EMDR training's for Bosnia and Herzegovina mental health workers resulted with seven European accredited EMDR psychotherapists and one European accredited EMDR consultant

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. s896-s896
Author(s):  
M. Hasanovic ◽  
S. Morgan ◽  
S. Oakley ◽  
S. Richman ◽  
Š. Šabanović ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Competing Interest

IntroductionBosnia-Herzegovina (BH) citizens, affected by 1992–1995 war, developed serious mental health posttraumatic consequences. Their needs for EMDR (eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing) treatment increased. The Humanitarian Assistance Programmes UK & Ireland (HAP) work in partnership with mental health professionals in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BH) from 2010.ObjectivesWe aim to build a body of qualified and experienced professionals who can establish and sustain their own EMDR training.MethodAuthors described educational process considering the history of idea and its realization through training levels and process of supervision which was provided from the Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) of UK &Ireland with non profit, humanitarian approach in sharing skills of EMDR to mental health therapists in BH.ResultsThe trainers from HAP UK & Ireland completed five EMDR trainings in BH (two in Tuzla and three in Sarajevo) for 100 recruited trainees from different BH health institutions from different cities and entities in BH. To be accredited EMDR therapists all trainees are obliged to practice EMDR therapy with clients under the supervision process of HAP UK&Ireland supervisors. Supervision is organized via Skype Internet technology. Up today seven trainees completed their supervision successfully and became European Accredited EMDR Psychotherapists, one of them became European Accredited EMDR Consultant.ConclusionFive training of Bosnia-Herzegovina mental health workers to effectively use EMDR with enthusiastic help of EMDR trainers from HAP UK&Ireland resulted with seven European accredited EMDR psychotherapists, and one of them became European accredited EMDR consultant. This will increase psychotherapy capacities in postwar BH.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

EMDR training for mental health therapists in postwar bosnia-herzegovina who work with psycho-traumatized population for increasing their psychotherapy capacities

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 1309-1309
Author(s):  
M. Hasanovic ◽  
I. Pajevic ◽  
S. Morgan ◽  
N. Kravic
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Clinical Excellence ◽  
Daily Practice ◽  
Physical Distance ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Internet Technology ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Mental Health Therapists

IntroductionAfter war 1992–1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH), whole population was highly psych-traumatized. Mental health therapists had no enough capacities to meet needs of population. They are permanently in need to increase their psychotherapy capacities. EMDR is a powerful, state-of-the-art treatment. Its effectiveness and efficacy has been validated by extensive research. National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommended it as one of two trauma treatments of choice.AimTo describe non profit, humanitarian approach in sharing skills of Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization (EMDR) to mental health therapists in BH from Humanitarian Assistance Program (HAP) of UK & Ireland.MethodAuthors described educational process considering the history of idea and its realization through training levels and process of supervision.ResultsHighly skilled and internationally approved trainers from HAP UK & Ireland came four times to Psychiatry Department of University Clinical Center Tuzla in BH where they provided completed EMDR training for 24 trainees: neuro- psychiatrists, residents of neuro-psychiatry and psychologists from eight different health institutions from six different cities in BH. After finishing training process, trainees are obliged to practice their EMDR therapy in daily practice with real clients under the supervision process of HAP UK & Ireland trainers to become certified EMDR therapists. Regarding big physical distance between supervisors and trainees, supervision will be realized via Skype Internet technologyConclusionPsychotherapy capacities of mental health psychotherapists in postwar BH could be increased with enthusiastic help of EMDR trainers from HAP UK&Ireland.

Transcultural issues in the dynamics of a Balint clinical reflection group for community mental health workers

2012 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 366-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Leggett
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Group Dynamics ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Group Process ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Clinical Work ◽  
Reflection Group ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Community Mental Health Workers

The author presents transcultural issues in the content, process, and group dynamics of consecutive meetings of a Balint clinical reflection group for community mental health workers at Inala, Australia. Balint work and the context and evolution of the group process are briefly described, as is the consultative research methodology. The process of a Balint group meeting is reported in detail, following the author’s consultation with group members. The collaborative work of a culturally diverse team of mental health professionals is examined in the context of discussion of a practitioner–patient relationship in which transcultural, gender, and family conflicts were the focus of affective and cognitive dissonance. For mental health workers engaging with communities of cultural diversity, Balint reflection groups can facilitate insight into cultural countertransferences that adversely affect clinical work. The group served to support the caseworkers’ engagement with patients of different cultures, and provided a safe environment for the creative consideration and exploration in fantasy of the emotional pressures and complex ethical dilemmas related to boundaries in transcultural client–practitioner relationships, including those in which open discussion would otherwise be avoided.

Quality management and economic downturn. Post-modern topics of community psychiatry

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (S1) ◽  
pp. S565-S565
Author(s):  
A. Zangrando ◽  
F. Babici ◽  
E. Pascolo-Fabrici ◽  
A. Riolo
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Community Psychiatry ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
The Social ◽  
Competing Interest ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
Demand For Health

IntroductionThe reduction of the budget allocated to community psychiatry is part of financial needs in times of economic crisis. However, the community psychiatry is based on human resources rather than on technological devices and the economic downturn affects the quality of care in a field where the social and relational capital developed by mental health workers is fundamental. Some authors such as Serge Latouche propose to stem the economic decline with the concept of “degrowth”, a constructive idea but difficult to apply.ObjectiveWe would like to analyze whether the economic downturn has consequences only for the organization of psychiatric services or even for people with severe mental disorders. Another issue concerns the possibility that economic downturn increases the social exclusion of vulnerable people.ResultsPeople who live on social welfare or disability pension remain on the margins of society but also those supported by families feel increasingly marginalized with respect to the future.ConclusionsThe provision of mental health services may not meet the implicit and explicit wishes in the demand for health by citizens and society. It's therefore necessary to review the quality management within community psychiatry.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Culturally competence care of moroccan migrants

2011 ◽  
Vol 26 (S2) ◽  
pp. 2229-2229
Author(s):  
D. Moussaoui
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Cultural Sensitivity ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Transcultural Psychiatry ◽  
Teaching Program ◽  
Traditional Beliefs ◽  
The North ◽  
Entire Country

About 15% of all Moroccans live abroad (4 and a half million), mostly in Europe and North America. For historic reasons, migration of Moroccans went essentially to France, Belgium, Holland, and more recently to Spain. Many of these migrants are well integrated, but many others do suffer from social bad integration. Those with mental disorders are probably those who are most at risk of non-integration.Mental health workers are not always aware of the cultural background of the Moroccan migrant, including family structure and interactions, religious and traditional beliefs. In France and Holland, and recently in Spain, a few teams are highly interested in transcultural psychiatry and provide care to the migrants and teaching to other mental health professionals. Their number and resources are however far from being sufficient to cover all the field in the entire country. One of the solutions is to develop a teaching program for post-graduates in psychiatry on "Cultural sensitivity" in all departments of psychiatry. A collaboration between mental health workers from the North and the South of the Mediterranean Sea is highly desirable in this respect. This is why the Euro-Med Network on Migration and Mental Health was created in 2007.

Developing EMDR Therapy in Pakistan as Part of a Humanitarian Endeavor

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 233-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Derek Farrell
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Humanitarian Assistance ◽  
Northern Pakistan ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Assistance Program ◽  
Active Participant ◽  
Richter Scale ◽  
Emdr Therapy

The empirical justification for the use of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy as part of the repertoire of interventions used in response to humanitarian endeavors continues at a pace. A devastating earthquake, measuring 7.6 magnitude on the Richter scale, occurred in Northern Pakistan in October 2005. In response, the first EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Program to be facilitated by an academic institution was established. This article highlights how 3 research projects assisted in the continued development of EMDR therapy in Pakistan to the point where presently more than 125 Pakistani mental health professionals have now been trained; it now has its own EMDR National Association and is an active participant within EMDR Asia.

scholarly journals Emotional abuse and neglect in a clinical setting: challenges for mental health professionals

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Margaret DeJong ◽  
Simon Wilkinson ◽  
Carmen Apostu ◽  
Danya Glaser
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Best Practice Guidelines ◽  
Abuse And Neglect ◽  
The Common

Summary This article addresses some of the common uncertainties and dilemmas encountered by both adult and child mental health workers in the course of their clinical practice when dealing with cases of suspected emotional abuse or neglect (EAN) of children. We suggest ways of dealing with these according to current best practice guidelines and our own clinical experience working in the field of child maltreatment.

scholarly journals Challenges Encountered by Mental Health Workers in Rwanda; Current Situation and Future Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nkundimana Balthazar
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Mental Healthcare ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Training ◽  
Middle Income

The burden of mental health has become a great concern for public health as the diseases caused by mental health is ranking second worldwide. According to the HWO countries of Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) don’t allocate enough financial means to mental healthcare. The lack of will or interest in mental health in these countries causes different challenges in this sector. Rwanda as one of LMICs is not served on the challenges although it might have its particularities. This study aimed to explore the challenges encountered by Rwandan local mental health workers within and outside of their demanding work. Method: An interpretative qualitative mixed with quantitative design. The self-administrated questionnaire with open-ended questions, demographic data as well as qualitative data was systematically prepared, explained, and given to respondents. The questionnaire was completed by sixty mental health workers from various institutions with mental health in Rwanda. SPSS was used in quantitative data analysis while the main part of data used Thematic analysis for qualitative data analysis. Results: The main results immersed in themes that consist of the shortage of; salary, poverty of mental health seekers, culture, and beliefs toward mental health, training, and professional development of mental health works. The study concluded with a better understanding of challenges in mental health practice in Rwanda and the outcome could be used to decrease challenges for mental health professionals and sustain of the mental healthcare system in Rwanda.

scholarly journals The development of a model for dealing with secondary traumatic stress in mental health workers in Rwanda

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean D. Iyamuremye ◽  
Petra Brysiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Secondary Traumatic Stress ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Action Research Project ◽  
Physical Consequences ◽  
The Individual ◽  
High Level

Introduction: Mental health workers who listen to stories of fear, pain and distress of traumatised clients may develop deleterious emotional, cognitive and physical consequences (Cairns, 2007). This phenomenon has been called secondary traumatic stress (STS) (Perez, Jones, Englert, & Sachau, 2010). Rwanda is well-known for the 1994 genocide, with the death of hundreds of thousands of people in a planned campaign of violence. Numerous mental health workers operating in Rwanda were also victims of the violence and it has been suggested that there is a high level of STS in mental health workers in Rwanda (Iyamuremye & Brysiewicz, 2008).Aim: To develop a comprehensive model to manage the effects of STS in mental health workers operating in Rwanda.Method: An action research project was initiated to develop this model and data for the model was collected through individual interviews with mental health workers (nurses, doctors, psychologists, trauma counsellors and social workers) as well as a quantitative tool measuring secondary traumatic stress (Trauma Attachment Belief Scale) in these health workers.Results: The Intervention Model to Manage Secondary Traumatic Stress (IMMSTS) was synthesised from these findings and includes preventive, evaluative and curative strategies to manage STS in mental health workers in Rwanda at the individual, social and organisational levels.Conclusion: The model will offer mental health professionals an effective framework for addressing the issue of STS.

scholarly journals Survey of roles of community psychiatric nurses and occupational therapists

1997 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 70-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pam Filson ◽  
Tony Kendrick
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Community Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Professionals ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Occupational Therapists ◽  
Mental Health Workers ◽  
Psychiatric Nurses ◽  
Work Skills ◽  
Anxiety Management ◽  
Community Psychiatric

The roles of community mental health professionals may overlap and need clarifying. A survey is described of 95 occupational therapists (OT) and 200 community psychiatric nurses (CPN), of their views on their respective roles, and information on current practices. Administering medication and crisis intervention were regarded as specifically CPN roles, yet 26% of CPNs did not regularly administer medication. Half of the CPNs' clients were not chronically mentally ill, and over two-thirds of the nurses regularly carried out counselling and anxiety management. Assessing activities of daily living and work skills were seen specifically as OT tasks, yet 60% of the OTs did not usually assess work skills in practice. Roles overlapped considerably, suggesting that a more efficient approach might be to develop a generic core training for community mental health workers.

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