their views toward the issues in these first two offerings are invited to send their responses to the JOPPPAH Editorial Staff for review.

Yaara Benitzhak, M.A, under the tutelage of Dr. Thomas Verny, next gives us a research paper, which was written as part of her doctoral studies at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute. The essay is on a view of terrorism that rarely receives attention. As in Dr. Thomson's article, the theme of trauma is discussed as it relates to the stress of terrorism on women who are pregnant. A concern for women of the Middle East for decades, this health issue reaches to many parts of the globe today. Attention also is given to the neurodevelopmental processes of stress regulation (the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal cortex system - HPA axis)and the sympathetic nervous system.

The Sharing Space brings a tender piece by William R. Stimson entitled, "War Wounds." An interesting title that describes a preconscious state he finds himself in where he recalled being "held back" by his mother as the doctor was not yet ready to deliver him at the hospital. As a writer later in his life, he describes thoughts that go through his mind, such as, "What's stopping me?" when trying to write creatively, and he makes the link between this first perinatal experience and later life patterns.

Finally, I give my appreciation to our reviewers of Books and Videos in this edition. Here are the books reviewed near the end of the journal: Jeane M. Rhodes, PhD, for her review of: Parenting from the Inside