RESEARCH & ARTICLES
There is an increasing body of research on how human rights work can affect mental health and well-being. However, there are many research gaps. There is a need for more interdisciplinary research to understand the extent of harm, the factors impacting risk and resilience, and the mechanisms adopted by individuals, communities, and organizations to counter harmful impacts.
Trauma, Development, and Peacebuilding: Towards an Integrated Psychosocial Approach, Final Conference Report, International Conference hosted by INCORE, University of Ulster (2008)
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Mental Health Status of Human Rights Workers, Kosovo, June 2000, Timothy Holtz, Peter Salama, Barbara Cardozo, and Carol Gotway, Journal of Traumatic Stress (2000)
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Psychosocial Community Approaches and Practices in Latin America, Arancha Garcia del Soto, Intervention, Vol. 6, No. 3/4 (2008)
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Exhumations in Latin America: Current Status and Pending Challenges: A Psychosocial View, Susan Navarro-Garcia, Pau Perez-Sales, Alberto Fernandez-Liria, Peace & Conflict Review, Vol. 4, Issue 2 (2010)
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“Frayed All Over:” The Causes and Consequences of Activist Burnout Among Social Justice Education Activists, Paul C. Gorski and Cher Chen, Educational Studies (2015)
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Burnout in Social Justice and Human Rights Activists: Symptoms, Causes and Implications, Cher Weixia Chen and Paul C. Gorski, Journal of Human Rights Practice (2015)
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Estrés Traumático Secundario (ETS) en Periodistas Mexicanos y Defensores de Derechos Humanos, Rogelio Morales, Liliana Souza Colin, Angela O. Mireles, Bonilla Allende (2016) Summa Psicológica UST, 13, 101-111.
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Well-being, Risk, and Human Rights Practice, Alice Nah, Human Rights Defender Hub Policy Brief 1, University of York (2017)
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Healing Justice: Holistic Self-Care for Change Makers, Loretta Pyles, Oxford University Press (2018)
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Even the Finest of Warriors, Yara Sallam (written in Arabic and translated into English by Zainab Magdy)
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A Needs Assessment: Stress Management and Burnout Prevention for Case Workers and Human Rights Activists Working on Issues of Gender and Sexuality in India, TARSHI and Nazariya (2019)
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“Racism, Whiteness, and Burnout in Antiracism Movements: How White Racial Justice Activists Elevate Burnout in Racial Justice Activists of Color in the United States”, Paul C Gorski and Noura Erakat, Ethnicities (March 2019)
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Mental Health Disorders and Utilization of Mental Healthcare Services in United Nations Personnel, Adam D. Brown, Katharina Schultebraucks, Meng Qian, Meng Li, Danny Horesh, Carol Siegel, Yosef Brody, Abdalla Mansour Amer, Rony Kapel Lev-Ari, Francis Mas, Charles R. Marmar and Jillann Farmer, Global Mental Health (2020)
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Wellbeing Inspires Welldoing: How Changemakers’ Inner Wellbeing Influences Their Work, Severns Guntzel, J. & Murphy Johnson, N. (2020)
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Human Rights Leadership: Towards a Research and Practice Agenda for Challenging Times, Eric Hoddy and John Gray, Human Rights Defender Hub Working Paper No. 9, University of York (May 2020)
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Safer Viewing: A Study of Secondary Trauma Mitigation Techniques in Open Source Investigations
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Racism, Whiteness, and Burnout in Antiracism Movements: How White Racial Justice Activists Elevate Burnout in Racial Justice Activists of Color in the United States
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Racial battle fatigue and activist burnout in racial justice activists of color at predominantly White colleges and universities
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Coping Flexibility Predicts Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Depression in Human Rights Advocates
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