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Psychological responses to war and atrocity: The limitations of current concepts
Abstract
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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Metadata
- Authors
- Bracken, P. J., Giller, J. E., & Summerfield, D.
- Venue
- Social Science & Medicine
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1995-04
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 1073-1082
- ISSN
- 0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2055974435
- Cited by
- 571
- References
- 70
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 9.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- 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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