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    Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Salvadoran Women: Empirical Evidence and Description of Treatment

    Bowen, Deborah J., Lisa Carscadden, Kate Beighle, and India Fleming. 1992. "Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Salvadoran Women: Empirical Evidence and Description of Treatment." Women & Therapy 13 (3): 267-280.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Gender, Women, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma Regions: Americas, Central America Countries: El Salvador Keywords: trauma, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, female refugees, mental health

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    The Psychological and Medical Sequelae of War in Central American Refugee Mothers and Children

    Locke, Catherine J., Karen Southwick, Lauren A. McCloskey, and Maria Eugenia Fernández-Esquer. 1996. "The Psychological and Medical Sequelae of War in Central American Refugee Mothers and Children." Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 150 (8): 822-28.

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    Topics: Age, Youth, Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Gender, Women, Girls, Boys, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma, Violence Regions: Americas, Central America Keywords: female refugees, refugee children, mental health, trauma

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    Healing their Wounds: Guatemalan Refugee Women as Political Activists

    Light, Deborah. 1992. "Healing their Wounds: Guatemalan Refugee Women as Political Activists." Women & Therapy 13 (3): 297-308.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Refugees, Ethnicity, Gender, Women, Governance, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma, Political Participation, Rights, Women's Rights Regions: Americas, Central America Countries: Guatemala Keywords: activism, internally displaced, female refugees

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    Human Rights and Mental Health among Latin American Women in Situations of State-Sponsored Violence

    Lykes, M. Brinton, Mary M. Brabeck, Theresa Ferns, and Angela Radan. 1993. “Human Rights and Mental Health among Latin American Women in Situations of State-Sponsored Violence.” Psychology of Women Quarterly 17 (4): 525-44.

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    Topics: Displacement & Migration, Gender, Women, Health, Mental Health, Rights, Human Rights, Torture, Violence Regions: Americas, Central America, South America

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    Terror, Silencing, and Children: International, Multidisciplinary Collaboration with Guatemalan Maya Communities

    Lykes, M. Brinton. 1994. “Terror, Silencing, and Children: International, Multidisciplinary Collaboration with Guatemalan Maya Communities.” Social Science and Medicine 38 (4): 543-52.

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    Topics: Armed Conflict, Health, Mental Health, PTSD, Trauma, Indigenous, Violence Regions: Americas, Central America Countries: Guatemala

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    The Strengths and Limits of the NGO Women's Movement Model: Shaping Nicaragua's Democratic Institutions

    Ewig, Christina. 1999. “The Strengths and Limits of the NGO Women’s Movement Model: Shaping Nicaragua’s Democratic Institutions.” Latin American Research Review 34 (3): 75–102.

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    Topics: Democracy / Democratization, Feminisms, Gender, Women, Governance, Health, NGOs, Political Participation Regions: Americas, Central America Countries: Nicaragua

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    Growing up in Guerrilla Camps: The Long-Term Impact of Being a Child Soldier in El Salvador’s Civil War

    Dickson-Gómez, Julia. 2002. “Growing up in Guerrilla Camps: The Long-Term Impact of Being a Child Soldier in El Salvador’s Civil War.” Ethos 30 (4): 327–56.

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    Topics: Age, Youth, Armed Conflict, Civil Wars, Combatants, Child Soldiers, Gender, Girls, Boys, Health, Mental Health, Trauma, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Non-State Armed Groups Regions: Americas, Central America Countries: El Salvador

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    The Gendering of Human Rights: Women and the Latin American Terrorist State

    Hollander, Nancy Caro. 1996. “The Gendering of Human Rights: Women and the Latin American Terrorist State.” Feminist Studies 22 (1): 40–80.

    Topics: Gender, Women, Governance, Health, Trauma, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militaries, Militarization, Rights, Human Rights, Sexual Violence, Rape, SV against Women, Terrorism Regions: Americas, Central America, South America Countries: Argentina, Chile, El Salvador, Guatemala

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    A Painful Purgatory: Grief and the Nicaraguan Mothers of the Disappeared

    Tully, Sheila R. 1995. “A Painful Purgatory: Grief and the Nicaraguan Mothers of the Disappeared.” Social Science & Medicine 40 (12): 1597–1610.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Health, Mental Health, Trauma, Households, Violence Regions: Americas, Central America Countries: Nicaragua Keywords: Mothers of the Disappeared, low intensity warfare, suffering, terror

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    War, Religion, and Gender Ideology: The Politics of Peace Symbols in the 1990 Nicaraguan Elections

    Dolan, Maureen. 1990. "War, Religion, and Gender Ideology: The Politics of Peace Symbols in the 1990 Nicaraguan Elections." Critical Sociology 17 (2): 103-9.

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    Topics: Gender, Women, Health, Reproductive Health, Military Forces & Armed Groups, Militarism, Political Participation, Religion Regions: Americas, Central America Countries: Nicaragua Keywords: Political campaigns, militarism, political parties, ideology, education

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