"Torture is among the most disturbing and psychologically devastating of human behaviors. It dehumanizes its victims, leaving them with serious and lasting psychological wounds. Like other psychological trauma, torture frequently leaves in its wake denial and silence among both perpetrators and their victims. This communicative void creates a public and mental block that can make treatment of torture survivors very difficult. Treating Vi ..."
Strategies for Survival(Updated) The Psychology of Cultural Resilience in Ethnic Minorities by PeterElsass Paperback, 282 Pages, Published 1995 by Nyu Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-2196-4, ISBN: 0-8147-2196-6
"Why does one society survive while others perish? When two cultures come into contact, how do exploitation, violence, and terror arise? Interested in the survival of various cultures in the face of encroaching white civilization, Peter Elsass has studied five separate groups in Venezuela and Colombia and documented their successes and failures as they struggle to remain independent. This book has broad implications for anyone working wi ..."
Strategies for Survival The Psychology of Cultural Resilience in Ethnic Minorities by PeterElsass Hardcover, 228 Pages, Published 1992 by New York University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-2188-9, ISBN: 0-8147-2188-5
"Theoretical Cross-Cultural, and Clinical Implications Peter Elsass. Killingmo, B.
1989. Conflict and deficit: ... Culture and depression: Studies in the anthropology
and cross-cultural psychiatry of affect and disorder. University of California Press,
..."
Strategies for Survival The Psychology of Cultural Resilience in Ethnic Minorities by PeterElsass Published 2012 ISBN-13: 978-0-8147-2255-8, ISBN: 0-8147-2255-5
"In the United States, there exists increasing uneasiness about the predominance of self-interest in both public and private life, growing fear about the fragmentation and privatization of American society, mounting concerns about the effects of institutions-ranging from families to schools to the media-on the character of young people, and a renewed tendency to believe that without certain traditional virtues neither public leaders nor ..."
Kunsten at være bange Om frygt og helte by PeterElsass 311 Pages, Published 2018 by Gyldendal A/S ISBN-13: 978-87-02-23666-8, ISBN: 87-02-23666-4
"Det er barske emner som krig, terror, sygdom og død, der beskrives både fagligt og personligt. Peter Elsass har opsøgt helte, der kender til kunsten at være bange og som giver håb om en bedre verden."
Torturoverleveren Psykoterapeutisk behandling af den traumatiserede flygtning by PeterElsass Published by Gyldendal ISBN-13: 978-87-00-22658-6, ISBN: 87-00-22658-0
"Særlig tak til: Niels Pagh Andersen, Eugenio Barba, Peter Bastian, Jon Bertelsen,
Flemming Bindslev, Signe Birkbøll, Kamilla Bruus, Morten Bruus, Mathilde Walter
Clark, Lotte la Cour, Søren la Cour, Vibeke Cristofoli, John von Daler, Jesper
Dammeier, Trevor Davies, Karen Grue, Niels Viggo Hansen, Arne Hantho,
Jørgen Hoppe, Christian Gaden Jensen, Lena Jensen, Christoffer Johansen,
Gitte Juul, John Chr. Jørgensen, René Karottki, Len ..."
"Bedring i forhold til forekomst af subjektiv lidelse ved vrangforestillinger og
hallucinationer. • Bedring på ... Early Intervention Service, Northern Birmingham
Mental Health Trust and School of Psychology, University of Birmingham.
Birchwood ..."
Håndbog i kulturpsykologi et fag på tværs by PeterElsass 685 Pages, Published 2003 by Gyldendal A/S ISBN-13: 978-87-02-02369-5, ISBN: 87-02-02369-5
"Forsidens illustrationer er generøst stillet til rådighed af Eugenio Barba.
Sammenstillingen af de to opfattelser af mennesket giver et nyt syn, som rækker
videre, end hvad de hver især viser. Det vil blive meget omfangsrigt at nævne de
mange personer, som jeg skylder en tak for et mangeårigt samarbejde. Blot
nogle enkelte navne som har deltaget i det allersidste opløb: Niels Pagh
Andersen, Ole Dreier, Mogens Kristensen, Simo Køppe ..."