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| {{Unicode|'''Judith Lewis Herman''' (born ]) is a psychiatrist, researcher, and author. She is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at ] and Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the ] in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | {{Unicode|'''Judith Lewis Herman''' (born ]) is a psychiatrist, researcher, and author. She is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at ] and Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the ] in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the author of two books, ''Father Daughter Incest'', first published in 1981, and ''Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror'', first published in 1992. | ||
| ⚫ | Her work has had a profound and widespread influence on the contemporary understanding and treatment of victims of ], ], ], ], ], and other forms of severe and prolonged trauma. Perhaps her most distinctive contribution to the understanding of these conditions and their victims is the concept of ] (CPTSD), which extends the ] category ] (PTSD) — a ] that, according to the United States Veterans Administration's Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, "accurately describes the ] that result when a person experiences a short-lived ]" <ref>{{cite web |last=Whealin,Ph.D. |first=Julia M. |last2=Slone,Ph.D.|first2=Laurie |title=National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet: Complex PTSD |publisher= ], ]| date = ]| url =http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_complex_ptsd.html| format =| doi = | accessdate = 2008-03-15 }}</ref> — to include "the syndrome that follows upon prolonged, repeated ]."<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|publisher=Basic Books |P. 119}}</ref> | ||
| Her work has had a profound and widespread influence in the contemporary understanding and treatment of victims of ], ], ], ], ], and other forms of what she has called "subjection to ] control." Examples of this concept include: | |||
| ⚫ | It was in ''Trauma and Recovery'', considered a classic and ground-breaking work<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Recovery-Judith-Lewis-Herman/dp/0863584306</ref>, that she coined the term ]<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|publisher=Basic Books |P. 119}}</ref>." In that work she defines this concept not only in terms of prolonged trauma, but in terms of what she calls "subjection to ] control." Examples of this concept include: | ||
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| ...], ], ] survivors, and survivors of some ]. Examples also include those subjected to ] systems in sexual and domestic life, including survivors of ], childhood physical or ], and organized ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|publisher=Basic Books |P. 121}}</ref> | ...], ], ] survivors, and survivors of some ]. Examples also include those subjected to ] systems in sexual and domestic life, including survivors of ], childhood physical or ], and organized ].<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|publisher=Basic Books |P. 121}}</ref> | ||
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| ⚫ | Perhaps her most distinctive contribution to the understanding of these conditions and their victims is the concept of ], which extends the ] category ] — a ] that "accurately describes the ] that result when a person experiences a short-lived ]. For example, car accidents, ], and ]" <ref>{{cite web |last=Whealin,Ph.D. |first=Julia M. |last2=Slone,Ph.D.|first2=Laurie |title=National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet: Complex PTSD |publisher= ], ]| date = ]| url =http://www.ncptsd.va.gov/ncmain/ncdocs/fact_shts/fs_complex_ptsd.html| format =| doi = | accessdate = 2008-03-15 }}</ref> — to include "the syndrome that follows upon prolonged, repeated ]."<ref>{{cite book|title=Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror |first=Judith Lewis |last=Herman |year=1997|publisher=Basic Books |P. 119}}</ref> |
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| Herman is the author of two books, ''Father Daughter Incest'', first published in 1981,and ''Trauma and Recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror'', first published in 1992. | |||
| ⚫ | It was in ''Trauma and Recovery'', considered a classic and ground-breaking work<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Recovery-Judith-Lewis-Herman/dp/0863584306</ref>, that she coined the term ] |
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Judith Lewis Herman (born 1942) is a psychiatrist, researcher, and author. She is Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Harvard University Medical School and Director of Training at the Victims of Violence Program in the Department of Psychiatry at the Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She is the author of two books, Father Daughter Incest, first published in 1981, and Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence from Domestic Abuse to Political Terror, first published in 1992.
Her work has had a profound and widespread influence on the contemporary understanding and treatment of victims of incest, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, war, torture, and other forms of severe and prolonged trauma. Perhaps her most distinctive contribution to the understanding of these conditions and their victims is the concept of complex post-traumatic stress disorder (CPTSD), which extends the diagnostic category post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) — a diagnosis that, according to the United States Veterans Administration's Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, "accurately describes the symptoms that result when a person experiences a short-lived trauma" — to include "the syndrome that follows upon prolonged, repeated trauma."
It was in Trauma and Recovery, considered a classic and ground-breaking work, that she coined the term complex post-traumatic stress disorder." In that work she defines this concept not only in terms of prolonged trauma, but in terms of what she calls "subjection to totalitarian control." Examples of this concept include:
...hostages, prisoners of war, concentration-camp survivors, and survivors of some religious cults. Examples also include those subjected to totalitarian systems in sexual and domestic life, including survivors of domestic battering, childhood physical or sexual abuse, and organized sexual exploitation.
Bibliography
- Herman, Judith Lewis (1997). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror. Basic Books. ISBN 0465087302.
- Herman, Judith Lewis (2000). Father-Daughter Incest ((Previous ed.: 1981) ed.). Harvard University Press. ISBN 0674002709.
Footnotes
- Whealin,Ph.D., Julia M.; Slone,Ph.D., Laurie (2007-05-22). "National Center for PTSD Fact Sheet: Complex PTSD". National Center for PTSD, Department of Veterans Affairs. Retrieved 2008-03-15.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - Herman, Judith Lewis (1997). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror. Basic Books.
{{cite book}}: Text "P. 119" ignored (help) - http://www.amazon.com/Trauma-Recovery-Judith-Lewis-Herman/dp/0863584306
- Herman, Judith Lewis (1997). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror. Basic Books.
{{cite book}}: Text "P. 119" ignored (help) - Herman, Judith Lewis (1997). Trauma and recovery: The aftermath of violence from domestic abuse to political terror. Basic Books.
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External Links
- Interview with Dr. Judith Lewis Herman, Conversations with History: Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley (transcript and no-cost podcast)
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