Sharon Alane Abramowitz

Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780812246261
• ISBN-10: 0812246268
• Artikelnr.: 40303873

Autorenporträt

Sharon Alane Abramowitz teaches anthropology and African studies at the University of Florida.

Inhaltsangabe

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