Psychosocial care for women survivors of the tsunami disaster in India

S.M. Becker

American Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 99, issue 4, 654-658

Abstract: Objectives. I investigated the effectiveness of Psychosocial Care, a community-based mental health initiative for survivors of the 2004 tsunami disaster in India. Methods. Mental health teams from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS) in India implemented a train-the-trainer model of psychosocial care in one of the worst tsunami-affected areas of south India. Three months of psychosocial care was provided for an intervention group of women, but not for a control group recruited from an exposed neighboring village. Impact of Event Scale (IES) scores-both total scores and scores for subscales on hypervigilance, avoidance, and intrusion-were compiled for both the intervention and control groups and used as outcome measures. Results. For the intervention group, posttest total IES and subscale scores were significantly lower than pretest scores (P

Date: 2009
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