Posttraumatic growth
About this book
The phenomenon of positive personal change following devastating events has been recognized since ancient times but given little attention by contemporary psychologists and psychiatrists, who have tended to focus on the negative consequences of stress. In recent years, evidence from diverse fields has converged to suggest the reality and pervasive importance of the processes the editors sum up as posttraumatic growth. This volume offers the first comprehensive overview of these processes.
Overcoming the challenges of life's worst experiences can catalyze new opportunities for individual and social development. Learning about persons who discover or create the perception of positive change in their lives may shed light on the problems of those who continue to suffer.
Subjects
- adaptability (psychology)
- adaptation (psychologie)
- adjustment (psychology)
- ajustement (psychologie)
- aspect psychologique
- clinical medicine
- death
- développement
- diseases
- emotional adjustment
- événements stressants de la vie
- evidence-based medicine
- general
- grief therapy
- health & fitness
- health & fitness / diseases / general
- internal medicine
- life change events
- medical
- medical / clinical medicine
- medical / diseases
- medical / evidence-based medicine
- medical / internal medicine
- mental health
- personality development
- personnalité
- posttraumatic growth
- psychiatric social work
- psychic trauma
- psychological adaptation
- psychological aspects
- psychology
- psychology / psychopathology / post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd)
- psychology / psychotherapy / general
- ptsd
- self-actualization (psychology)
- souffrance
- suffering
- thanatology
- treatment