Maki Katoh
Biographic Data
| ID | 5380672 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maki Katoh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maki |
| FAMILY NAME | Katoh |
| SIGNATURE | KATOH M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Doctors of the World |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Trauma healing in refugee camps in guinea
From 1999 to 2005, the Minneapolis-based Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) served Liberian and Sierra Leonean survivors of torture and war living in the refugee camps of Guinea. A psychosocial program was developed with 3 main goals: (a) to provide mental health care, (b) to train local refugee counselors, and (c) to raise community awareness about war trauma and mental health. Utilizing paraprofessional counselors under the close, on-site supe…
Advocate or Expert
In this article, the author interrogates the "we-versus-they mentality" which divides refugee advocates from hosting governments and their representatives. The author demonstrates how this bifurcation operates in the context of the NGO Doctors of the World. Physicians and mental health professionals provide volunteer services, assessing and documenting evidence of torture and maltreatment. The author argues that there is a misconception amongst g…
Trauma healing in refugee camps in guinea
From 1999 to 2005, the Minneapolis-based Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) served Liberian and Sierra Leonean survivors of torture and war living in the refugee camps of Guinea. A psychosocial program was developed with 3 main goals: (a) to provide mental health care, (b) to train local refugee counselors, and (c) to raise community awareness about war trauma and mental health. Utilizing paraprofessional counselors under the close, on-site supe…
Advocate or Expert
In this article, the author interrogates the "we-versus-they mentality" which divides refugee advocates from hosting governments and their representatives. The author demonstrates how this bifurcation operates in the context of the NGO Doctors of the World. Physicians and mental health professionals provide volunteer services, assessing and documenting evidence of torture and maltreatment. The author argues that there is a misconception amongst g…
Trauma healing in refugee camps in guinea
From 1999 to 2005, the Minneapolis-based Center for Victims of Torture (CVT) served Liberian and Sierra Leonean survivors of torture and war living in the refugee camps of Guinea. A psychosocial program was developed with 3 main goals: (a) to provide mental health care, (b) to train local refugee counselors, and (c) to raise community awareness about war trauma and mental health. Utilizing paraprofessional counselors under the close, on-site supe…
Human rights (2 works) · Mental health (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychiatry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Refugee (2 works) · Torture (2 works) · Context (archaeology (1 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (1 works)