"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of trauma practice, volume 4, numbers 1/2 and 3/4 2005."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / George F. Rhoades, Jr., Vedat Sar -- What is trauma and dissociation? / Vedat Sar, Erdinc Ozturk -- Cross-cultural aspects of trauma and dissociation / George F. Rhoades, Jr -- Coping with childhood trauma and dissociation in Argentina / Sandra Baita -- Dissociation in Australia / Francesca Collins -- Dissociative experiences in the Peoples' Republic of China : an empirical and cross-cultural study / Stephanie Olen Kleindorfer -- Experiences of trauma and dissociation in France / Jean-Michel Darves-Bornoz -- The concepts of trauma and dissociation in the German language area / Helga Matthess ... [et al.] -- Trauma and dissociation in paradise (Hawaii) / George F. Rhoades, Jr. -- "Djinnati," a possession state in Baloochistan, Iran / Mohsen Kianpoor, George F. Rhoades, Jr -- Advances in dissociation research and practice in Israel / Eli Somer -- Social withdrawal in Japanese youth : a case study of thirty-five Hikikomori clients/ Yuichi Hattori -- Trauma and dissociation in Aotearoa (New Zealand) : the psyche of a society / Susan Farrelly, Thomas Rudegeair, Sharon Rickard -- Trauma and dissociation in Northern Ireland / Martin J. Dorahy, Michael C. Paterson -- Trauma and dissociation in the Philippines / Heather J. Davediuk Gingrich -- From obscurity to daylight : the study of dissociation in Puerto Rico / Alfonso Martínez-Taboas -- The "apparently normal" family : a contemporary agent of transgenerational trauma and dissociation / Erdinc Ozturk, Vedat Sar -- The history of dissociation and trauma in the UK and its impact on treatment / Remy Aquarone, William Hughes.