakthroughs in Treatment, 165
12 Fast-Forward to a Better World, 183