Abramowitz, Sharon Alane.

Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (281 pages) - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series . - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series .

Cover -- Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- 1. Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War -- 2. Clusters, Coordination, and Health Sector Transitions -- 3. Trauma and the New Normal -- 4. Individual Interventions -- 5. The GBV Proxy -- 6. Ex-Combatant Rehabilitation -- 7. Redemption Time -- 8. The Healers -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments.

Sharon Alane Abramowitz examine how humanitarian healthcare dealt with mental health and psychiatry during Liberia's turbulent postwar transition, looking closely at the ways mental health and psychosocial interventions worked to manage trauma and produce postwar peace.

9780812209938


Social psychology-Liberia.
Postwar reconstruction-Liberia.
Mental health-Liberia-International relations.
Psychic trauma-Liberia.
Women-Violence against-Liberia.
Liberia-Social conditions-1980-.
Liberia-History-Civil War, 1989-1996-Psychological aspects.
Liberia-History-Civil War, 1999-2003-Psychological aspects.


Electronic books.

HM1027.L7 -- .A273 2014eb

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