After surviving a recent massacre in the north ofthe Democratic Republic of Congo, a group of 22 staff members of a community health nursing programme requested the assistance of the author. During a three-day meeting the traumatic experiences ofthe participants were discussed. Several steps, including performing a ritual (‘burying the dead’) and psycho-education on stress and trauma, were developed using the resources ofthe group. In view ofthe high numbers of traumatised communities, participants felt the need to pass on what they had learned.

During our work as counsellors for refugees and trainers ofcounsellors in areas of armed conflict, we have met with many language and communication problems. Interpreters can help in dealing with these problems, but in addition to that we learned to use little plastic dolls as an extra medium in working with people from different cultural backgrounds. In this article we describe the use of these dolls.

Keywords: armed conflict, dolls (as tools in counselling and training), inner child, inner dialogue

Doel: Inventariseren welke effecten het schietincident in Alphen aan den Rijn op 9 april 2011 had op de gezondheid en het zorggebruik van getroffenen, vergeleken met een referentiegroep.

Opzet: Observationeel longitudinaal onderzoek.

This paper describes the training of' psychosocial counsellors as conducted by the Centre for Victims of Torture, Nepal. Both the proceedings of the training and the content are described. For clarity purposes a division is made between that part of the training in which skills are taught that can be used with more frequently encountered problems and that part of the training that deals with problems requiring a more specialised approach, such as HIV AIDS.

Keywords: problem-solving therapy, counselling training, HIV AIDS counselling, holistic care.

In this article I will review three types of psychosocial interventions done by the organisation Theatre Action Group (TAG) in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, aimed at successively children, their parents and the community and teachers.

The psychosocial field in Sri Lanka suffers from a lack of consensus about what precisely constitutes a psychosocial intervention, also at a global level,. By using a number ofavailable frameworks and examples of practice in Sri Lanka, the author attempts to demonstrate how it is possible to include the wide range of existing interventions under the ‘umbrella,’ category psychosocial.

http://www.psychotraumanet.org/nl/training-counsellors-areas-armed-conflict-eng

This article is about the learning needs of starting counsellors in areas of armed conflict. The curricula for the training of counsellors usually are based on ideas regarding which knowledge, skills and attitudes are required for effective counselling. The curricula do not always take the personal needs and backgrounds of the participants into account. Counselling trainingin areas of armed conflict can only be effective if the trainer assesses these personal backgrounds and needs and adapts his training approach accordingly.

In het kader van “disaster-preparedness”, het voorbereid zijn op rampen, heeft Stichting Impact in samenwerking met het Centrum voor Gezondheidsonderzoek bij Rampen (CGOR) de voor u liggende inventarisatie voor psychosociale aspecten van gezondheidsonderzoek na rampen uitgevoerd. Voor deze inventarisatie zijn wetenschappers met ervaring op het gebied van psychosociale en algemene gezondheidsaspecten van gezondheidsonderzoek om advies gevraagd.

Rampen en calamiteiten zijn per definitie gebeurtenissen die acuut en onverwacht grote groepen mensen treffen. Afhankelijk van de aard, omvang en dynamiek na afloop, heeft een deel van de getroffenen voor korte of langere tijd te kampen met ernstige gezondheidsklachten. Voor de zorg aan de getroffenen, zowel voor het beleid als de praktische invulling ervan, is inzicht in omvang van de gezondheidsproblematiek van groot belang. Gezondheidsonderzoek na rampen en calamiteiten kan deze relevante informatie verschaffen.