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COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Crisis events and


Module psychosocial
support

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COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Crisis events and psychosocial support

• Different types of crisis events


• What affects the impact of
crisis events
• Psychosocial support and its
purpose
• The role of volunteers and staff
in psychosocial support
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

What is a crisis event?

A crisis event is a major event outside the range


of ordinary everyday experience that is extremely
threatening to those involved, accompanied by
feelings of powerlessness, horror or terror.

Within the context of Red Cross Red Crescent


National Societies, people are faced with crisis
events every day. These events include deaths,
accidents, disasters, serious illness (e.g. HIV) ,
rape, suicide.
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Preparedness and response


Beslan
Bam / Lebanon
Denmark
Israel Pakistan
/–Bulgaria
School
Indonesia
Austria
Syria
Palestine––Armed
– Colombia
Hotline
/– Sri
Zimbabwe/Southern -Hostage
–IraqiEarthquakes
Ambulance
Lanka –Crisis
Trafficking
-for
Refugees
CABAC
- IDP
Lonely
Conflict
– Tsunami
Africa Drivers
Youth
HIV/AIDS

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COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

What makes events critical?

Work in pairs.
Discuss the following questions:
• Think of a crisis event in your community
that has taken place in the past three years.
• What were the characteristics of the event?
• What factors made it a crisis situation?
• What factors increased the psychosocial
impact of the event?
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

What increases psychosocial impact of a


crises?

Work in groups of three to four.


• Read the case study
• Discuss what factors increased the
psychosocial impact of the events?
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Factors affecting the psychosocial


impact of crisis events

1. Characteristics of
the event
2. Crisis/post-crisis
environment
3. Individual
characteristics
4. Family and
community
resources
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Factors affecting the psychosocial


impact of crisis events
1. Characteristics of the 2.Crisis/post-crisis
event environment
– Natural versus man- – Weather
made – Time of day
– Intentionality – Accessibility to
– Degree of area
preventability
– Amount of physical
– Scope of impact destruction
– Suffering – Number of deaths
– Degree of – Number of child
expectedness deaths
– Duration of the event
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Factors affecting the psychosocial


impact of crisis events
3. Individual 4. Family and
characteristics community
– Age - stage of life resources
– Mental health – Weather
– Social support systems – Time of day
– Disabilities – Accessibility to area
– Social economic status – Amount of physical
– Religion destruction
– Disaster history – Number of deaths
– Previous traumatic – Number of child
experiences deaths
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

What is psychosocial support?

• Psychosocial support refers to actions that address


psychological and social needs of individuals, families
and communities
• Psychosocial support can be delivered in specific
programmes or be integrated within other activities
• The International Federation approach to psychosocial
support is:
– A community based approach to facilitate the
resilience of the affected population
– A way to mobilize the power of humanity
– A means of maintaining health and well-being of
staff and volunteers
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Why provide psychosocial support?

• Mobilizing early and adequate


psychosocial support can prevent
distress and suffering from
developing into something more
severe

• Psychosocial support helps people


affected by crises to recover
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Intervention pyramid

Intervention
pyramid for
mental health
and
psychosocial
support in
emergencies
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Personal experiences

• Think about a situation where a


person you know had a problem.
• How did you know there was a need
for help?
• How did you or others meet those
needs?
• Share your experiences with the
person next to you afterwards.
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Local psychosocial needs

Go into the same groups as before.


• Identify psychosocial needs in your
community.
• How can they be addressed? Use
examples and ideas from this
session.
• Report back in plenary afterwards.
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Advantages of volunteers

• Volunteers are part of the local


community

• Volunteers know the culture


COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Matching needs
COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1

Recap

• What are crisis events?

• What is psychosocial support?

• How can you apply the knowledge


from this module?

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