Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War

Sharon Alane Abramowitz

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2014

Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War

Sharon Alane Abramowitz

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812209938

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

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

Reviews

"A significant contribution to the literature on postwar West Africa as well as to the growing literature on mental health in medical anthropology."—Danny Hoffman, University of Washington

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. Clusters, Coordination, and Health Sector Transitions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
3. Trauma and the New Normal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
4. Individual Interventions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	91
5. The GBV Proxy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	118
6. Ex-Combatant Rehabilitation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	158
7. Redemption Time Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	183
8. The Healers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 280
Illustrations
- Other: 8 illus.
Keywords: Anthropology; African-American Studies; African Studies; Human Rights; Law; Anthropology; Folklore; Linguistics

eBook

Published: July 3, 2014
ISBN: 9780812209938