Psychosocial Impact of Man-made and Natural
Disasters on Sri Lankan Society
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Faculty of Medicine, University of
Jaffna and a Consultant Psychiatrist
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February 2014
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520 pages
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SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
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· About
· Contents
Scarred Communities is a qualitative, psycho-ecological study of the long-term effects
of disasters—both manmade and natural—on Sri Lankan communities. The book
studies the effects of war and the 2004 tsunami on families and communities.
The concept of collective trauma is introduced to provide a framework in
understanding how basic social processes, relationships and networks change due
to these disasters.
The methodology employed is a naturalistic, psychosocial
ethnography of northern Sri Lanka, drawing from the author’s participation in
psychosocial and community mental health programmes among the Tamil community.
Participatory observation, key informant interviews and focus-group discussions
with rehabilitation workers and officials were used to gather data.
The author also analyses the various causes of modern civil war,
ethnic consciousness, terror and counter-insurgency operations and their
consequences on people. Though the study revolves around Sri Lanka, the
phenomenon of collective trauma has an international relevance for communities
across the globe caught in civil and ethnic strife.
This book is a sequel to Scarred Minds (SAGE, 1998), which deals
with the effects of chronic civil war on individuals.
