Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for People Experiencing Collective Traumatic Crisis During the Genocide Commemoration Period in Rwanda: Impact and Implications
In Rwanda, the annual commemorations of the genocide are associated with an increase in the level of collective traumatic crises whereby many people participating in commemoration activities present various symptoms, including emotional distress and re-experiencing traumatic events of the 1994 genoc...
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| author | Darius Gishoma Jean-Luc Brackelaire Naasson Munyandamutsa Jane Mujawayezu Achour Ait Mohand Yvonne Kayiteshonga |
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| description | In Rwanda, the annual commemorations of the genocide are associated with an increase in the level of collective traumatic crises whereby many people participating in commemoration activities present various symptoms, including emotional distress and re-experiencing traumatic events of the 1994 genocide. These sudden crises normally last between 30 and 120 minutes and can affect hundreds of people at big commemoration events. They are accompanied by a degree of urgency that disturbs the whole assembly. This article briefly presents an overview of these crises and highlights the results of a study on the effects of a supportive-expression group intervention in the post-crisis period for people who experienced these collective traumatic crises. The study compares the therapeutic progress made by a group of people who participated in a supportive-expression group therapy program as compared to those who did not receive the intervention. The study suggests that the supportive group intervention can improve the overall psychological wellbeing of people who experienced collective traumatic crisis even though it was ineffective for some symptoms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8f3907c406b14b32a5dcc85abeb5f4b32023-01-02T23:21:46ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologyJournal of Social and Political Psychology2195-33252014-08-012146948810.5964/jspp.v2i1.292jspp.v2i1.292Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for People Experiencing Collective Traumatic Crisis During the Genocide Commemoration Period in Rwanda: Impact and ImplicationsDarius Gishoma0Jean-Luc Brackelaire1Naasson Munyandamutsa2Jane Mujawayezu3Achour Ait Mohand4Yvonne Kayiteshonga5Mental Health Department, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Rwanda, Kigali, RwandaFaculté de psychologie et des sciences de l’éducation, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiqueService de consultations psychosociales, Kigali, RwandaRemera-Rukoma District Hospital, Kamonyi, RwandaRwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, Kigali, RwandaRwanda Biomedical Center, Ministry of Health, Kigali, RwandaIn Rwanda, the annual commemorations of the genocide are associated with an increase in the level of collective traumatic crises whereby many people participating in commemoration activities present various symptoms, including emotional distress and re-experiencing traumatic events of the 1994 genocide. These sudden crises normally last between 30 and 120 minutes and can affect hundreds of people at big commemoration events. They are accompanied by a degree of urgency that disturbs the whole assembly. This article briefly presents an overview of these crises and highlights the results of a study on the effects of a supportive-expression group intervention in the post-crisis period for people who experienced these collective traumatic crises. The study compares the therapeutic progress made by a group of people who participated in a supportive-expression group therapy program as compared to those who did not receive the intervention. The study suggests that the supportive group intervention can improve the overall psychological wellbeing of people who experienced collective traumatic crisis even though it was ineffective for some symptoms.http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/292genocideRwandacommemoration periodcollective traumatic crisissupportive-expressive group therapy |
| spellingShingle | Darius Gishoma Jean-Luc Brackelaire Naasson Munyandamutsa Jane Mujawayezu Achour Ait Mohand Yvonne Kayiteshonga Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for People Experiencing Collective Traumatic Crisis During the Genocide Commemoration Period in Rwanda: Impact and Implications Journal of Social and Political Psychology genocide Rwanda commemoration period collective traumatic crisis supportive-expressive group therapy |
| title | Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for People Experiencing Collective Traumatic Crisis During the Genocide Commemoration Period in Rwanda: Impact and Implications |
| title_full | Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for People Experiencing Collective Traumatic Crisis During the Genocide Commemoration Period in Rwanda: Impact and Implications |
| title_fullStr | Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for People Experiencing Collective Traumatic Crisis During the Genocide Commemoration Period in Rwanda: Impact and Implications |
| title_full_unstemmed | Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for People Experiencing Collective Traumatic Crisis During the Genocide Commemoration Period in Rwanda: Impact and Implications |
| title_short | Supportive-Expressive Group Therapy for People Experiencing Collective Traumatic Crisis During the Genocide Commemoration Period in Rwanda: Impact and Implications |
| title_sort | supportive expressive group therapy for people experiencing collective traumatic crisis during the genocide commemoration period in rwanda impact and implications |
| topic | genocide Rwanda commemoration period collective traumatic crisis supportive-expressive group therapy |
| url | http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/292 |
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