Broken Spirits: The Treatment of Traumatized Asylum Seekers, Refugees, War and Torture Victims (Hardcover)

"This volume represents an important contribution to this expanding and is anticipated to have a high impact on both policy and future research. The volume is an excellent handbook for all those who are interested in the treatment of traumatized asylum seekers, refugees, war, and torture victims, including the educated general reader or policymaker with an interest in contemporary work on trauma. Libraries will want to add this to their collections, and one supects the book entice readers from diverse fields, including psychology, anthropolgy, sociology, human development, social work, nursing, and psychiatry. It offers a starting point for the novice as well as a contemporary literature review of this expanding field for the specialist, the current volume ought to remain an important contribution for some time."

 - Grant J. Rich, APA/PsycCRITIQUES,

"As Volkan writes in his introduction, the topic is both timeless and timely...Professionals interested in or involved with mental health care for asylum seekers and refugees can find new insights and inspirations in many of the chapters..."

- Loes H. M. van Willigen, in Journal of Refugee Studies

"John Wilson and Boris Drozdek bring an important collection of articles to the reader of trauma literature and to therapists who have the potential of seeing specific forms of trauma reflecting the cruelty witnessed in this volume....it will be one of the more interesting volumes that you will likely read in a while."

- Tom Schumacher, in The Repetition & Avoidance Quarterly

"...This book is especially valuable to those who work in the field of care and assistance for refugees.  A few chapters are extremely valuable for those who work with populations in affected regions and countries.  However, the other chapters contain important insights in the condition of refugees, cultural peculiarities and treatments that can be adapted and tested in those areas where the vast majority of displaced people and refugees seek shelter.  The book presents the reader the actual state of the art in both theory and practice of care for refugees and other victims of trauma.  In addition, it invites for further study and thought, and the development of proper and effective therapeutic or community interventions.  It is worth a thorough read."

- Petra Aarts, in Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work, and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict

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