 | Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War Subjects: Social psychology -- Liberia; Postwar reconstruction -- Liberia; Mental health -- Liberia -- International relations; Psychic trauma -- Liberia; Women -- Violence against -- Liberia; Liberia -- Social conditions -- 1980–; Liberia -- History -- Civil War ; Sharon Alane Abramowitz examine how humanitarian healthcare dealt with mental health and psychiatry during Liberia's turbulent postwar transition, looking closely at the ways mental health and psychosocial interventions worked to manage trauma and produce postwar peace. Sharon Alane Abramowitz teaches anthropology and African studies at the University of Florida. |
