Historical Healing: Symptoms of PTSD within Chilean Society due to Pinochet's Dictatorship

Author(s)

Noa CampFollow

Department, Center, or Institute

Modern Languages and Literatures

Presentation Format

Department Organized Oral Session

Presentation Type

Course project

Description

When a person breaks a bone, they have to go to the doctor to get it fixed. If they do not address the problem, the bone will not heal fully, or at least not correctly, and most likely the individual will eventually begin to feel discomfort or pain. This is similar to what has happened in the case of the Chilean dictatorship. The Chilean society suffered a trauma, but they have not addressed the consequences of what occurred and hence have not fully healed. The goal of this study is to identify symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that are present in Chilean society as a whole by analyzing the residual effects of the dictatorship and its methodologies of repression and torture as well as a few Chile-specific coping mechanisms including the Rettig Commisions, the Museum of Memory and Human Rights and Villa Grimaldi.

Department Organized Oral Session Title

Engagement Beyond Our Borders: Chile 2018 Study Away Reflections on Contemporary South American Society.

Moderator/Professor

Adrian Massei, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Session Number

1

Start Date and Time

4-9-2019 9:45 AM

Location

Furman Hall 107

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Apr 9th, 9:45 AM

Historical Healing: Symptoms of PTSD within Chilean Society due to Pinochet's Dictatorship

Furman Hall 107

When a person breaks a bone, they have to go to the doctor to get it fixed. If they do not address the problem, the bone will not heal fully, or at least not correctly, and most likely the individual will eventually begin to feel discomfort or pain. This is similar to what has happened in the case of the Chilean dictatorship. The Chilean society suffered a trauma, but they have not addressed the consequences of what occurred and hence have not fully healed. The goal of this study is to identify symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) that are present in Chilean society as a whole by analyzing the residual effects of the dictatorship and its methodologies of repression and torture as well as a few Chile-specific coping mechanisms including the Rettig Commisions, the Museum of Memory and Human Rights and Villa Grimaldi.