Post-War Trauma The Impact of Prolonged Exposure to War, Displacement, & Instability on the Mental Health of Refugee Children, Youth, and Families Kindle Edition

Post-War Trauma blends memoir, scholarship, and practice to explore how prolonged exposure to war, displacement, and instability shapes the mental health of refugee children, youth, and families. Drawing from my journey as a child victor of Liberia’s civil war, my years as a refugee in Ghana, and my family’s resettlement in Canada, the book integrates lived experience with academic frameworks; the BioPsychoSocial model, ACEs research, ecological systems theory, and trauma neuroscience.The manuscript traces trauma’s effects on development, mental health, family dynamics, and integration. It critiques systemic failures in healthcare, education, and justice, while uplifting pathways of resilience: community rituals, restorative justice, collective healing, and trauma-informed policy. Each chapter blends personal narrative, case vignettes, theory, and professional applications, making it equally accessible to scholars, professionals, mothers, immigrants, youth, leaders, and general readers.At its heart, Post-War Trauma insists that healing is not only individual but communal, systemic, and global. From storytelling circles in Edmonton to cultural rituals in Sierra Leone, from refugee policies in Canada to UN humanitarian frameworks, the book envisions a global model of trauma healing rooted in justice, equity, and resilience.The conclusion, From Trauma to Transformation, is both personal and universal: scars become wisdom, survival becomes advocacy, and trauma becomes the soil of resilience. Read more