Mental Health Following Armed Conflict

David MacGarty; Rachel M Brand

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-4423-6_24

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Mental Health Following Armed Conflict

David MacGarty and Rachel M Brand

Disaster Medicine: A Case Based Approach, pp.351-363

Springer London

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4423-6_24

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Abstract

Mental Health

Rehabilitation Center

Psychological Trauma

Mental Health Intervention

Armed Conflict

You take a break from psychiatry training to spend some time working in a children’s rehabilitation center in an East African country. The region is a conflict zone which has become notorious for child abduction, and many of the children in the center have experienced psychological trauma. You consider the likely mental health consequences of widespread psychological trauma in a population. You find that local management of these children differs significantly from that in the UK. You begin to understand differences in the cultural concept of mental health between East Africa and the UK. It is clear that Western approaches must be adapted if they are to be useful in treating mental health in such regions.

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Title: Mental Health Following Armed Conflict
Authors: David MacGarty (Author) - St Peter's Hospital
Rachel M Brand (Author) - South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Contributors: David MacGarty (Editor) - Royal Surrey County Hospital
David Nott (Editor) - Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Publication details: Disaster Medicine: A Case Based Approach, pp.351-363
Publisher: Springer London
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4423-6_24; 10.1007/978-1-4471-4423-6
ISBN: 9781447144236
Organisation Unit: School of Health - Psychology; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Thompson Institute; School of Health and Behavioural Sciences - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99533706202621
Output Type: Book chapter

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