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Outside the Asylum - A Memoir of War, Disaster and Humanitarian Psychiatry (Paperback)
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Outside the Asylum - A Memoir of War, Disaster and Humanitarian Psychiatry (Paperback)
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Outside the Asylum is Lynne Jones's personal exploration of the
evolution of humanitarian psychiatry and the changing world of
international relief. Her memoir graphically describes her
experiences as a practising psychiatrist in war zones and disasters
around the world, from the Balkans and 'mission-accomplished' Iraq,
to tsunami-affected Indonesia, post-earthquake Haiti and 'the
Jungle' in Calais. The book poses and attempts to address awkward
questions. What happens if the psychiatric hospital in which you
have lived for ten years is bombed and all the staff run away? What
is it like to see all your family killed in front of you when you
are 12 years old? Is it true that almost everyone caught up in a
disaster is likely to suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder?
What can mental health professionals do to help? How does one stay
neutral and impartial in the face of genocide? Why would a doctor
support military intervention? From her training in one of
Britain's last asylums, to treating traumatised soldiers in Gorazde
after the Bosnian war, and learning from traditional healers in
Sierra Leone, Lynne has worked with extraordinary people in
extraordinary situations. But this book is not only about
psychiatry. It also shines a light on humanitarian aid and all its
glories and problems. She shows how ill-thought-out interventions
do more harm than good and that mental well-being is deeply
connected to human rights and the social and political worlds in
which people live. It also reveals the courage and resilience of
people who have to survive and endure some of the most frightening
situations in the world.
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