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Childhood, War, Refugeedom and ‘Trauma’: Three Core Questions for Mental Health Professionals

Derek Summerfield

St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London

The rise of the discourse of ‘trauma’ as a major articulator of suffering within Western culture is a facet of the medicalization of life that has gathered pace in the last century. In recent years, Western mental health professionals have been increasingly involved in services addressing the plight of war-affected populations – largely non-Western – in war zones or as refugees. Querying the extent to which their experiences can be reduced to a matter of mental health, this article addresses child refugees from war via three questions that go to the heart of the debate about how they are to be understood, the implications for their future maturation as individuals and citizens, and the role of psychological therapies aimed at catharsis of ‘traumatic’ memory.

Key Words: childhood • medicalization • mental health • refugee • social world • trauma • war

Transcultural Psychiatry, Vol. 37, No. 3, 417-433 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/136346150003700308
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