Psychological trauma and culture

Prosper Achille SILEMEHOU (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

332 Seiten

2024
Our Knowledge Publishing (Verlag)
978-620-7-77568-2 (ISBN)

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An exploration of psychotraumatic experiences in southern Benin reveals certain particularities in the way psychic suffering is expressed. Most traumatized women's discourses are strongly imbued with persecutory interpretations and religious or mystical themes. Representations of the traumatic event influence the frequency of symptoms such as guilt, suicidal ideation and nightmare content. These representations determine the victims' therapeutic itinerary. In addition, beyond personal resources, social support as manifested in the local context, conjuration rituals, expiatory ceremonies, amulets, collective rituals to appease the spirits of the deceased and traditional therapeutic practices help to alleviate victims' psychological distress and strengthen their resilience. This research, which has led to an attempt at a cultural theorization of psychological trauma, presents practitioners with the challenge of developing a diagnostic tool and therapeutic approach that draw on local cultural realities.

Achille Prosper SILEMEHOU, born 1985 in Benin, holds a doctorate in clinical psychology. Specialized in psychotrauma and author of several scientific articles, he has devoted his practice to the care of victims of gender-based violence, a task that has propelled him into the humanitarian world in West Africa.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.07.2024
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	485 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Traumatherapie
Schlagworte	Culture • psychotraumatic syndrome • Resilience • South Benin • Traffic Accidents
ISBN-10	620-7-77568-6 / 6207775686
ISBN-13	978-620-7-77568-2 / 9786207775682
Zustand	Neuware