The Elephant Vanishes: Impact of Human-Elephant Conflict on People's Wellbeing

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1356-1365

  Jadhav, Sushrut ^a   Barua, Maan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clinical ethnography; Conservation; Human elephant conflict; Mental health; Psychology

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE;

ADDICTION; ADULT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFLICT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; WILD ANIMAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85027929769     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.06.019     Document Type: Article

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