Lars Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lars Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lars |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Danish Institute for International Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Moral injury, PTSD and narrative identity among Danish military veterans
In recent years, the concept of moral injury has been embraced in debates on military trauma and commonly refers to the psychological impact of having one's moral expectations and beliefs violated. While many studies on moral injury point to the damage to personal identity as central to morally injurious experiences, a more fully developed concept of identity and specification of how precisely morally injurious experiences can damage individual i…
Building an Ecology of Resilience through Religious Practice and Community in Northern Uganda
Based on ethnographic fieldwork from 2015 to 2019, this paper explores resilience among evangelical Christians in rural northern Uganda after years of violent conflict. The paper argues that three aspects of evangelical life train and build resilience for congregation members: (1) individual and collective prayer; (2) social inclusion and resource sharing; (3) narrative practices of reframing the past and present. When these are continuously prac…
Training Theories of Mind in Post-conflict Northern Uganda
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 psychia…
Building an Ecology of Resilience through Religious Practice and Community in Northern Uganda
Based on ethnographic fieldwork from 2015 to 2019, this paper explores resilience among evangelical Christians in rural northern Uganda after years of violent conflict. The paper argues that three aspects of evangelical life train and build resilience for congregation members: (1) individual and collective prayer; (2) social inclusion and resource sharing; (3) narrative practices of reframing the past and present. When these are continuously prac…
Training Theories of Mind in Post-conflict Northern Uganda
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 psychia…
Training Theories of Mind in Post-conflict Northern Uganda
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 psychia…
Building an Ecology of Resilience through Religious Practice and Community in Northern Uganda
Based on ethnographic fieldwork from 2015 to 2019, this paper explores resilience among evangelical Christians in rural northern Uganda after years of violent conflict. The paper argues that three aspects of evangelical life train and build resilience for congregation members: (1) individual and collective prayer; (2) social inclusion and resource sharing; (3) narrative practices of reframing the past and present. When these are continuously prac…
Moral injury, PTSD and narrative identity among Danish military veterans
In recent years, the concept of moral injury has been embraced in debates on military trauma and commonly refers to the psychological impact of having one's moral expectations and beliefs violated. While many studies on moral injury point to the damage to personal identity as central to morally injurious experiences, a more fully developed concept of identity and specification of how precisely morally injurious experiences can damage individual i…
Mental health (2 works) · Narrative (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Cambodian History and Society (1 work) · Cognitive reframing (1 work) · Community resilience (1 work) · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics (1 work) · Danish (1 work)