Psychological responses to war and atrocity: The limitations of current concepts

Bracken, Patrick J.; Giller, Joan E.; Summerfield, Derek

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(94)00181-r

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Psychological responses to war and atrocity: The limitations of current concepts

Bracken, Patrick J., Giller, Joan E., Summerfield, Derek·1995·Social Science & Medicine

DOI 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00181-r

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Because of the prevalence of wars, political violence and other forms of man-made disaster in Third World countries many individuals and communities suffer prolonged and often multiple traumas. In Western psychiatry certain conceptions of the response to violence and trauma have been developed, including the widely used category of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We argue that because concepts such as PTSD implicitly endorse a Western ontology and value system, their use in non-Western groups should be, atmost, tentative.

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Authors: Bracken, P. J., Giller, J. E., & Summerfield, D.
ORCID: Bracken, Patrick J.
Summerfield, Derek
Venue: Social Science & Medicine
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 1995-04
Volume: 40
Issue: 8
Pages: 1073-1082
ISSN: 0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(94)00181-r
OpenAlex: W2055974435
Cited by: 571
References: 70
Citations by year: 2026: 6 · 2025: 8 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 13 · 2021: 11 · 2020: 37 · 2019: 13 · 2018: 25 · 2017: 18 · 2016: 22 · 2015: 26 · 2014: 30 · 2013: 36 · 2012: 21
FWCI: 9.00
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
Social Sciences › Cultural Studies › Cultural, Psychoanalytic, and Sociopolitical Reflections
Keywords: post-traumatic stress disorder, war trauma, atrocities, Western ontology, non-Western populations, political violence, developing countries
MeSH terms: Adaptation, Psychological, Adult, Bereavement, Combat Disorders, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Developing Countries, Female, Humans, Male, Patient Care Team, Psychotherapy, Social Support, Social Values, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Survival, Uganda, Violence, Warfare

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