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Reconciliation and psychosocial understanding

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

John Lord Alderdice
John Lord Alderdice*
Affiliation:
Centre for the Resolution of Intractable Conflict, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford, UK, email john.alderdice@hmc.ox.ac.uk
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Abstract

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‘Reconciliation’ generally means the development of good relations where they have never truly existed before. This paper refers principally to the example of Northern Ireland and the Irish peace process. Psychiatrists should examine what really contributes to ‘large group’ reconciliation, as the absence of the psychiatric perspective would be a serious loss in the search for post-conflict well-being at the communal level.

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Type
Thematic papers: Reconciliation and conflict resolution
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BJPsych International , Volume 12 , Issue 3 , August 2015 , pp. 55 - 58
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists 2015

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