This volume provides a unique and valuable contribution to our understanding of the impact of stressful life events and mass trauma on the person, the culture and society in the course of the life span. It provides a comprehensive look at our psychological state of affairs at the beginning of the twenty-first century. There are several volumes that address some or most of these areas indivi- ally but this volume is unique in that it has brought together theoreticians, researchers and clinicians who address critical challenges in our lives. But we are now several months into the global financial crisis requiring a transition, not only for the western world but for the third world. How on earth do families in trauma zones – from Sri Lanka to Afghanistan, New Orleans to Gaza – cope with similar declining older relatives, with added traumas and zero medical resources attempt to survive? In news reports, politicians and financiers denying the inevitable and struggling for solutions that cannot be relevant to the new reality that they have yet to discover.
Table of Content
Processing Transitions in the Life Span.- Life Stress and Transitions in the Life Span.- Life Transitions and Stress in the Context of Psychosocial Development.- The Neurobiology of Stress Throughout the Life Cycle.- Life as a Source of Theory: Erik Erikson’s Contributions, Boundaries, and Marginalities.- Education and Career Transitions.- College-to-Workplace Transitions: Becoming a Freshman Again.- Coping with Job Transitions over the Work Life.- Transitioning into Retirement as a Stressful Life Event.- Marriage, Family and Sexual Life Cycle Transitions.- Family Transitions Following Natural and Terrorist Disaster: Hurricane Hugo and the September 11 Terrorist Attack.- The Transition to Adoptive Parenthood.- Transitioning the Impact of Divorce on Children Throughout the Life Cycle.- Stress, Mindful Parenting, and the Transition to Adulthood.- Sexual Transitions in the Lives of Adult Women.- Family and Spousal Adaptation to Transitioning a Traumatic Event.- Legal, Ethical and Financial Transitions.- Ethical and Legal Issues in Transitioning the Lifespan.- Money in (E)Motion Experienced in Stressful Financial Transitions.- Dual Cognitive Processes and Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Transitioning Adolesence.- Life Threatening Transitions in Maturation and Health.- Life Stress and Managing Transitions Unanticipated Change of Course: The Diagnosis of Chronic Progressive Neurological Disease: No Deal!.- Transitions Throughout the Cancer Experience: Diagnosis, Treatment, Survivorship, and End of Life.- Loss of the Safety Signal in Childhood and Adolescent Trauma.- An Unexpected Traumatic Change in Life: Where to Go from Here?.- The Role of Self-Awareness and Communication in Issues of Health and Aging.- Cultural, Religious, and Spiritual Influences in Life’s Transitions.-Self-Regulation Across Some Life Transitions.- Time, Culture, and Life-Cycle Changes of Social Goals.- Refugees’ Life Transitions from Displacement to Durable Resettlement.- Religious Worldviews and Stressful Encounters: Reciprocal Influence from a Meaning-Making Perspective.- Life Stress Buffer: The Salubrious Role of African-Centered Spirituality.- Directions and Interventions in Stressful Life Transitions.- Surviving and Thriving: How Transition Psychology May Apply to Mass Traumas and Changes.- Posttraumatic Growth: A Positive Consequence of Trauma.- Psychological Impact of Genetic Testing.- Functional Fitness, Life Stress, and Transitions Across the Life Span.- Nutrition Through the Life Span: Needs and Health Concerns in Critical Periods.- The Role of Animals and Animal-Assisted Therapy in Stressful Life Transitions.- The Role of Humor in Transforming Stressful Life Events.- Concluding Comments and Future Considerations for Stressful Life Events and Transitions Across the Life Span.
About the author
Thomas W. Miller is Professor at Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky as well as a senior research scientist with the University of Connecticut’s Center for Health Intervention and Prevention. He is also a University Teaching Fellow and a Diplomate of the American Board of Professional Psychology in clinical psychology. He also is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Association for Psychological Science, and the Royal Society of Medicine.
The author of 10 books, his research has included cross-cultural studies of trauma in veterans; victims of natural disasters; medical conditions, including HIV; and applications of telemedicine in providing access to care for rural and underserved populations.
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