A better understanding of severe trauma and recovery
On the 29th of October Professor John P. Wilson gave a lecture on severe trauma and recovery at the Rehabilitation and Research Centre for Torture Victims.
John P. Wilson is professor of psychology at Cleveland
University, USA, and an internationally acknowledged expert in the
field of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
With the aim of improving the rehabilitation, John P. Wilson
underlined the need to include psychoanalytical and culture
sensitive insights when assessing traumatized persons. He
emphasized the responsibility on behalf of the assessing mental
health professional to obtain a thorough insight into the nature of
the trauma and the culture from which the traumatized
emanates.
At the lecture John P. Wilson drew on his extensive experience in
consulting and working with international and intergovernmental
institutions in different areas of armed conflict.
The lecture was organized by RCT and the International
Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT).
About John P. Wilson: Professor of psychology at
Cleveland University.
He is the founding member of The International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) and the author of several
groundbreaking books, especially International Handbook of
traumatic stress syndromes. In 2007 he co-edited Cross-Cultural
Assessment of Psychological Trauma and PTSD with Catherine So-kum
Tang.