Title Trauma, Survival and Resilience in War Zones : the psychological impact of war in Sierra Leone and beyond

Published Florence : Taylor and Francis, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages) Series Explorations in Mental Health Explorations in mental health series. Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; PART 1 Background; 1 A typical encounter in Freetown; 2 Psychological responses to warfare; 3 The people of Sierra Leone; 4 Eleven years of civil war and eleven years of recovery; PART 2 Survivors' stories; 5 Child soldiers' stories: killing was the order of the day; 6 Amputees' stories: reconstructing life as a one-foot person; 7 Mental health service users' and providers' stories: heredity, environment or demons?; 8 Stories from within mental health settings: social context as a frame and a chain; 9 Refugees' stories: walking for your life PART 3 Implications10 Post-traumatic stress, growth and resilience; 11 Mental health service provision; 12 Perpetration of violence; 13 Forgiveness and reconciliation; 14 Culture, society and ways of understanding; 15 Lessons learnt; Appendix; Index Notes Print version record 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 Post-traumatic stress disorder. 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 Form Electronic book Author Brown, Rachel Goins, Stephanie ISBN 9781315755922 1315755920

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