Raymond Monsour Scurfield

Raymond Monsour Scurfield

Dr. Raymond Monsour Scurfield, born in Chicago, IL, in 1943, is professor emeritus of social work at The University of Southern Mississippi,Gulf Coast. He is private practice with Advanced Psychotherapy, 1403 43rd Avenue, Gulfport, MS 39501 (228.897-7730). He has been recognized internationally for his expertise in war-related and naturala disaster Psychological trauma. He has 65+ published books and articles exploring the effects of post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in both combat veterans and disaster survivors, including a trilogy of books about war’s impact. The trilogy’s third instalment, War Trauma: Lessons Unlearned from Vietnam to Iraq, was published in October 2006. His two newest books are Scurfield, R.M. & Platoni, K.T. (Eds.). War Trauma & Its Wake. Expanding the Circle of Healing. New York & London: Routledge (2012, in press); and Scurfield, R.M. & Platoni, K.T. (Eds).Healing War Trauma. A Handbook of Creative Approaches. New York & London (2012, in press).

Scurfield has also written substantially about the impact of Hurricane Katrina, and helpful interventions to address post-Katrina mental health recovery. Scurfield has been recognized as a "Hero of Katrina" by the University of Southern Mississippi (2006), the 2006 Mississippi Social Worker of the Year by the Mississippi Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, the 2006 and 2007 College of Health Distinguished Teaching Awards and 11 additional awards and recognitions since his tenure at Southern Miss. He most recently has received the 2012 Mississippi Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mississippi chapter, National Association of Social Work.

Dr. Scurfield holds a bachelor's degree in Sociology/Anthropology in 1965 Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA), and both a master's degree in social work (1967) and doctorate in psychiatric clinical social work (1979)from the University of Southern California.