Psychic trauma in victims of crime and terrorism.

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he served as United States representative to the World Health Organization conference at the Hague on the Psychosocial Consequences of Violence. In addition, he has served as Advisor to the Pan American Health Organization on violent deaths in Central and South America, as a member of the Governor's Advisory Panel on Health Studies at Three Mile Island, and on the National Institutes of Health's Subcommittee on the Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation. He has been on the Board of Directors of the Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and on the Board of Directors of the Institute for Victims of Terrorism, President of the American Association of Suicidology, and a member of the American Psychological Association Task Force on Suicide Among Youth.Dr. Frederick's work has focused on emergency mental treatment and research in psychic trauma, suicide and self-destructive behavior, and cross-cultural stressors. From such work, he has developed diagnostic Reaction Indices as posttraumatic stress disorder scales for children and 57

What Happens to Therapists Who Work with Sex Offenders?

“…The phase progression discussed here does, indeed, resemble the traumalgrief cycle including shock, fear, repression, anger, depression and finally acceptance/recovery (Frederick, 1986).…”

One night, everything disappeared: Toward a model of coping effectiveness after organizational disasters

“…Although several temporal models of grief and coping have been proposed previously (Bowlby, 1961(Bowlby, , 1973Duffy, 1988;Frederick, 1986;Greenblatt, 1978;Harvey, 1996;Horowitz, 1976;Raphael, 1986;Weisaeth, 1993), relatively little formal theorizing has occurred with respect to the causal factors related to the coping effectiveness after major loss, let alone after organizational disasters. The present article attempts to fill this knowledge gap by proposing i nd i vidu a1 and situational independent variables predicting survivors' coping effectiveness.…”

“…The bereaved had no foresight or warning. In such a situation, the cognitive and emotional resources needed to cope with the loss of loved ones are more severely strained than in cases in which people are able to prepare for their loss (Ellis, 1995;Frederick, 1986;Lifton 8c Olson, 1976;Lindemann, 1944;Suis & Wan, 1989;Titchener 8c Kapp, 1976). Intense grief has been found to last longer in those who experience sudden loss (Clayton, 1975;Greenblatt, 1978;Parkes, 1972;Vachon, 1976).…”

Proceedings User's Stress Workshop (7th) Held in San Antonio, Texas on December 10-15, 1989: Training for Psychic Trauma

“…Variations on these themes have been ".' by such authors as Keane and Kaloupek (1982); Daly (1983); Van der Ko• :.87); Ochberg (1988);and Frederick (1983and Frederick ( , 1987and Frederick ( , 1989 in press).…”