Evaluating the impact of Community-Based Sociotherapy on social dignity in post-genocide Rwanda: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

Jansen, Stefan; Niyonsenga, Japhet; Ingabire, Chantal Marie; Jansen, Angela; Nzabonimpa, Emmanuel; Ingabire, Noella; Kangabe, Jeannette; Sarabwe, Emmanuel; Richters, Annemiek; Rutayisire, Théoneste; Nsabimana, Epaphrodite

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“…There was no direct victim-perpetrator confrontation or discussion of the atrocities experienced by the victims. These groups, which lasted at least 15 weeks, were positively evaluated in a control group design - and further evaluations of them continue to this day ( 49 , 50 ).…”

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How to deal with the past? How collective and historical trauma psychologically reverberates in Eastern Europe

Maercker

2023

Front. Psychiatry

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Traumatic stress studies have recently addressed the issue of ‘historical trauma’ that well explain the impact of collective or totalitarian trauma. The example of former communist Eastern Europe shows that there are many individual and socio-psychological consequences that still have effects today. This paper summarizes concepts and findings on ‘historical traumas’ that describe such long-lasting effects. The focus is on the side of the victims and their family descendants and thus also on the moral heirs of the dissidents, e.g., the Russian NGO Memorial. Analogous to developments in psychotraumatology, increasing knowledge in this area can explain psychosocial pathologies but also help develop effective remedies. This includes the development of a culture of remembrance, socio-therapeutic interventions and increased sensitivity towards those patients and clients who have such a personal legacy.

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Section: Prospects For Remedy Interventions and Social Healingmentioning

confidence: 99%

How to deal with the past? How collective and historical trauma psychologically reverberates in Eastern Europe

Maercker

2023

Front. Psychiatry

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Psychological and social interventions for the promotion of mental health in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises

Papola,

Prina,

Ceccarelli

et al. 2024

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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Background Because of wars, conflicts, persecutions, human rights violations, and humanitarian crises, about 84 million people are forcibly displaced around the world; the great majority of them live in low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs). People living in humanitarian settings are affected by a constellation of stressors that threaten their mental health. Psychosocial interventions for people affected by humanitarian crises may be helpful to promote positive aspects of mental health, such as mental well‐being, psychosocial functioning, coping, and quality of life. Previous reviews have focused on treatment and mixed promotion and prevention interventions. In this review, we focused on promotion of positive aspects of mental health. Objectives To assess the effects of psychosocial interventions aimed at promoting mental health versus control conditions (no intervention, intervention as usual, or waiting list) in people living in LMICs affected by humanitarian crises. Search methods We searched CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, and seven other databases to January 2023. We also searched the World Health Organization's (WHO) International Clinical Trials Registry Platform and ClinicalTrials.gov to identify unpublished or ongoing studies, and checked the reference lists of relevant studies and reviews. Selection criteria Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing psychosocial interventions versus control conditions (no intervention, intervention as usual, or waiting list) to promote positive aspects of mental health in adults and children living in LMICs affected by humanitarian crises. We excluded studies that enrolled participants based on a positive diagnosis of mental disorder (or based on a proxy of scoring above a cut‐off score on a screening measure). Data collection and analysis We used standard Cochrane methods. Our primary outcomes were mental well‐being, functioning, quality of life, resilience, coping, hope, and prosocial behaviour. The secondary outcome was acceptability, defined as the number of participants who dropped out of the trial for any reason. We used GRADE to assess the certainty of evidence for the outcomes of mental well‐being, functioning, and prosocial behaviour. Main results We included 13 RCTs with 7917 participants. Nine RCTs were conducted on children/adolescents, and four on adults. All included interventions were delivered to groups of participants, mainly by paraprofessionals. Paraprofessional is defined as an individual who is not a mental or behavioural health service professional, but works at the first stage of contact with people who are seeking mental health care. Four RCTs were carried out in Lebanon; two in India; and single RCTs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jordan, Haiti, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the occupied Palestinian Territories (oPT), Nepal, and Tanzania. The mean study duration ...

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Evaluating the impact of Community-Based Sociotherapy on social dignity in post-genocide Rwanda: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial

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How to deal with the past? How collective and historical trauma psychologically reverberates in Eastern Europe

How to deal with the past? How collective and historical trauma psychologically reverberates in Eastern Europe

Psychological and social interventions for the promotion of mental health in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises

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