Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing is a 2005 book written by Joy DeGruy. The book sparked controversy over the legacy of slavery . The author is a psychologist and social worker. In her book she postulates a Posttraumatic Slave Syndrome (PTSS), which is caused by the historical trauma of slavery in the USA. The author hypothesizes that there is a PTSD caused by the collective trauma of slavery, which leads to a range of maladaptive behaviors. These behaviors were appropriate at the time of slavery, but now they are harmful to those affected (such as learned helplessness and rejection of the school system). In addition, the syndrome leads to the devaluation of one's own ethnic group , as well as their typical appearance and traditions.
Similar syndromes induced by the legacy of slavery have been postulated in other countries.
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- ↑ Joy Degruy: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome. America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing . Uptone Press, 2005, ISBN 978-0-9634011-2-0 (English).
- ↑ Omar. G. Reid: Post Traumatic Slavery Disorder: Definition, Diagnosis, and Treatment . 2005.
- ↑ Joy DeGruy Leary: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing . Mcgraw-Hill, 2005.
- ↑ Barbara Fletchman Smith: Transcending the Legacies of Slavery: A Psychoanalytic View . Karnac Books, 2011.