Searching for Normal in the Wake of the Liberian War. Sharon Alane Abramowitz

Workers. In 2011, a Washington D.C.-based office of USAID awarded the new organization a US$5 million grant to engage in psychosocial activities without having consulted with the Liberia-based USAID office, which provides financial support to the Carter Center and the MOHSW through the Rebuilding Basic Healthcare Program, and is opposed to recognizing the new organization. At the same time, many former employees of CVT are trying to work within the MOHSW and other government agencies, while seeking donor support for independent counseling and research careers in Liberian mental health.

      Occasionally, Dr. Brown appears in the international media as an expert on Liberian mental health, but in national mental health coordination activities, a prominent Ugandan psychiatrist has effectively replaced him. Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the University of Liberia are planning to establish a Center of Excellence for Mental Health, but this initiative seems to be connected with Dr. Brown and is evoking longstanding rivalries with the newly strengthened Mother Patern College and Grant Hospital, both of which work closely with the Carter Center.