[Adta] Fwd: CPA Convention 2007 Request

[Ilene Serlin]

> Dear all,

I'm pleased to let you know about this new book that will be  
available at APA. I have a chapter in it, was on the Task Force, and  
will be on the panel at APA on Saturday, from 9-10:50AM  in Rm. 260  
of the Convention Center. There may  be a book-signing after--please  
come and join us for a lively discussion.

Best regards,

Ilene

Announcing a new book from

Paul R. Kimmel

& Chris E. Stout

COLLATERAL DAMAGE
The Psychological Consequences of America's War on Terrorism




Foreword by Philip G. Zimbardo

Color-coded terrorism "alerts" are issued, then "lifted" with no  
explanation. False alarms can, like crying wolf, desensitize people  
to a real need to be on alert. And that psychic numbing is just one  
effect discussed in this book by fifteen psychologists teamed up for  
a critical look at the U.S. war on terrorism. These experts are led  
by the Chairman of the American Psychological Association task force  
charged with pinpointing the effect of our anti-terrorism efforts on  
America's mental health. Together, they present the most up-to-date  
and intriguing picture we have of the fallout on our own people from  
our own programs. The text spotlights fueled stereotyping of  
foreigners, increased domestic hate crimes, fear, depression and  
helplessness, as well as increasing militancy and belligerence,  
especially among students. Perhaps most disturbing in the "land of  
the free," our attention is drawn to growing acceptance of  
restrictions on our personal freedoms, and acceptance of human rights  
violations.

Contributors to this collection aim to give us a reality check,  
looking at what our national reactions to terrorism have been, how  
those reactions have affected the psyche of our people and whether  
this has made us stronger or weaker, and more or less likely to be  
the target for future attacks.

PAUL R. KIMMEL is Chair of the American Psychological Association's  
Task Force on the Psychological Effects of Efforts to Prevent  
Terrorism. He is past President of Psychologists for Social  
Responsibility, and an Adjunct Faculty member at the Saybrook  
Graduate School and Research Center.

CHRIS E. STOUT is Series Editor for the Praeger series, Contemporary  
Psychology. Stout is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Clinical  
Full Professor at the University of Illinois College of Medicine's  
Department of Psychiatry. He served as NGO Special Representative to  
the United Nations and is a Founding Director of the Center for  
Global Initiatives. He has published some 300 papers and 30 books and  
manuals on psychology and his works have been translated into six  
languages.

Table of Contents

Collateral Damage:

The Psychological Effects of America’s War on Terrorism


Foreword: The Political Psychology of Terrorist Alarms by Philip G.  
Zimbardo


Chapter 1: Introduction by Paul R. Kimmel

Chapter 2: Beyond US & THEM by Stephen Fabick

Chapter 3: 9/11 Aftershocks: Conditions Ripe for Hate Crimes by  
Daniel J. Christie


Chapter 4: Jujitsu Politics: Terrorism and the Response to Terrorism  
by Clark McCauley

Chapter 5: The Social Psychology of Punishing Dissent: Negative  
Reactions to Anti-War Views in the U.S. by Bernice Lott

Chapter 6: Untangling the Web: Threat, Ideology and Political Behavior
by Rhoda Unger

Chapter 7: Perceptions of Threat, National Representation and Support  
for Procedures to Protect the National Group by Gordon Hodson,  
Victoria M. Esses and John F. Dovidio

Chapter 8: Efforts to Prevent Terrorism: Impact on Immigrant Groups  
by Nina K. Thomas

Chapter 9: Psychological Effects of the New Media Coverage of the  
Iraq War by Ilene Serlin

Chapter 10: The Impact of U.S. Anti-Terrorism Interventions on  
Terrorist Motivation: Preliminary Research in Afghanistan and Iraq by  
Michael Wessels

Chapter 11: Cities of Fear, Cities of Hope: Public Mental Health in  
the Age of Terrorism by Chris E. Stout and Stevan Weine, MD.

Afterword by Chris E. Stout

About the Editors
About the Contributors

Index


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