Prosper Achille SILEMEHOU

Psychological trauma and culture

A look at demonstrations in southern Benin and an attempt at theorization

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

An exploration of psychotraumatic experiences in southern Benin reveals certain particularities in the way psychic suffering is expressed. Most traumatized women's discourses are strongly imbued with persecutory interpretations and religious or mystical themes. Representations of the traumatic event influence the frequency of symptoms such as guilt, suicidal ideation and nightmare content. These representations determine the victims' therapeutic itinerary. In addition, beyond personal resources, social support as manifested in the local context, conjuration rituals, expiatory ceremonies, amulets, collective rituals to appease the spirits of the deceased and traditional therapeutic practices help to alleviate victims' psychological distress and strengthen their resilience. This research, which has led to an attempt at a cultural theorization of psychological trauma, presents practitioners with the challenge of developing a diagnostic tool and therapeutic approach that draw on local cultural realities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Our Knowledge Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 512g
• ISBN-13: 9786207775682
• ISBN-10: 6207775686
• Artikelnr.: 71246618

Autorenporträt

Ahill R. Srawanthi Reddy, rodiwshijsq w Benine w 1985 godu, imeet doktorskuü stepen' po klinicheskoj psihologii. Specialist po psihotrawme i awtor neskol'kih nauchnyh statej, on poswqtil swoü praktiku okazaniü pomoschi zhertwam gendernogo nasiliq, chto priwelo ego w mir gumanitarnoj pomoschi w Zapadnoj Afrike.