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- From the Department of Psychiatry at Cambridge Health Alliance - Sources and Expressions of Resiliency in Trauma Survivors

Cambridge, MA……Cambridge Health Alliance announced today a book reflective of the excellent work in its Department of Psychiatry. Sources and Expressions of Resiliency in Trauma Survivors (The Haworth Press, Inc., July 2007) provides a framework for understanding how - and why - resiliency is essential to the challenges of post-traumatic recovery. This unique book examines how this framework applies to trauma survivors, treated and untreated, from culturally, politically, and economically diverse backgrounds, using qualitative and quantitative research findings, clinical case reviews, and narrative studies to consider the implications for clinical practice, community intervention, and social change in the wake of violence.

Sources and Expressions of Resiliency in Trauma Survivors provides practicing clinicians with new insights into the need for a full continuum of resources for traumatized groups, including: crisis response, individual psychotherapy and group treatment, victim advocacy, community intervention and social change. The book also helps clinicians and researchers become more familiar with theory-driven tools for use in psychological assessment, case formulation, treatment planning and outcome research, as well as for assessing resiliency in diverse groups of treated and untreated trauma survivors, identifying sources of risk and expression of resiliency, and examining how trauma survivors struggle to draw meaning from their experiences.

The book was edited by Mary R. Harvey, PhD, Founding Director and Senior Psychologist, Victims of Violence Program of Cambridge Health Alliance, and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and Pratyusha Tummala-Narra, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Michigan School for Professional Psychology and Teaching Associate in Psychiatry, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School.

The Haworth Press, Inc., founded in 1978, is an independent publisher of academic and professional books and journals on a wide range of subjects focusing on contemporary issues. www.haworthpress.com

The Victims of Violence program at Cambridge Health Alliance is an adult outpatient trauma clinic that was created in 1984. Its mission is to develop comprehensive mental health services for people, families, and communities affected by violence and trauma, and to provide training opportunities for clinicians interested in helping people cope with violence and trauma. Its efforts cover the areas of crisis response and intervention, assessments, and longer term clinical care to trauma victims, including groups for people affected by trauma. http://www.challiance.org/vov/vov.shtml

Cambridge Health Alliance is a regional healthcare system with three hospitals and more than twenty primary care practices in Cambridge, Somerville, and Boston's metro-North communities. As a teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School, Cambridge Health Alliance offers medical residency/training programs and undergraduate learning experiences in hospital and community settings. Cambridge Health Alliance also includes the Cambridge Public Health Department, CHA Physician's Organization (CHAPO), and Network Health, a managed Medicaid and Commonwealth Care plan.