| Coping with War-Induced Stress: The Gulf War and the Israeli Response 1995 Edition Contributor(s): Solomon, Zahava (Author) |
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ISBN: 0306447886 ISBN-13: 9780306447884 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $104.49 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 1994 Annotation: This book addresses key issues relating to war-induced stress experienced by different Israeli populations during the Gulf War. Author Zahava Solomon presents results of extensive studies on various stress indicators; how families cope with stess; gender differences in coping with stressors; and studies on children during and after the war. She also provides a unique insight into the role of Israel's mental health professionals during the war. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Medical | Psychiatry - General - Psychology | Personality |
| Dewey: 616.852 |
| LCCN: 00000000 |
| Series: Springer Stress and Coping |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.27 lbs) 254 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: I n the wake of an earlier book (Solomon, 1993), this new work, Coping with War-Induced Stress: The Gulf War and the Israeli Response, promises to make Zahava Solomon a modern maven with respect to the psychologi- cal effects of war. Dr. Solomon is a high-ranking officer, serving as a psychiatric epidemiologist in the Mental Health Department of the Is- raeli Defense Forces Medical Corps. She also teaches at Tel Aviv Univer- sity. The earlier book dealt with the reactions of the Israeli Defense Forces to the 1982 war in Lebanon, which divided the population of Israel concerning its wisdom and justification. The new book deals with the emotional consequences of the United Nations effort against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait. Because Israel agreed not to participate actively so as not to endanger the fragile Arab coalition against Iraq, it was in a sense a nonwar-as Solomon refers to it-yet with many fea- tures of a war. Although they had quite limited casualties, largely in the Tel Aviv area, the Israelis faced the actuality of damaging Scud missile attacks and the threat that these missiles could not only be targeted to much of Israel but also carry poison gas to other Israeli cities. Solomon has written a fascinating book about this crisis in Israeli life. |