Class 7: Collective Trauma, Historical Trauma, and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Trauma.
Section outline
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Topics:
• Collective and historical trauma
• Social factors that impact trauma recovery
• Collective trauma in marginalized communities
• Social work practice with traumatized and marginalized communities
• Cross-cultural approaches to trauma
• Languages of distress and models of coping
Required Readings and Multimedia
• Schroeder, K., Noll, J. G., Henry, K. A., Suglia, S. F., & Sarwer, D. B. (2021). Trauma-informed neighborhoods: Making the built environment trauma-informed. Preventive Medicine Reports, 23(2021), 101501.
• Alessi, E. (2014). A framework for incorporating minority stress theory into treatment with sexual minorities. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health, 18(1), 47-66.
• Patel, A. R., & Hall, B. J. (2021). Beyond the DSM-5 diagnoses: A cross-cultural approach to assessing trauma reactions. Focus, 19(2), 197-203.
• Hinton, D. E., & Lewis-Fernández, R. (2011). The cross-cultural validity of post- traumatic stress disorder: Implications for DSM-5. Depression and Anxiety, 28, 1-19.