Poor Countries Get Therapy Boost from Scholars
July 11th, 2009
Scientific American has published a feature on African refugees and other victims of trauma as they explore a new world of therapy options previously unknown to the majority of third-world countries. University scholars such as Germany’s Frank Neuner are increasingly venturing into the depths of some of the world’s most grief-stricken places, often recruiting locals for help in the administration of therapy clinics and other community resources to address Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other frequently encountered concerns. While peace may be the greatest boost to the well-being of the world’s poor and displaced people, therapy is offering its benefits on a wider scale.
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What a great article at Scientific American, thanks for letting us know about it. My husband and I love your blog!
How wonderful that we can extend our perceptions to the far reaches of the world. I know first hand what a profound effect our progress in mental health has had on cultures such as Japan and France when the enlightening effect of treatment therapies for alcoholism landed in cultures where the concept of alcoholism was not even considered. The healing could begin and families and individuals became free of the bandages of addiction and lack of options.
PTSD can be eradicated with attention, time and compassion. We all are needed to make this happen.
I hope that at least the history and the past of these people who posess such rich identities and cultures are being taken into account. I know that for many of them this will be a big step toward something completely different than that which they may have ever known and as much as I hope that many receive the multiple benefits that therapy can bring about, I hope that the things that they hold close to them are not lost in the process.
would love to hear that this kind of effort has a lot of positive payoff in the end
Would love to know more in Cape Town, South Africa. We have experienced homophobia in all parts of the country and I worked voluntarily with French speaking Congolese who were displaced and living in makeship refugee camps, being funded by the local Jewish population.(Luckily I can speak French). We are proud of our democracy but racism is still out there on the ground, walking hand in hand with poverty, manifesting in, among other phenomenon, systemic and intergenerational trauma. We need all the tools and skills we can get – pse send more info.
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