THE BORDERS OF HEALING.

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    • Subject Terms:
      SRI Lanka; INDONESIA
    • Subject Terms:
      ALLEN, Jon; HALL, Gordon Nagayama; LEONG, Frederick; SHAH, Manoj; RATNAVALE, David; NG, Anthony
    • Abstract:
      Focuses on the emotional trauma from the tsunami disaster and its impact on public health in Sri Lanka and Indonesia. View of Jon Allen, author of "Coping With Trauma," that the survivors have lost the social networks they need to recover emotionally; Comment of Gordon Nagayama Hall, editor of the journal "Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology"; Discussion of whether coping with trauma is different in Asian populations; The dimensions of human experience during disaster and how they should be responded to; Characteristics of Asian culture that lend themselves to group therapy; The role of communication styles in therapy; Views of Frederick Leong, David Ratnavale, Anthony Ng, Manoj Shah, Neil Boothby and others; The importance of local resources such as religious groups and schools in providing mental health support.