Hungering for revenge: The Irish famine, the troubles and shame-rage cycles, and their role in group therapy in Northern Ireland

Group Analysis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-235

  Rice, Cecil A ^a,b,c   Benson, Jarlath F ^c,d  

^a Boston Institute for Psychotherapy   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Institute of Psychosynthesis ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Queens University of Belfast   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chosen trauma; History; Northern Ireland; Political violence; Societal Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Indexed keywords

GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; GROUP THERAPY; HUNGER; POLITICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SHAME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 22044453398     PISSN: 05333164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0533316405052380     Document Type: Review

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