Trauma and Resilience among Displaced Populations : A Sociocultural Exploration.

Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- Mental Health of Refugee Populations -- The Problem with PTSD -- Calls for a More Contextualised Understanding of Trauma -- Adapting Clinical Practice -- Addressing the Gap in the Literature-Implications for Research -- The Context of the Research -- Why Read This Book -- Theoretical Framework -- Conceptualising Experiences of Trauma and Migration from a Collective, Sociocultural Perspective -- Applications for Professionals -- Conclusion -- References -- 2 Trauma and Migration -- Pre-migration -- Torture -- Migration -- Requesting Asylum -- Prolonged Detention -- Court Proceedings -- Being Denied Asylum -- Post-migration -- Reception in the Host Country -- Multiple Losses and Social Isolation -- Continual Exposure to Trauma -- Unemployment -- Race-Related Trauma -- Language Proficiency -- Gender -- Daily Stressors -- Considering the Interrelation of Factors -- Case Study One: Trauma Among Displaced Victims of Torture in Athens, Greece -- Case Presentation -- First Feedback Loop: Breakdown of Interpersonal Relations -- Second Feedback Loop: Delayed Asylum Procedure -- Third Feedback Loop: Living Conditions -- Fourth Feedback Loop: Hospitalisation and Interpersonal Encounters in Medical Consultations -- Case Study Two: Self-immolation Among an Asylum Seeker in Switzerland -- The Self-immolation of Armin -- Analysis -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 3 Prevalence of PTSD Among Displaced Populations-Three Case Studies -- Case Study One: Durban, South Africa -- Method -- Results -- Case Study Two: Yezidis in Iraq -- Method -- Results: Topline Findings -- WHO-5 -- Harvard Trauma Questionnaire -- Case Study Three: Marawi, Philippines -- Method -- Results -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Beyond PTSD -- Models of Trauma: Conflicting Theoretical Traditions -- What Is "Trauma"? -- Conflicting Concepts of Trauma.

The Problem of Pathologization -- Criticism of the Use of PTSD as a Diagnosis Among Refugee Communities -- The Instrumentalisation of the Diagnosis Among Asylum Seekers -- Conclusion -- Case Study -- Representations of Trauma Among Refugee Victims of Torture in Athens -- Representations of Trauma Among Medical Professionals Across Europe -- References -- 5 Culturally Informed Manifestations of Trauma -- Defining Culture from a Sociocultural Perspective -- Culturally-Informed Narratives of Trauma: Perspectives of Diverse Theoretical Traditions -- The Impact of Trauma -- The Interplay of Factors -- Culturally-Informed Responses to Trauma: Attributing Meaning to the Experience -- Pathways to Healing -- Case Study 1: Mass Fainting Spells Among the Murle Tribe of South Sudan -- Introduction to the Context -- A Case of "Mass Hysteria"? -- Reflections -- Case Study 2: Psychotherapy with a Guinean Refugee Victim of Torture in Athens -- Conclusion: Introducing a Collective, Sociocultural Approach to Understanding Trauma and Recovery -- References -- 6 Collective Trauma, Collective Healing -- Loss of "Home" as Container -- Collective Responses to Trauma -- Collective, Culturally-Based Interventions -- Case Study One: The Displaced Yezidi Community of Northern Iraq -- The Impact of Events -- Manifestations of Trauma -- Collective Trauma -- Culturally Informed Idioms of Distress -- Perceptions of Mental Health Services -- Case Study Two: Displaced Populations Affected by ISIS in Marawi, Philippines -- Origins and Layers of Trauma -- Intergenerational Transmission -- Effect on Adults and Children -- Self-awareness of Trauma -- Thematic Analysis of Qualitative Data -- Subjective Experiences of the Marawi Siege -- Individual Trauma Narratives-Specific Focus -- Psychological Avoidance -- Multiple Levels of Loss -- Community Response -- Impact on Children.

Religious Values and Beliefs -- Uncertainty About the Future -- Post-Traumatic Growth and Resilience -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Collective Resilience and Imagination -- Collective Resilience Among Displaced Populations -- Imagination, Trauma and Migration -- Imagination from a Sociocultural Perspective -- Case Study: Resilience and Imagination Among Victims of Torture in Athens, Greece -- The Case of Jules -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 Collective Aspirations -- Case Study: Collective Aspirations of Refugees in Europe -- Analysis -- The Case of Mr B -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 Working with Shame and Trauma -- Migration and Post-traumatic Shame -- Cultural Manifestations of Shame and Implications for Clinicians -- Case Study One: Research Among Displaced Victims of Torture in Athens, Greece -- Applied Approach to Dealing with Shame: The Case of Sylvain -- The Shame of Dependence -- Implications for Transformation -- The Shame of Social Discrimination -- Implications for Transformation -- The Shame of Being Unemployed -- Implications for Transformation -- Case Study Two: Female Survivors of Sexual Violence in Cape Town, South Africa -- Analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Working with Cultural Mediators -- Case Study: Cultural Mediation Among Victims of Torture in Athens -- Cultural Mediators as Negotiating Different Interpretations of Trauma -- Translation: Accuracy Versus Interpretation -- A Game of Alliances Between Refugees and Health Professionals -- Working with Health Professionals Perceived as "Culturally Inexperienced" -- Conclusion -- References -- 11 Working with PTSD in the Asylum Procedure -- PTSD Among Refugee Populations -- The Importance of Correctly Identifying Trauma in the Refugee Determination Process -- PTSD and the Question of Legal Causality.

The Refugee Determination Procedure as a System of Activity -- Case Study -- Asylum Seeker Perspectives -- Discrepancies in Narratives of Trauma -- Asymmetries in Trauma Narratives, Asymmetries of Power: The Case of Dilraj -- Adapting the Trauma Narrative: The Case of Jules -- Health Professionals' Perspectives -- Conflicting Narratives Across the Activity System -- Discussion: An Overview of the Various Critiques of PTSD Within the Asylum Process -- Deconstructing the "Traumatized Refugee" Narrative -- Implications for Health Professionals Working with Asylum Seekers -- Conclusion -- References -- 12 Conclusion -- Towards a Sociocultural Definition of Trauma -- Implications for Mental Health Clinicians -- The Role of Narrative Activity -- The Collective Cultural Frame -- Temporality -- The Permeable Self -- Universality of Experience -- Implications for Mental Health and Psychosocial (MHPSS) Interventions in Humanitarian Settings -- A Community-Based Response -- A Culturally Relevant Response -- A Longitudinal, Contextually Situated Response -- A Depathologizing Response -- A Resiliency-Based, Forward-Looking Response -- References -- Correction to: Trauma and Resilience Among Displaced Populations -- Correction to: G. Theisen-Womersley, Trauma and Resilience Among Displaced Populations, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67712-1.

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