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Our fundamental assumptions -- Cognitive conservatism and resistance to change -- Trauma and the terror of our own fragility -- Disillusionment and change in the assumptive world -- Processing the powerful new data -- Rebuilding assumptions: interpreting the traumatic experience -- The external world: the crucial role of other people -- Recovery: some final thoughts.

"This is the first book to illuminate the general psychological processes underlying responses to all traumas-past work has focused only on a single type, such as bereavement or rape. With the larger theoretical framework provided here, we can solve the larger puzzle - understanding not only the impact of overwhelming life events, but also the numerous coping processes that occur in the aftermath of trauma. Illustrated with vivid quotes by trauma victims themselves, this book has important implications for our current knowledge and understanding of stress and coping, major life events, and post-traumatic stress" (tomado de la fuente).