Peacework and mental health: from individual pathology to community responsibility

- Vus, Viktor (orcid.org/0000-0002-1042-5323), Flaherty, Maureen, Hayduk, Nina, Klos, Lilia and Sikorski, Elen (2019) Peacework and mental health: from individual pathology to community responsibility Intervention Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas, 1 (17). pp. 1-9. ISSN 1872-1001 (In Press)

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Abstract

Using Canada and Ukraine as examples, this article asserts the importance of moving beyond addressing posttraumatic stress disorder as the major mental health focus in peacebuilding, to a more global whole health strategy as a way of building resilience in communities, preparing them better to deal with conficts of different kinds, and generally providing habitus for people of all health and abilities to thrive. Authors who are academics, mental health service users and service providers examine current barriers to and movements toward mental health and wellness in their countries. Using a needs-based approach, authors assert the importance of using the social determinants of health, understanding engaged community membership requires good, supportive mental health. The social determinants of health provide the basis to move from a reactive medical model of health which seems prevelant globally to focus on proactive community, considering what it means to be a community member, including the importance of individual empowerment not only for their own community engagement but also for the actualization and development of their communities and the wider world.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	community engagement, global mental health, peacebuilding
Subjects:	Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 1 Philosophy. Psychology Science and knowledge. Organization. Computer science. Information. Documentation. Librarianship. Institutions. Publications > 3 Social Sciences > 304 Social questions. Social practice. Cultural practice. Way of life (Lebensweise)
Divisions:	The Institute of Social and Political Psychology > Department of Psychology of Small Groups and Intergroup Relations
Depositing User:	науковий с Віктор Ілларіонович Вус
Date Deposited:	25 Nov 2019 11:02
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2019 11:02
URI:	https://lib.iitta.gov.ua/id/eprint/717860

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