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Charles R Figley
Tulane University, Traumatology, Faculty Member
- Trauma Studies, Ethnovideography and the Expanding Ethongraphic Presence, Social Work, Family, Traumatic Stress, Family Therapy, and 4 morePosttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Philosophy of Action, Psychological Trauma, and Climate Change(Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Philosophy of Action, Psychological Trauma, and Climate Change)edit
- Dr. Figley is the Tulane University Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD Distinguished Chair and Professor in the School of Social... moreDr. Figley is the Tulane University Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD Distinguished Chair and Professor in the School of Social Work (2008-present). He is co-founder of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy and Master of Science Program in Disaster Residence Leadership, and the City, Culture, and Community PhD Program. He also directs the award-winning Traumatology Institute. He is a former professor at both Florida State University (1989-2008) and Purdue University (1974-1989). Among his national and international awards are the Fulbright Scholar, Fellow and Visiting Distinguished Professor at the Kuwait University (2003-2004), the visiting Professor in both Japan (2014) and Israel (2017), and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice honorary degree of doctor of letters, honoris causa (2014).
He has published more than 200 refereed journal articles, more than 90 chapters, and 30 books as a pioneer trauma psychologist, scholar, and practitioner.
He is Founding Editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress, the Journal of Family Psychotherapy, and the international journal, Traumatology. He is also Founding Editor of the Past Book Series, Death and Trauma (Taylor & Francis), Innovations in Psychology (CRC Press), and continues as Editor of the Psychosocial Stress Book Series (Routledge).
Recently he co-edited Social Work (Oxford, 2020) with Drs. Jeff Yarvis and Bruce Thyer and in 2021 published with his long-time collaborator, Mark Russell, the long awaited book, Psychiatric Casualties, published by the Columbia University Press.
His 29th book, Indigenous Health Equity and Wellness, co-edited by Catherine McKinley, Michael S. Spencer, Katrina Walters, and Charles Figley and published by Routledge, 2022). His 2023 book, Pandemic Providers, co-edited with Lenore Walker and Ilene Serlin (Springer-Nature) has received universal praise.(Dr. Figley is the Tulane University Paul Henry Kurzweg, MD Distinguished Chair and Professor in the School of Social Work (2008-present). He is co-founder of the Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy and Master of Science Program in Disaster Residence Leadership, and the City, Culture, and Community PhD Program. He also directs the award-winning Traumatology Institute. He is a former professor at both Florida State University (1989-2008) and Purdue University (1974-1989). Among his national and international awards are the Fulbright Scholar, Fellow and Visiting Distinguished Professor at the Kuwait University (2003-2004), the visiting Professor in both Japan (2014) and Israel (2017), and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice honorary degree of doctor of letters, honoris causa (2014). <br /><br />He has published more than 200 refereed journal articles, more than 90 chapters, and 30 books as a pioneer trauma psychologist, scholar, and practitioner. <br /><br />He is Founding Editor of the Journal of Traumatic Stress, the Journal of Family Psychotherapy, and the international journal, Traumatology. He is also Founding Editor of the Past Book Series, Death and Trauma (Taylor & Francis), Innovations in Psychology (CRC Press), and continues as Editor of the Psychosocial Stress Book Series (Routledge). <br /><br />Recently he co-edited Social Work (Oxford, 2020) with Drs. Jeff Yarvis and Bruce Thyer and in 2021 published with his long-time collaborator, Mark Russell, the long awaited book, Psychiatric Casualties, published by the Columbia University Press. <br /><br />His 29th book, Indigenous Health Equity and Wellness, co-edited by Catherine McKinley, Michael S. Spencer, Katrina Walters, and Charles Figley and published by Routledge, 2022). His 2023 book, Pandemic Providers, co-edited with Lenore Walker and Ilene Serlin (Springer-Nature) has received universal praise.)edit
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My colleagues at this symposium (cf, Eitinger, Frederick, Harnois) have discussed in their papers the immediate and long-term mental health consequences of victimization for the victim. My contribution to this discussion is to focus my... more
My colleagues at this symposium (cf, Eitinger, Frederick, Harnois) have discussed in their papers the immediate and long-term mental health consequences of victimization for the victim. My contribution to this discussion is to focus my attention on the family of the victim and to explicate two major axioms: First, that the family is the key factor in facilitating the emotional recovery of the victim; and second, that family members experience victimization themselves when another family member becomes a victim.
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Part I: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Families. The Family as a Living System. Individual Responses to Trauma. Spreading Beyond the Individual: Family Adaption to Stress and Trauma. Part II: Empowering Families. Foundations of the... more
Part I: Understanding the Impact of Trauma on Families. The Family as a Living System. Individual Responses to Trauma. Spreading Beyond the Individual: Family Adaption to Stress and Trauma. Part II: Empowering Families. Foundations of the Empowerment Treatment Approach. Phase I: Joining the Family. Phase II: Understanding and Framing the Family's Trauma Response. Phase III: Building Healing Skills. Phase IV: Sharing and Healing. Phase V: Moving Forward. Part III: Empowering Family Trauma Therapists. The Family Trauma Therapist. Epilogue: Looking Back and Looking Forward. References.
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Trauma workers are professionals and paraprofessionals trained to work with persons in the aftermath of traumatic events. A traumatic stressor is defined in diagnostic terms as&quot; when a person experienced, witnessed, or was... more
Trauma workers are professionals and paraprofessionals trained to work with persons in the aftermath of traumatic events. A traumatic stressor is defined in diagnostic terms as&quot; when a person experienced, witnessed, or was confronted with an event or events that involved ...
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... Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized. ... Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized, Brunner/Mazel... more
... Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized. ... Compassion fatigue: Coping with secondary traumatic stress disorder in those who treat the traumatized, Brunner/Mazel psychological stress series, No. 23 (pp. 178-208). ...
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... Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Chapter]. Measuring compassion satisfaction as well as fatigue: Developmental history of the Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Test. Treating compassion fatigue. ... Treating compassion fatigue,... more
... Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Chapter]. Measuring compassion satisfaction as well as fatigue: Developmental history of the Compassion Satisfaction and Fatigue Test. Treating compassion fatigue. ... Treating compassion fatigue, Psychosocial stress series, no. 24 (pp. 107-119). ...
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Abstract This chapter focuses on the reduction of the psychosocial costs of disasters of the most vulnerable. Drawing from the experiences of Katrina, we argue that the poor are often marginalized or ignored by policymakers and... more
Abstract This chapter focuses on the reduction of the psychosocial costs of disasters of the most vulnerable. Drawing from the experiences of Katrina, we argue that the poor are often marginalized or ignored by policymakers and postdisaster service planners; that the tools used to identify communities most vulnerable to poor postdisaster mental health are missing or ignored because of the lack of a comprehensive understanding and estimation of disaster vulnerability. This chapter first reviews the concept of vulnerability in the wake of catastrophe. It is noted that there is little hope of providing adequate resources immediately after and long after disasters if there is a history of ignoring the population disparities of the medical and mental health. Moreover, it is noted that most disaster recovery-focused research projects rarely take into account indicators of social vulnerability. We argue here that government leaders responsible for disaster mitigation must insist on disaster plans that take into account the special needs of vulnerable communities, specifically, the poor, elderly, children, and persons with a disability (mental, physical). The final section of this chapter offers an illustration of the usefulness of the vulnerability model [Pressure and Release (PAR) model] that was effectively utilized in our recent study of Louisiana that successfully identified the most vulnerable within Louisiana parishes. The most challenging part, however, is actually utilizing these tools to motivate change in disaster planning and mitigation focused on the most vulnerable. We attempt to demonstrate that this approach is useful to everyone who cares about postdisaster resilience in predicting the root causes, dynamic pressures, and unsafe conditions that result in disasters. Moreover, the PAR model allows for an understanding of the factors that predict social vulnerability. We argue here that the model has great promise for identifying social vulnerability in other geographic locations in the United States and beyond. This chapter concludes with a discussion of improved, systemically sensitive, and asset-informed strategies for preventing or reducing social vulnerability in anticipation of future disasters, informed by the PAR model as described in this chapter.
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Page 127. 5 Sensory-Based Therapy for Crisis Counselors CHRYS J. HARRIS When giving consideration to the developmental psychology of Erik Erikson, crises may be viewed as fundamental parts of life. According to Slaikeu ...
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Hippocrates wrote:&quot; It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations...&quot;(Dubos, 1968). Since his time, this principle has undergone a continuous cycle of... more
Hippocrates wrote:&quot; It is changes that are chiefly responsible for diseases, especially the greatest changes, the violent alterations...&quot;(Dubos, 1968). Since his time, this principle has undergone a continuous cycle of being forgotten and then rediscovered and described under different labels. Trimble (1985) has noted this phenomenon for modern times. For instance,&quot; shell-shock&quot; and Kardiner&#39;s (1941)&quot;[post] traumatic neurosis&quot; came from World War I, and&quot; combat exhaustion&quot;(Bartemeier, Kubie &amp; Menninger, 1946),&quot; A-bomb disease&quot;(Lifton, 1967), and&quot; survivor syndrome&quot;(Krystal, 1968) came from World War II. PTSD is a legacy of the Vietnam War. In the same period, many labels stemmed from specific disasters, such as&quot; railway spine&quot;(Clevenger, 1889) and&quot; Buffalo Creek syndrome&quot;(Titchener &amp; Kapp, 1976). Each of these syndromes included biological, psychological, and social manifestations. This is important to note because another series of developments in the understanding of traumatic stress arose separately in biological, psychological, and social streams of stress research, representing three perspectives with little cross-fertilization. However, they meet again in SSs. Let us now look at the three historically separate streams.
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Contributors. Editorial Note. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations. Conceptualizing Death and Trauma: A Preliminary Endeavor. Empirical Perspectives on Contextualizing Death and Trauma. Factors... more
Contributors. Editorial Note. Acknowledgements. Introduction. Part I: Conceptual and Empirical Foundations. Conceptualizing Death and Trauma: A Preliminary Endeavor. Empirical Perspectives on Contextualizing Death and Trauma. Factors Associated with Effective Loss Accommodation. Intersections of Grief and Trauma: Family Members' Reactions to Homicide. Duty-Related Deaths and Police Spouse Survivors: Group Support Effects. Repression, Self-Deception, and Other Strategies for Helping the Bereaved Accommodate to Loss. Part II: Applications. Bereavement after Homicide: Its Assessment and Treatment. The Treatment of PTSD through Grief Work and Forgiveness. Accelerated Traumatic Incident Reduction with EMDR. Death-Related Treatment Applications for the Elderly. Safety Reconnaissance for the Traumatized who Grieve. Name Index. Subject Index.
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This volume is about the immediate and long-term psychosocial consequences of extraordinarily stressful events. The last decade has included an extraordinary increase in attention to these matters. News reports of various catastrophes,... more
This volume is about the immediate and long-term psychosocial consequences of extraordinarily stressful events. The last decade has included an extraordinary increase in attention to these matters. News reports of various catastrophes, tragedies, and violent episodes included an analysis of victims&amp;#x27; responses as well as the circumstances which caused the victimization. Responses, for example, of crime victims, such as President Reagan; Vietnam war veterans; terrorist hostages, such as those held in Iran; the ...
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Sleeplessness, depression, anxiety... these are common symptoms of the burnout that often accompanies living with a loved one who has experienced some kind of traumatic stress. It&#x27;s well known that the loss of a child, a... more
Sleeplessness, depression, anxiety... these are common symptoms of the burnout that often accompanies living with a loved one who has experienced some kind of traumatic stress. It&#x27;s well known that the loss of a child, a life-threatening injury, sexual assault or combat experience can affect the victim in traumatic ways, but what&#x27;s often overlooked is how this trauma affects those closest to the victim-the family. Burnout in Families focuses on the emotional vulnerability of families exposed to the chronic or acute stress of one of its ...
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The parent-child relationship has enjoyed a great deal of attention within the last half of this century. Psychologists, sociologists, and other students of the family have produced reams of research articles and developed a multitude of... more
The parent-child relationship has enjoyed a great deal of attention within the last half of this century. Psychologists, sociologists, and other students of the family have produced reams of research articles and developed a multitude of instruments, scales, and indices that identify the importance of the parents as predictors of their children&amp;#x27;s behavior. Parents have been bombarded with manuals, booklets, film strips, and slogans warning them of their influence.
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In this chapter on combat social work and preparing the next generation for social injustice combat, the editorial team summarizes and discusses the lessons and the fundamental questions posed and answered throughout this book. They... more
In this chapter on combat social work and preparing the next generation for social injustice combat, the editorial team summarizes and discusses the lessons and the fundamental questions posed and answered throughout this book. They address the ethics of war by examining the issues of service, social justice, and the importance of human relationships, integrity, and professional competence. They discuss the expected challenges in social work practice with global warming, greater wealth disparity, and the disparities among social groups and communities. At the same time, positive developments in U.S. society about respect and appreciation for military families for both their sacrifices and what they do for the service member are highlighted.
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child sexual abuse wikipedia child sexual abuse also called child molestation is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual... more
child sexual abuse wikipedia child sexual abuse also called child molestation is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation forms of child sexual abuse include engaging in sexual activities with a child whether by asking or pressuring or by other means indecent exposure of the genitals female nipples etc child grooming child sexual exploitation or using a
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The chapter addresses the challenges of surviving and rebuilding from disasters with special attention to the long-term disaster mental health consequences and mitigation through human services. The chapter emphasizes the importance of... more
The chapter addresses the challenges of surviving and rebuilding from disasters with special attention to the long-term disaster mental health consequences and mitigation through human services. The chapter emphasizes the importance of the concept of trauma as a link between mental and medical health. It is noted that the lasting impact of disasters can affect the overall functioning of individuals, families and communities creating secondary effects that could hamper mental health recovery. Much of the chapter focuses on human trauma resilience and the psychosocial recovery needs that also bolsters resilience for the recovery and beyond. The chapter authors argue for a more systemic approach to promoting long-term disaster resilience among individual, family and the community.
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Abstract 1. the tenet of this disaster inventory is that the relationship between the disaster experience and the traumatic responses of the individual is not a direct one/it is mediated by the perception of the disaster as a risk and a... more
Abstract 1. the tenet of this disaster inventory is that the relationship between the disaster experience and the traumatic responses of the individual is not a direct one/it is mediated by the perception of the disaster as a risk and a threat to the community at the individual level/it is also mediated by culture which determines the coping styles in case of loss and the social networks and resources (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)