Mental Health in the Shadow of the Holocaust: Psychological Interventions in Jewish Displaced Persons Camps

IF 0.7 2区 历史学 Q1 HISTORY
Daniel Kupfert Heller
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This study interrogates the historical methodology that underpins research undertaken by historians writing about mental health in the postwar world. I question their near-exclusive reliance on medical elites’ studies, correspondence and reports, and call instead for a closer analysis of the experiences of front-line workers, including social workers and nurses, to better understand the social, political, cultural, economic and gender dynamics that shape the diagnosis and treatment of civilian wartime trauma. Drawing upon the case reports and correspondence of a psychiatric social worker who counselled Holocaust survivors in a Displaced Persons camp in the American Zone of Allied-occupied Germany, I use this article as an opportunity to rethink how we write about the history of trauma and mental health.
大屠杀阴影下的心理健康:犹太人流离失所者营地的心理干预
本研究对历史学家在撰写战后世界心理健康问题时所采用的历史研究方法提出了质疑。我质疑他们几乎完全依赖医疗精英的研究、通信和报告,并呼吁对一线工作者(包括社会工作者和护士)的经历进行更深入的分析,以更好地理解形成战时平民创伤诊断和治疗的社会、政治、文化、经济和性别动态。在盟军占领德国的美国区,一位精神科社会工作者曾为流离失所者营地中的大屠杀幸存者提供咨询,我借鉴了他的案例报告和通信,并以本文为契机,重新思考我们如何书写创伤和心理健康的历史。
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