Newspaper Op-Ed

It’s time we stopped kidding ourselves: ‘new normal’ is abnormal

Telling people to take care of their mental health is not enough

Brandon Hamber
4 min readMar 23, 2021

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In my work dealing with the impact of political violence, a constant challenge is reminding people that when addressing survivors’ needs during times of conflict, it is the social context that is…

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Brandon Hamber

Hume O'Neill Professor of Peace at Ulster University in Northern Ireland. Medium is my popular writing space. Academic publications at brandonhamber.com