title: Reviewing Frankl's Will to meaning and its implications for psychotherapy dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder.
abstract: Recent research has shown that people who have gone through war experiences in one way or the other tend to manifest reactions classified as post-traumatic stress disorder. Viktor Frankl, the founder of logotherapy, manifested PTSD reactions when he was in a concentration camp. This paper attempts to sketch how he lived through his traumatic experiences by relying on the principle of Will to Meaning as his survival mechanism. Two implications will be outlined derived from this principle for psychotherapies dealing with disaster survivors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Birmingham.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods; D003130:Combat Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003209:Concentration Camps; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007585:Jews / Q000523:psychology; D009042:Motivation; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013534:Survival / Q000523:psychology