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Is promoting war trauma such a good idea?
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A well‐known medical journal, The Lancet , recently published an important systematic review and meta‐analysis of mental disorder estimates in conflict settings, advocating for the scaling up of mental health interventions in such contexts. However, there is an assumption that the introduction of such treatments has no significant impact, except from a therapeutic one, in the settings they have been imported to. The authors' research in post‐conflict northern Uganda analyzed the social impact of mental health interventions addressing post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and showed that promoting trauma has had considerable socio‐economic ramifications on the wider society. The introduction of trauma narratives has created a market where some are able to thrive, but many deeply troubled individuals remain invisible. The authors found no social benefits from promoting trauma, and few positive effects for individuals. Arguments for urgently upscaling mental health interventions of the kinds highlighted by the review in The Lancet , and which the authors have observed on the ground, should be treated with caution.
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Because there is no firm agreement on what mental health and mental disorder mean within Euro-American contexts, epidemiological figures on which global mental health relies cannot communicate the scale of mental illness worldwide; their utility lies largely in raising global mental health's profile.
“As there is no firm agreement on what concepts like mental health and mental disorder may mean within Euro-American contexts, the epidemiological figures on which global mental health relies can hardly be said to communicate anything about the scale of mental illness worldwide; rather, the utility of these studies resides largely in raising the profile of global mental health”
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Torre, C. (2023) · London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) · doi:10.21953/lse.00004557
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- Authors
- TORRE, C., MYLAN, S., PARKER, M., & ALLEN, T.
- Affiliations
- London School of Economics and Political Science (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Corresponding author
- TORRE, COSTANZA
- Venue
- Anthropology Today
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2019-12
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 3-6
- ISSN
- 0268-540X (ISSN-L)
- 1467-8322
- OpenAlex
- W2985759977
- Cited by
- 14
- References
- 1
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 2.39
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Anthropology Today (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
- London School of Economics and Political Science Theses Online (London School of Economics and Political Science) (submittedVersion)
- SOAS Research Online (SOAS University of London) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Arts and Humanities Research Council
- Economic and Social Research Council (ES/P008038/1, 1953959, ES/P004911/1, ES/P010873/1)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Conflict Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Keywords
- war trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, mental health interventions, conflict settings, trauma narratives, stigma, socio-economic impacts
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