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This is the first book written on clinical research and work related to the development of applied trauma psychology in Hong Kong. Contributed by numerous reputable researchers and clinicians, the book covers the latest research on and practice in assessment, psychological sequel (including psychological distress and growth of traumatic experience), evidence-based clinical intervention, and rehabilitation services for people affected by various traumatic stresses. Discussed in detail are interpersonal trauma like child sexual abuse and family violence, health and medical trauma such as infectious disease and the pain related to end of life, mass trauma and disaster including community psychological support programme developed in Hong Kong and Sichuan, as well as the rationale for mainstreaming trauma training in university education.
This book serves to strengthen the link between research and practice, and between academic work and community awareness. It is a guidebook for professionals serving the traumatized, academics dedicated to research and development of trauma psychology, students learning, and educators passing on the existing knowledge and experience accumulated for healing trauma.
作者簡介
Kitty K.Wu
Kitty K.Wu, a Senior Clinical Psychologist at Kwai Chung Hospital, is a founding member and the current President of the Asian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. She is a Fellow of the Hong Kong Psychological Society, the Chair of the Subcommittee for Accreditation of Clinical Placement for Clinical Psychology Training (2008 to present) and the Convenor of the Critical Incident Team (1993–1997 and 2000 to present) of the Division of Clinical Psychology, Hong Kong Psychological Society. Dr Wu has written six books on psychological health for the public and has various academic publications in international journals. She was an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and is an Honorary Associate Professor in the University of Hong Kong.
Catherine S. Tang
Catherine S. Tang is the Professor, Deputy Head, and Director of Clinical Psychology Programs in the Department of Psychology at the National University of Singapore. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. An active researcher with over 300 academic publications — on topics such as violence against women, family violence, addictive behaviour, psychotherapy treatment outcome, and trauma psychology, she serves as the Associate Editor for Asian Journal of Social Psychology and a member of the Editorial Board for Sex Roles: A Journal of Research and Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being.
Eugenie Y. Leung
Eugenie Y. Leung is the Director of Counselling and Person Enrichment at the University of Hong Kong. Her past work experience as clinical psychologist was in correctional services in Hong Kong and Canada, and in the psychiatric outpatient clinic. She also taught courses on disaster and trauma in the Chinese University of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong. She was a co-leader in the Critical Incident Team and an active service provider in major local and regional disasters. As a newspaper columnist, she promoted public education actively via the mass media. Her professional interests include clinical depression, women’s mental health, and disaster management.
Acknowledgements vii
Editors and Contributors ix
Part I Introduction 1
1. Gateway to the Future 3
Kitty K. Wu, Catherine S. Tang and Eugenie Y. Leung
Part II Assessment and Intervention 13
2. Trauma Assessments Tools Validated in Hong Kong 15
Kitty K. Wu
3. Psychological Management of Trauma in the 21st Century: The Role of Cognitive Behavioral Approaches in Conceptualization and Treatment 35
Chee-wing Wong
4. Psychopharmacology for the Psychologically Traumatized Patients 51
Hung-kin Cheung
5. Resilience, Growth, and Distress After a Traumatic Experience 89
Samuel M. Y. Ho
Part III Interpersonal Trauma 105
6. Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse: A Public Health Approach 107
Frendi W. S. Li
7. Working with Familial Child Sexual Abuse: A Family-based Relational Approach 133
Ellen Yee-man Ma and Delphine Cheuk-wai Yau
8. Wounding and Being Wounded: Vulnerabilities, Emotional Injuries and Victimization of the Male Batterers ? A Qualitative, Collective Case Study 177
Chung-ming Chan
