Vol. 14, Issue 1 (March 2008)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editorial

    Charles R. Figley, Ph.D., Editor

Special Issue:

The 2007 Virginia Tech Shootings: Identification and Application of Lessons Learned

An Introduction to the Special Issue

  Charles R. Figley and Russell T. Jones, Special Issue Co-Editors

The Tragic Shootings at Virginia Tech: Personal perspectives, prospects, and preventive potentials

  E. Scott Geller

Seeing the Picture from Inside the Frame: Two Therapists' Observations Following the Virginia Tech Tragedy

  Margaret L. Keeling and Fred P. Piercy

Helping in the wake of disaster: A graduate student's perspective in the aftermath of the VT tragedy

  Matthew Yoder

Loneliness and Belonging: A Reflection on the Meanings and Values of Social networks in the Wake of the Virginia Tech Shootings

  Curt Gervich

From Individual to Community: The “Framing” of 4-16 and the Display of Social Solidarity

  James Hawdon

A Narrative of Personal Experiences and Recovery Efforts carried out in the wake of the Virginia Tech Shootings

  Christopher S. Immel and James M. Hadder

Anger, aggression and psychology: Personal and professional reflections on the Virginia Tech tragedy

  David Cox

A Digital Library for Recovery, Research, and Learning from April 16, 2007 at Virginia Tech

  Edward A. Fox, Christopher Andrews, Weiguo Fan, Jian Jiao, Ananya Kassahun, Szu-Chia Lu, Yifei Ma, Chris North, Naren Ramakrishnan, Angela Scarpa, Bruce Scarpa-Friedman, Steven D, Sheetz, Donald Shoemaker, Venkat Srinivasan, and Seungwon Yang

When Hometown News Becomes Worldwide News

  Donna Alvis-Banks

Personal Reflections on the Virginia Tech Tragedy from a Victim's Spouse with Commentary by a Close Colleague

  Jerzy Nowak and Richard E. Veilleux

4-16: Who's Looking Out for the Kids?

  Russell T. Jones

Regular Submissions

The Impact on Solicitors of Exposure to Traumatic Material.
  L. Vrklevski and J. Franklin,
Encoding States: A Model for the Origin and Treatment of Complex Psychogenic Pain.
  Ron Ruden
Energy Psychology in Disaster Relief
  David Feinstein

Media Reviews

A book review of: Rothschild, B. (2006). Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma.

  Kathleen Nader

A book review of: Figley, C. R. (2006). Mapping Trauma and Its Wake: Autobiographical Essays by Pioneer Trauma Scholars.

  Elissa P. Benedek

A book review of: Figley, C. R. & Roop, R. G. (2006). Compassion Fatigue in the Animal-Care Community.

  Brian E. Bride

A book review of: Leach, M. M. (2006). Cultural Diversity and Suicide: Ethnic, Religious, Gender, and Sexual Orientation Perspectives.

  Michael H. Campbell

A DVD review of: Boaz, J. & Panos, A. (Producers). (1998). When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers.

   Kathleen Nader

A DVD review of : Boaz, J., Panos, A., Panos, P., & Steele, C. (Producers). (2006). When Helping Hurts: Preventing and Treating Compassion Fatigue.

  Kathleen Nader

Media Summaries

  Brittany Wilkins

Letter to the Editor

   Monica Pignotti

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