Steld dat je als niet-Joods hulpverlener voor een Joodse doelgroep gaat werken. Je hebt al veel ervaring als hulpverlener maar vraagt je af of dat voldoende is. Zou je je kennis over de oorlog moeten bijspijkeren, moet je andere methodes gaan gebruiken in je werk, of zou het contact met cliënten anders zijn? De Joodse doelgroep is bijzonder en heeft specifieke behoeftes. Maar waar zit hem dat precies in? 

Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that traumatic experiences from countries of origin (so-called pre-migratory factors), as well as stressors in countries of destination (so-called post-migratory factors), are related to the extent of mental health difficulties and psychological well-being of refugees. However, numerous risks that this population is exposed to during transit have so far been neglected.

Militaire interventie kan grote morele impact hebben op uitgezonden militairen. Hoewel dit bekend is, hanteren begrippen zoals posttraumatische stressstoornis (PTSS) vooral een individueel gericht perspectief met weinig aandacht voor morele en contextuele aspecten van aan uitzendingen gerelateerde problematiek. Recentelijk is echter een nieuw concept opgekomen: moral injury of morele verwonding. 

Veiligheidsregio’s zijn verantwoordelijk voor rampenbestrijding en crisisbeheersing. Bij grootschalige rampen en crises dienen zij in staat te zijn de benodigde hulpverlening te bieden en de bron van de ramp of crisis te bestrijden.
De Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding en Veiligheid (NCTV) stelt drie keer per jaar het nationale dreigingsbeeld vast. Sinds maart 2013 geldt voor heel Nederland het op één na hoogste dreigingsniveau: substantieel. Dat wil zeggen dat de kans op een terroristische aanslag reëel wordt geacht.

Background: Two stress-related disorders have been proposed for inclusion in the revised ICD-11: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Complex PTSD (CPTSD). The International Trauma Questionnaire (ITQ) is a bespoke measure of PTSD and CPTSD and has been widely used in English-speaking countries.

Objective: The primary aim of this study was to develop a Chinese version of the ITQ and assess its content, construct, and concurrent validity.

Background

Innovative solutions are required to provide mental health support at scale in low-resource humanitarian contexts. We aimed to assess the effectiveness of a facilitator-guided, group-based, self-help intervention (Self-Help Plus) to reduce psychological distress in female refugees.

Methods

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) brings with it diagnostic symptoms that can be debilitating and persist for years. Left untreated, PTSD can have far‐reaching and damaging consequences for the individual, families, communities, and society at large. Although early detection and intervention are recognized as key to the effective treatment of PTSD, many individuals who suffer from PTSD do not seek essential health services. The aim of the present study was to identify the barriers and facilitators to help‐seeking for individuals with PTSD, based on existing literature.

There are a number of challenges in response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) disease outbreak encountered by many countries in the world. This commentary divides them into those encountered by (health) care delivery systems and those encountered by affected communities and states. There are also a number of stressors experienced by humanitarian field workers during the COVID-19 outbreak.

The author is an expert psychotherapist narrating how he became a refugee in his own country of origin after long years of persecution from an Arab-dominated regime. As the war broke out, the author, a young person at the time, was forced out of the country and sought refuge in Itang refugee camp in Ethiopia along with his parents. As a result of this displacement, the author then settled in a number of refugee camps in Ethiopia.

In late 2018, motivated (and intrigued) by the scale of one of the largest and long-standing humanitarian crises in history, we embarked on two separate but related journeys to the island of Lesvos to work with unaccompanied refugee and asylum-seeking minors and to link in with NGOs working in the region.