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Psychosocial Models

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Book cover The Mental Health Consequences of Torture

Part of the book series: The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping ((SSSO))

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In this chapter we discuss a selected number of psychosocial conceptual models—learning theory, information processing, social-cognitive models, social support, developmental models, and learned helplessness—that purport to explain some aspects of the etiology, course, and treatment of the human response to traumatic experiences. These specific psychological models were selected for review because empirical information is available regarding their explanatory power for survivors of torture and related violence and trauma.

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  1. Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 27710, USA

    John A. Fairbank

  2. Dartmouth University, and the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, White River Junction, Vermont, 05009, USA

    Matthew J. Friedman

  3. Section on Traumatic Studies, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College, London University, SES 8AF, London, England

    Metin Basoglu

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    Terence M. Keane

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Fairbank, J.A., Friedman, M.J., Basoglu, M. (2001). Psychosocial Models. In: Gerrity, E., Tuma, F., Keane, T.M. (eds) The Mental Health Consequences of Torture. The Plenum Series on Stress and Coping. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1295-0_4

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