Table of contents : What You Can Find in This Essential Contents 1: Introduction 2: A Brief History of Trauma Discourse 2.1 The Beginnings of Trauma Theory 2.2 A Paradigmatic Extension 2.3 PTSD: Discovery or Invention? 3: The Clinical Concept of Trauma 3.1 Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Findings 3.2 Practical Example: The Institutionalization of PTSD in the German Armed Forces 3.3 Critical Reflection 4: Psychosocial Understandings of Trauma 4.1 Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Findings 4.2 Practical Example: Research with Child Soldiers 4.3 Critical Reflection 5: Transgenerational Transmission of Trauma 5.1 Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Findings 5.2 Practical Example: Transgenerationality in Psychotherapy 5.3 Critical Reflection 6: Concepts of Collective Traumatization 6.1 Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Findings 6.2 Practical Example: Truth Commissions in South Africa 6.3 Critical Reflection 7: Perspectives on Trauma Discourse What You Can Take Away from This Essential References