Ross Parsons is from Zimbabwe. He holds a doctorate in psychotherapy from the Tavistock Clinic in London (with the generous help of a British Council Fellowship). He holds an Owen Scholarship. Currently he is doing fieldwork among children growing up HIV+ in eastern Zimbabwe.
“A Question of Balance: the changing face of child mental health services.” Community Care , Nov. 1995.
“Mirrored Grief: the systemic context of paediatric heart/heart-lung transplantation.” (with Goodwin M, Bickerton A, Lask B), Journal of Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 1996. 1:2: 265-274.
“At The Boiling Point of the Pain: assessing the need for a psychotherapy service for victims of organised violence and/or torture through attention to the narratives of survivors.” (with Farrell C, Frangoulis S), Amani Trust, Harare, 2002.
“Discovering a ritual of oblivion: systemic perspectives on adolescence, self harm and the Zimbabwean context, with particular reference to the usefulness of postcolonial theory.”
Unpublished MS, Tavistock Clinic, London, 2003.
“Grief-stricken: Zimbabwean children in everyday extremity and the ethics of research.” Anthropology Southern Africa. 2005 28(3&4): 73-77.
“Troubling Language: re-reading a narrative of trauma from political violence in contemporary Zimbabwe.”
International Journal of Critical Psychology. Special Issue: Critical Psychology in Africa. 2006. 17:29-46
“HIV disclosure and discussions about grief with Shona children: a comparison between health care workers and community members in eastern Zimbabwe” (with A De Baets, S Sifovo, and I Pazvakavambwa). Social Science and Medicine 2008: 66: 479-491. |
