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| Title: | Creating a Healing Society
: The Impact of Human Emotional Pain & Trauma on Society & the World |
| Author: | Susan Lawrence, MD |
| ISBN: | 1600700276 : 9781600700279 |
| Illustrations: | b/w photos |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 156 |
| Weight: | .386 Kg. |
| Published: | Midpoint Trade Books (Elite Books) - December 2006 |
| List Price: | 15.5 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Social theory |
The "Creating a Healing Society" program pioneers the recognition of the devastating impact of human emotional pain and trauma as the root cause of societal and world problems. Without healthy support, traumatised people (unconsciously influenced by inner pain) engage in self-destructive or antisocial behaviours. We are accustomed to thinking about the impact of trauma on the individual, but rarely notice the dramatic effect that trauma has on our society. The cumulative result of these pain-driven behaviours can be seen in the epidemics of AIDS, Hepatitis C, drug addiction and alcoholism; in our violent and crime-ridden society; in unemployment, homelessness and poverty; in the ongoing cycle of child abuse and neglect; and, on an international level, in terrorism and war. In Creating a Healing Society, Dr Lawrence describes her work with alcoholics, AIDS patients, prisoners, and others dying of what one of her clients calls 'the delayed effects of child abuse. ' Through concrete examples, she shows that people can turn their lives around, and by doing so, change the quality of our entire society.
