TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2003//
TI  - Toward a Radical Understanding of Trauma and Trauma Work
JO  - Violence against women
A1  - Burstow, Bonnie
SP  - 1293
EP  - 1317
VL  - 9
IS  - 11
N2  - The purpose of this article is to help pave the way for more radical counseling with traumatized individuals, communities, and nations. The author critiques the post-traumatic stress disorder conceptualization and psychiatry fundamentally, builds on and critiques feminist and other radical contributions to trauma theory, suggests directions for feminists, theorizes trauma from a radical perspective, and draws implications for practice. Conclusions include the following: A deficit trauma model is inappropriate; institutions of the state must be seen as critical in the creation of trauma; there must be a fundamental break with psychiatry; and trauma work should move in the direction of radical adult education.<p /> 
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SN  - 1077-8012
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1077801203255555
ID  - ref1
ER  -