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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819383903321

Titolo

Trauma and recovery on war's border : a guide for global health workers / / Kathleen Allden and Nancy Murakami, editors ; foreword by Dr. Cynthia Maung

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hanover, New Hampshire : , : Dartmouth College Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61168-696-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Collana

Geisel Series in Global Health and Medicine

Disciplina

362.19689

Soggetti

Mental health services

Social psychiatry

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Global mental health in war-affected communities / Kathleen Allden -- Burmese sanctuary-seekers and migrants in Thailand : policies, experiences, and prospects / Christina Fink -- Assessments and interventions : strengths-based approaches in contexts of displacement / Nancy Murakami and Thandar Shwe -- Community-based mental health and psychosocial assistance / Whitney Haruf, Jessica Bowes, Naw Dah Pachara Sura, and Kathleen Allden -- Discovering culturally appropriate psychosocial care for children and young people / Derina Johnson, Liberty Thawda, Sid Mone Thwe, and Hay Mar San -- Gender-based violence : realities, challenges, and solutions from a refugee camp context / Abigail Erikson, Kristin Kim Bart, and Moe Moe Aung -- Substance use, conflict, and displacement / Lucinda Lai, Naw Dah Pachara Sura, and Kenneth Curry -- Vulnerable populations : chronically ill individuals, people living with HIV, women with reproductive health concerns, land mine victims, and former political prisoners / Meredith Walsh, Aung Khaing Min, Saw Than Lwin, and Saw Ku Thay -- Vicarious traumatization and resilience of health workers / Andrew George Lim and Eh Kalu Shwe Oo -- Parallel process as a learning tool in clinical supervision within a traumatized community : case examples from the Burma border / Sarah Gundle -- Program evaluation and research / Catherine Lee, Courtland Robinson,



Kyaw Soe Win, and Paul Bolton -- The other side of political trauma : protest, empowerment, and transformation / Khin Ohmar and Mary O'Kane.

Sommario/riassunto

A guide for mental health workers in regions traumatized by war, human rights violations, and poverty across the globe