This open access book provides an enriched understanding of historical collective cultural
and identity-related trauma emphasising the social and political location of human subjects.
It therefore presents a socio-ecological perspective on trauma rather than viewing displaced
individuals as traumatised passive victims. The vastness of the phenomenon of trauma among
displaced populations has led it to become a critical and timely area of inquiry and this book
is an important addition to the literature. It gives an overview of theoretical frameworks
related to trauma and migration-exploring factors of risk and resilience prevalence rates of
PTSD and conceptualisations of trauma beyond psychiatric diagnoses conceptualises experiences
of trauma from a sociocultural perspective (including collective trauma collective aspirations
and collective resilience) and provides applications for professionals working with displaced
populations in complex institutional legal and humanitarian settings. It includes case
studies based on the author's own 10-year experience working in emergency contexts with
displaced populations in 11 countries across the world. This book presents unique data
collected by the author herself including interviews with survivors of ISIS attacks with an
asylum seeker in Switzerland who set himself alight in protest against asylum procedures and
women from the Murle tribe affected by the conflict in South Sudan who experienced an episode
of mass fainting spells. This is an important resource for academics and professionals working
in the field of trauma studies and with traumatised groups and individuals.
