Trauma – The Importance of the Post-Trauma Environment

"...New research points us in a different direction, one of “Trauma Socialized.”  Less injury and more context, where trauma itself becomes mutable, not a bullet or a knife but a social event formed by social interactions and cultural meanings....

"This expanded view of stress and trauma was on full view at the Culture, Mind, and Brain conference last October, put together by the Foundation for Psychocultural Research and UCLA.  I organized the session on stress, trauma, and resilience that featured Plotsky and Kohrt, as well as anthropologist Lance Gravlee on race and stress and psychologist Carol Ryff on aging and stress.  The talks by Plotsky, Kohrt, and Gravlee are in a new video I have included at the end of this post, along with a full set of links to conference coverage...."

http://blogs.plos.org/neuroanthropology/2012/12/27/trauma-the-importance-of-the-post-trauma-environment/