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Moving Beyond the Legacies of War in Second-Generation Harki Narratives
- from II - Postmemory, or Telling the Past to the Present
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- By Susan Ireland, Grinnell College.
- Edited by Kathryn A. Kleppinger, Laura Reeck
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- Post-Migratory Cultures in Postcolonial France
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- Liverpool University Press
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- 19 December 2019
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- 08 August 2018, pp 112-128
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Summary
In their thought-provoking article ‘France and the Memories of “Others”: The Case of the Harkis’, Géraldine Enjelvin and Nada Korac-Kakabadse emphasize the need for ‘a timely discussion of how to maintain social cohesion within France whilst including the memories and contributions of those regarded as “others”’ (2012: 153). In a similar vein, at the beginning of his essay on ethnic minority memory and French national identity in relation to the Algerian War of Independence, Richard Derderian asks, ‘If the essence of the national spirit lies in shared memories, as Ernest Renan has argued, how do we build a memory consensus today?’ (2002: 28). For these scholars, the question of how to integrate the perspectives of France's post-migratory Others into a unified vision of the nation constitutes an important challenge for the country, especially in relation to contentious events such as the Algerian War. Indeed, despite the proliferation of memory works related to this conflict, very little consensus has emerged, and remembrance of the war has instead resulted in a ‘mémoire diffuse’ [‘diffuse memory’] (Harbi and Stora, 2004: 9) composed of the parallel, often conflicting narratives of specific constituencies, each presenting their own version of events. These partial, one-sided accounts, which have been characterized as a ‘rhapsodie des plaintes des victimes’ [‘rhapsody of the victims’ complaints’] (Harbi and Stora, 2004: 10), have forcefully brought to light the trauma and unhealed wounds of groups such as the harkis, the pieds-noirs, and French conscripts, all of whom were profoundly affected by the war and whose primary concern has, for the most part, been the expression of their own experiences. For this reason, terms such as ‘memory wars’ and ‘mémoires cloisonnées’ [‘compartmentalized memories’] (Stora, 1997: 190) form a leitmotif in studies of the ways in which the war has been remembered, a situation which has led well-known historian Benjamin Stora to call repeatedly for the various parties involved to foster the ‘restitution des mémoires plurielles’ [‘restitution of plural memories’] he deems necessary if the wounds of war are to be healed (1997: 190).
As Enjelvin and Korac-Kakabadse suggest in the subtitle of their article, the harkis – the Algerians who sided with the French during the conflict – serve as an important example of one of France's Others, and they provide an illuminating case study of what it means to be French today.
Post-fall reporting in aged acute inpatient mental health units: an 18-month observational cohort study
- Trentham Furness, George Mnatzaganian, Robyn Garlick, Susan Ireland, Brian McKenna, Keith D. Hill
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- International Psychogeriatrics / Volume 29 / Issue 12 / December 2017
- Published online by Cambridge University Press:
- 04 September 2017, pp. 2007-2016
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Background:
Despite the high risk of falling for people with severe mental illness, there is limited falls research in mental health settings. Therefore, the objective of this observational cohort study was to conduct a focused post-fall review of fall episodes within aged acute inpatient mental health units at one of Australia's largest publicly funded mental health organizations.
Methods:A post-fall reporting tool was developed to collect intrinsic and extrinsic fall risk factors among three aged acute mental health inpatient units over an 18-month period. Descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted to describe fall risk factors and predictors of fall risk.
Results:There were a total of 115 falls, of which the tool was used for 93 (80.9%) episodes. Falls occurred most often in consumer's bedroom/bathroom and were unwitnessed. Intrinsic risk factors were most often attributed to postural drop and losing balance during walking. However, that was in contrast to consumer's who self-reported feeling dizzy as the reason of the fall.
Conclusions:Based on the cohort, future falls could be reduced by targeting those aged above 82 years, or with a diagnosis of dementia. Recurrent falls during admission could be reduced by targeting those with psychotic illness and males with a diagnosis of dementia. A clearer dialogue among consumers and clinical staff reporting about fall episodes may support future remedial interventions and inform programs to reduce fall risk and assist the challenge of describing unwitnessed falls in aged acute inpatient mental health settings.
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- By Joanne R. Adler, David A. Alexander, Laurence Alison, Catherine C. Ayoub, Peter Banister, Anthony R. Beech, Amanda Biggs, Julian Boon, Adrian Bowers, Neil Brewer, Eric Broekaert, Paula Brough, Jennifer M. Brown, Kevin Browne, Elizabeth A. Campbell, David Canter, Michael Carlin, Shihning Chou, Martin A. Conway, Claire Cooke, David Cooke, Ilse Derluyn, Robert J. Edelmann, Vincent Egan, Tom Ellis, Marie Eyre, David P. Farrington, Seena Fazel, Daniel B. Fishman, Victoria Follette, Katarina Fritzon, Elizabeth Gilchrist, Nathan D. Gillard, Renée Gobeil, Agnieszka Golec de Zavala, Jane Goodman-Delahunty, Lynsey Gozna, Don Grubin, Gisli H. Gudjonsson, Helinä Häkkänen-Nyholm, Guy Hall, Nathan Hall, Roisin Hall, Sean Hammond, Leigh Harkins, Grant T. Harris, Camilla Herbert, Robert D. Hoge, Todd E. Hogue, Clive R. Hollin, Lorraine Hope, Miranda A. H. Horvath, Kevin Howells, Carol A. Ireland, Jane L. Ireland, Mark Kebbell, Michael King, Bruce D. Kirkcaldy, Heidi La Bash, Cara Laney, William R. Lindsay, Elizabeth F. Loftus, L. E. Marshall, W. L. Marshall, James McGuire, Neil McKeganey, T. M. McMillan, Mary McMurran, Joav Merrick, Becky Milne, Joanne M. Nadkarni, Claire Nee, M. D. O’Brien, William O’Donohue, Darragh O’Neill, Jane Palmer, Adria Pearson, Derek Perkins, Devon L. L. Polaschek, Louise E. Porter, Charlotte C. Powell, Graham E. Powell, Martine Powell, Christine Puckering, Ethel Quayle, Vernon L. Quinsey, Marnie E. Rice, Randall Richardson-Vejlgaard, Richard Rogers, Louis B Schlesinger, Carolyn Semmler, G. A. Serran, Ralph C. Serin, John L. Taylor, Max Taylor, Brian Thomas-Peter, Paul A. Tiffin, Graham Towl, Rosie Travers, Arlene Vetere, Graham Wagstaff, Helen Wakeling, Fiona Warren, Brandon C. Welsh, David Wexler, Margaret Wilson, Dan Yarmey, Susan Young
- Edited by Jennifer M. Brown, London School of Economics and Political Science, Elizabeth A. Campbell, University of Glasgow
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Forensic Psychology
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- 06 July 2010
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- 29 April 2010, pp xix-xxiii
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