Addressing Urgent Community Mental Health Needs in Rwanda: Culturally Sensitive Training Interventions

Autor:	Desire Kamanzi, Dan-Bush Bhusumane, Kirrily Pells, Donatilla Mukamana, Lisa Lopez Levers
Rok vydání:	2006
Předmět:	Bioecological model education.field_of_study Population Psychological intervention Capacity building Genocide Mental health Nursing Pedagogy Community health Community psychology Psychology education General Psychology
Zdroj:	Journal of Psychology in Africa. 16:261-272
ISSN:	1815-5626 1433-0237
DOI:	10.1080/14330237.2006.10820130
Popis:	Rwandan leaders in the health and educational sectors have begun to discuss the necessity for establishing culturally appropriate community-based mental health counselling services in Rwanda, especially trauma counselling. The need for a community psychology approach is anchored in the lingering effects of the genocide and the continuing post-traumatic stress symptoms suffered by many in the population. Capacity building in an effort like this would require the design of multi-level counselling curricula that are sensitive to the social structures within Rwandan culture. These curricular endeavours call for the development of a National Counselling Centre to serve as a structural mechanism for organizing community-based counselling initiatives. We consider the community health services needs in Rwanda here, along with associated challenges and strategies for effective mental health services in a country with a recent history of genocide. A community psychology approach to mental health would benefit Rwand...
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