Psychology of Trauma: A Psychosocial Reading of Trauma, Political Violence, and Development

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

At the end of the course, the students are expected to know and understand the psychological theories about the psychic trauma associated with political violence, the articulation of these with the social imaginary, and the implications both in the clinical and political spheres Of reparation and public health. Thus, students are expected to know the general lines of clinical and psychosocial approach to the consequences of political violence in different contexts, with an emphasis on Latin America.