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| Title Page |
| I. OVERVIEW |
| 1.1. The study of war and mental
health issues in psychology and psychiatry |
| 1.2. Development of
psychosocial assistance as part of the humanitarian aid
regime |
| 1.3. Definitions: what is psychosocial
work? |
| II. THE TRAUMA DEBATE |
| 2.1. The concept of PTSD |
| 2.2. Other
aspects of the concept of trauma |
| 2.3. Criticism of
the trauma concept |
| 2.4. Victims or survivors: the resilience/vulnerability debate |
| III. CULTURAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL
STUDIES |
| 3.1. Culture: definition |
| 3.2. Culture and distress |
| - Etic and emic perspectives |
| - Explanatory models |
| - Somatization and idioms of distress |
| 3.3. Local resources and strategies |
| 3.4. Criticism of the cultural approach |
| IV. WOMEN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT |
| 4.1. Gender relations |
| 4.2. Experiences of women in situations of armed conflict |
| 4.3. Psychosocial issues |
| V. CHILDREN IN SITUATIONS OF ARMED CONFLICT |
| 5.1. Experiences of children in armed conflict |
| 5.2. Childhood, development, and trauma |
| 5.3. Child development and child rights |
| 5.4. Some key issues in the provision of psychosocial assistance |
| - Focus on children and focus on families |
| - Separation |
| - Establishing a sense of normalcy and predictability |
| - Education |
| - Importance of play |
| - Adolescents |
| - Especially vulnerable groups of children? |
| 5.5. Approaches to intervention |
| - Clinical approaches |
| - Preventative approaches |
| - Community-based approaches |
| - Local cultural approaches |
| VI. INTERVENTIONS |
| 6.1. Different understandings of the 'psychosocial needs' of a population |
| 6.2. Different understandings of 'culturally sensitive' or 'culturally relevant' |
| 6.3. Different understandings of 'community-based' |
| 6.4. Tensions between the local population and outside experts |
| 6.5. Some example of types of programmatic activities |
| - Primary mental health care approach |
| - Counselling approach |
| - Psychoeducation |
| 6.6. Monitoring and evaluation |
| VII. RESEARCH METHODS |
| 7.1. Ethical issues |
| VIII. RESOURCES |
| 8.1. Manuals, training books, resource packs |
| 8.2. Other electronic resources |
| 8.3. Bibliography |
Index of Research Guides |