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Crisis Events and Psychosocial Support

This module explores different types of crisis events, factors affecting their impact, and the purpose of psychosocial support. It also emphasizes the role of volunteers and staff in providing psychosocial support in community-based settings.

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Crisis Events and Psychosocial Support

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  1. COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1 Module 1 Crisis events and psychosocial support

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1 Preparedness and response

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

  6. 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?

  7. 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?

  8. COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1 Factors affecting the psychosocial impact of crisis events • Characteristics of the event • Crisis/post-crisis environment • Individual characteristics • Family and community resources

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

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

  11. 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

  12. 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

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

  14. 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.

  15. 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.

  16. COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1 Advantages of volunteers • Volunteers are part of the local community • Volunteers know the culture

  17. COMMUNITY-BASED PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT · MODULE 1 Matching needs

  18. 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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