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Trauma, survival and resilience in war zones : the psychological impact of war in Sierra Leone and beyond
- Title
- Trauma, survival and resilience in war zones : the psychological impact of war in Sierra Leone and beyond / David A. Winter, Rachel Brown, Stephanie Goins and Clare Mason.
- Author
- Winter, David A., 1950-
- Publication
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- ix, 238 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Explorations in mental health series
- Uniform Title
- Explorations in mental health series.
- Subject
- War victims > Mental health > Sierra Leone
- Post-traumatic stress disorder > Sierra Leone
- Resilience (Personality trait) > Sierra Leone
- Children and war > Sierra Leone > Psychological aspects
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
- War Exposure
- Exposure to Violence > psychology
- Resilience, Psychological
- Survivors > psychology
- Violence > psychology
- Children and war > Psychological aspects
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Resilience (Personality trait)
- War victims > Mental health
- Sierra Leone
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Part 1. Background -- A typical encounter in freetown -- Psychological responses to warfare -- The people of Sierra Leone -- Eleven years of civil war and eleven years of recovery -- Part 2. Survivors? stories -- Child soldiers? stories: killing was the order of the day -- Amputees? stories: reconstructing life as a one-foot person -- Mental health service providers? stories: heredity, environment, or demons? -- Stories from within mental health settings: social context as a frame and a chain -- Refugees? stories: walking for your life -- Part 3. Implications -- Post-traumatic stress, growth, and resilience -- Mental health service provision -- Perpetration of violence -- Forgiveness and reconciliation -- Culture, society and ways of understanding -- Lessons learnt.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-1394
- ISBN
- 9781138799691
- 1138799696
- LCCN
- 2015020092
- OCLC
- 912378888
- Author
- Winter, David A., 1950-
- Title
- Trauma, survival and resilience in war zones : the psychological impact of war in Sierra Leone and beyond / David A. Winter, Rachel Brown, Stephanie Goins and Clare Mason.
- Publisher
- London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2016.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Explorations in mental health seriesExplorations in mental health series.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Note
- AUTH: UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE.
- Added Author
- Brown, Rachel (Psychologist)Goins, Stephanie.Mason, Clare.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-1394