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Psychosocial support and intervention (PSI) is important for disaster survivors and children facing adversity. Studies show that 39% of disaster survivors report severe to very severe psychological impairment, so mental health services and PSI have become core parts of disaster response. PSI meets people's emotional, social, mental and spiritual needs, and helps build resilience. It is particularly important for children experiencing trauma, stress, poverty or the loss of caregivers due to disasters or other events. PSI is best provided through families and communities, and should be part of comprehensive long-term programming to support children's overall well-being and development. Signs that a child has recovered from trauma include being able to openly discuss the event, effectively manage

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Psychosocial support and intervention (PSI) is important for disaster survivors and children facing adversity. Studies show that 39% of disaster survivors report severe to very severe psychological impairment, so mental health services and PSI have become core parts of disaster response. PSI meets people's emotional, social, mental and spiritual needs, and helps build resilience. It is particularly important for children experiencing trauma, stress, poverty or the loss of caregivers due to disasters or other events. PSI is best provided through families and communities, and should be part of comprehensive long-term programming to support children's overall well-being and development. Signs that a child has recovered from trauma include being able to openly discuss the event, effectively manage

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AKAP BATA Phils.

Introduction to Psychosocial Social support

(PSI)

Background:
Some studies reported that more than half of disaster survivors might have mild to moderate psychological impairment, while around 39% may report severe to very severe impairment, suggesting that very substantial proportion of disaster survivors could benefit from mental health services and psychosocial intervention (PSI). Public awareness has recently increased regarding the psychological reactions that may regarding the psychological reactions that may develop among people affected by disasters. (e.g.- Depression is the second most commonly observed psychological disorder in survivor of disaster, because of this case mental health and psychosocial intervention have become a mainstay of the National and Local disaster response system.)

What is Psychosocial Social support and Intervention (PSI) ?


Psychosocial support is the process of meeting a persons emotional, social, mental and spiritual needs. All of these are essential elements of positive human development. Psychosocial support is needed by all children, it promotes their psychological and emotional well being, as well as their physical and mental development. Psychosocial support help to build resiliency in children. It also supports families to provide for the physical, economic, educational, social and health needs of children. Children are resilient, but when faced with extreme adversity and trauma, they and their families can need extra support. Psychosocial support build internal and external resources for children and their families to be able to understand and deal with adverse events.

Some children needs specific, additional psychosocial support. These intervention usually target children who have experienced extreme trauma or adversity, or who are not receiving the necessary support from caregiver. Such intervention should be provided in addition to any ongoing support from families and communities.

Why PSI is important?


Many things can impact on a child psychosocial well being, including poverty, conflict, neglect and abuse. Emergency and disasters can compound these, as a result, children might experience traumatic and stress events such as illness, death of love ones, violence and exploitation, stigma and discrimination, isolation and loneliness and lack of adult support and guidance. Appropriate psychosocial supports helps children and their families to overcome these challenges and builds coping mechanisms, trust and hope in their future.

Where does PSI must be done?


Families and communities are best placed to provide psychosocial support, and interventions should work through families to support children. The aim should be to keep children in supportive and caring environments, and to strengthen families to provide for the full range of their needs.

How should psychosocial support be delivered?


Psychosocial supports needs to be part of comprehensive programming. It should not be provided as a stand-alone service. However, children living with HIV may need extra support for dealing with their HIV status, managing and adhering to treatment, disclosure, coping with illness in their family and caring for relatives. These can be addressed through interventions that use a variety of approaches, such as counseling, family therapy, memory work and succession planning. Programs need to use these interventions to strengthen families and caregivers to provide psychosocial support alongside addressing childrens other needs. Programs also need to understand and respond to the different ways that adverse events can impact on children. For example, how a child responds to grief and trauma may vary considerably depending on their age, gender and circumstances.

Who conduct PSI? Children are best cared for in their own communities.
The best people to provide psychosocial support are families and communities that love, care for and support children. Institutions are often particularly poor at providing for childrens psychosocial needs. To support the psychosocial needs of children effectively, programs need to support families to provide for their comprehensive needs. Psychosocial wellbeing is linked to childrens access to education, health, family care, nutrition, play and social participation. Psychosocial support should not be a stand-alone intervention. There needs to be a longer-term, integrated approach to the needs of children and their families.

How to know when a Child has recovered?


Although people deal with trauma/stress in a very many different ways, some signs of eventual recovery include: the ability to talk about the tragedy openly with family and friends. the ability to effectively manage and cope with the many emotion that may be associated with the tragedy; the ability to resume usual day-to-day routines; the ability to resume social and academic activities in an effective manner.

Definition:
Stress = Tension, pressure, negative emotions from an unpleasant experience Trauma = An emotional shock that may cause long term psychosocial damage. Resiliency = Ability to recover or regain readily our normal level of functioning or particular state

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