Firoz Lalji Centre for Africa, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
Med Anthropol. 2021 Feb-Mar;40(2):196-207. doi: 10.1080/01459740.2020.1802722. Epub 2020 Oct 23.
A great number of foreign NGOs have established programs in northern Uganda to treat mental ill health following the armed conflict. In this article, I explore how NGOs train local Acholi counselors to work with psychiatric notions of trauma and practice counseling with local clients. The training of counselors and the practice of psychotherapeutic counseling cultivates specific notions of what trauma is and how the mind works. I show how psychiatric concepts are introduced and practiced in new settings and reshaped by local concerns, while I contribute theoretically by framing these within an attentional learning approach.
大量的外国非政府组织在乌干达北部开展项目，以治疗武装冲突后的精神健康问题。本文探讨了非政府组织如何培训当地的阿乔利顾问，让他们运用创伤的精神科概念进行工作，并与当地客户进行咨询。顾问的培训和心理治疗咨询的实践培养了对创伤是什么以及思维如何运作的特定概念。我展示了精神科概念如何在新环境中被引入和实践，并被当地关注所重塑，同时我通过将这些概念框架在注意力学习方法中，从理论上做出了贡献。
