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Title
Trauma and resilience among displaced populations : a sociocultural exploration / Gail Theisen-Womersley.
ISBN
9783030677121 (electronic bk.)
3030677125 (electronic bk.)
3030677117
9783030677114
Publication Details
Cham : Springer, 2021.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-67712-1 doi
Call Number
JV6346
Dewey Decimal Classification
305.9/06914
Summary
This open access book provides an enriched understanding of historical, collective, cultural, and identity-related trauma, emphasising the social and political location of human subjects. It therefore presents a socio-ecological perspective on trauma, rather than viewing displaced individuals as traumatised assive victims. The vastness of the phenomenon of trauma among displaced populations has led it to become a critical and timely area of inquiry, and this book is an important addition to the literature. It gives an overview of theoretical frameworks related to trauma and migration xploring factors of risk and resilience, prevalence rates of PTSD, and conceptualisations of trauma beyond psychiatric diagnoses; conceptualises experiences of trauma from a sociocultural perspective (including collective trauma, collective aspirations, and collective resilience); and provides applications for professionals working with displaced populations in complex institutional, legal, and humanitarian settings. It includes case studies based on the author own 10-year experience working in emergency contexts with displaced populations in 11 countries across the world. This book presents unique data collected by the author herself, including interviews with survivors of ISIS attacks, with an asylum seeker in Switzerland who set himself alight in protest against asylum procedures, and women from the Murle tribe affected by the conflict in South Sudan who experienced an episode of mass fainting spells. This is an important resource for academics and professionals working in the field of trauma studies and with traumatised groups and individuals.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Chapter 1. Introduction
Part 1: Theoretical Framework
Chapter 2. Trauma and Migration
Chapter 3. Prevalence of PTSD Among Displaced Populations
Chapter 4. Beyond PTSD
Chapter 5. Culturally Informed Manifestations of Trauma
Part 2: Conceptualising Experiences of Trauma and Migration from a Collective, Sociocultural Perspective
Chapter 6. Collective Trauma
Chapter 7. Collective Aspirations
Chapter 8. Collective Resilience
Part 3: Applications for Professionals
Chapter 9. Working With Trauma in Humanitarian Contexts
Chapter 10. Working with Shame and Trauma
Chapter 11. Cultural Mediators
Chapter 12. Ptsd in the Asylum Procedure
Part 4: Conclusion
Chapter 13. Reflections on Working with Trauma in Humanitarian Contexts.
