Coping—Every Man’s War

Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 32, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1978.32.3.402

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The concept of coping is firmly embedded in warlike connotations. This article explores three settings for coping behavior that illustrate long-term consequences of coping: the coping of survivors of Nazi concentration camps, the coping of an ancient city, and the coping shown by a modern nation state at war. Coping may have effects which are beneficial in the short run but ominous in the long run.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 32 • Number 3 • 1978, pp. 335–491

Pages: 402 - 413

PubMed: 696955

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Published in print: 1978, pp. 335–491

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Joel E. Dimsdale, M.D.^†

Boston, Mass.

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This article is based in part on a paper presented at the First International Conference on Stress and Adaptation in Time of War and Peace, Tel Aviv, January 1975.

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Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. 02114.

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