Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War. Sharon Alane Abramowitz

      

      Searching for Normal

      in the Wake of the Liberian War

      PENNSYLVANIA STUDIES IN HUMAN RIGHTS

      Bert B. Lockwood, Jr., Series Editor

       SEARCHING FOR NORMAL IN THE WAKE OF THE LIBERIAN WAR

      Sharon Alane Abramowitz

      UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA PRESS

      PHILADELPHIA

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       Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

      Abramowitz, Sharon Alane.

      Searching for normal in the wake of the Liberian war / Sharon Alane Abramowitz. — 1st ed.

      p. cm. — (Pennsylvania studies in human rights)

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

      ISBN 978-0-8122-4626-1 (hardcover : alk. paper)

      1. Social psychology—Liberia. 2. Postwar reconstruction—Liberia. 3. Mental health—Liberia—International relations. 4. Psychic trauma—Liberia. 5. Women—Violence against—Liberia. 6. Liberia—Social conditions—1980– 7. Liberia—History—Civil War, 1989–1996—Psychological aspects. 8. Liberia—History—Civil War, 1999–2003—Psychological aspects. I. Title. II. Series: Pennsylvania studies in human rights.

      HM1027.L7A27 2014

      306.09666209′04—dc23

      2014004863

       For Judy and Jacob Abramowitz,Gertrude and Jerome Eisenbruck,and Myron Wolk

      Contents

       List of Abbreviations

       1. Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War

       2. Clusters, Coordination, and Health Sector Transitions

       3. Trauma and the New Normal

       4. Individual Interventions

       5. The GBV Proxy

       6. Ex-Combatant Rehabilitation

       7. Redemption Time

       8. The Healers

       Notes

       Bibliography

       Index

       Acknowledgments

      Abbreviations

AFELL	Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia
AFL	Armed Forces of Liberia
CVT	Center for Victims of Torture
DDRR	Disarmament, Demobilization, Rehabilitation, Reintegration
DSM	Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
ECOMOG	Economic Community Monitoring Group
ECOWAS	Economic Community of West African States
GBV	gender-based violence
IASC	Inter-Agency Standing Committee
ICD	International Classification of Disorders
ICG	International Crisis Group
ICRC	International Committee of the Red Cross
IDP	internally displaced person
IRC	International Rescue Committee
JIU	Joint Implementation Unit
LCIP	Liberia Community Infrastructure Program
LNP	Liberia National Police
LURD	Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy
LWF/WS	Lutheran World Federation/World Service
MDM	Médecins du Monde
MHPCC	[Liberian] Mental Health and Psychosocial Coordination Committee
MHPSS	Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
MOHSW	[Liberian] Ministry of Health and Social Welfare
MSF	Médecins Sans Frontières
NASW	National Association of Social Workers of Liberia
NCDDRR	National Commission on DDRR
NEPI	National Ex-Combatant Peacebuilding Initiative
NPFL	National Patriotic Front of Liberia
NTGL	National Transitional Government of Liberia
PSA	psychosocial agent
PTSD	posttraumatic stress disorder
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