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Group analysis training for Bosnia-Herzegovina mental health professionals in the aftermath of the 1992-1995

After the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), the whole population was highly psycho- traumatized (1-4). Mental health therapists did not have enough capacity to meet the needs of the population. They had a long-term need to improve their psychotherapy capacities (5, 6). Group Analysis (GA), or Group Analytic Psychotherapy, was developed in England in the 1940s by the psychotherapist and psychoanalyst Dr Sigmund Heinrich Foulkes, during his work with World War Two veterans. GA originated from psychoanalysis, systems theory, developmental and social psychology and sociology. The hard core of GA presents the belief that the individual is fundamentally social in nature. The Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) in Zagreb is a full member of the European Group Analytic Training Institutions Network – EGATIN. Established in 1988 by fourteen enthusiastic psychiatrists, the IGA immediately became a fully-fledged Training Institute of EGATIN. Their education methods were developed and modified in accordance with the programs of the IGA London, EGATIN, and the EU requirements related to training. Today, this Institute ranks as one of the best training institutes in Europe. IGA Zagreb expanded its activities in and out of Croatia, so they began training in Bosnia and Herzegovina. A IGA Training Program took place in the Tuzla University Clinical Centre at the Department of Psychiatry in response to

psychotherapy ; education ; BiH ; group analisys

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