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Trauma and reconstruction in a large group of refugees

The study is a continuation of a research which the expert team started in refugee and displaced persons' settlements in Croatia.By studying a group of refugeees in its entirety we could not avoid noticing its extremely regressive position. Faced with therefugees' numerous existential problems we took the role of good, caring and tender mother (a good object) who will protect her children, give them security, meet their essential needs. Looking at the group dynamics, in the light of Melanie Klein's theory, we noticed the existence of schizo-paranoid and depressive position in the group, manifesing itself through the gap occuring as defense from its self-destructiveness, i.e. as the protection of introjected object which have be saved from destruction because the true good object was destroyed. Through the analysis of schizo-paranoid and depressive position of large group of refugees the aim of our wor was the enable the group to gradualy overcome tzhe schizo-paranoid position andtransfer into a more mature phase of development, thus creating a favorable atmosphere for maturetion and self protection.

southeast-Asian refugees; posttraumatic stress disorder

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