Naslov
Social reconstruction and healing of traumatized communities

Autori
Ajduković, Dean

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, stručni

Izvornik
20th Annual Meeting ISTSS : Absracts / - , 2004, 55-55

Skup
Annual Meeting ISTSS (20 ; 2004)

Mjesto i datum
New Orleans (LA), Sjedinjene Američke Države, 14.11.2004. - 18.11.2004

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
trauma; war-related violence; community based interventions; social reconstruction; community psychology; psychological empowerment

Sažetak
Massive violence does not happen in social isolation but it is designed to cause horror, hurt people and destroy their belief systems and send specific messages to the victimized populations. The feeling of predictability of the world as the victims knew it is gone, while at the same time support mechanisms are typically far from adequate. The social context of trauma recovery in a destabilized community is loaded with high levels of uncertainty, frustration, anger, aggression and fear, helplessness and feelings of being discriminated. In such contexts effective community-based interventions that facilitate social reconstruction, decrease social tensions among groups that have been involved in a conflict, and provide treatment for the most traumatized individuals are the vehicle for people to integrate painful collective experiences so that they can turn toward the future. Parallel to this, capacity building of the care-providers is essential, as their traditional clinical roles extend into new social realm. Several models describing the essential processes in the social reconstruction and trauma healing will be presented, and barriers related to recovery from trauma, such as fragmentation of social life, deep feelings of distrust, complicated grieving, perceptions of being betrayed by the people one has trusted will be discussed.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Psihologija

POVEZANOST RADA