Immediate Psycho-social Support for Disaster Survivors

Authors

  • Peter Berliner University of Aarhus
  • José Navarro Gongóra Salamanca University, Spain
  • Vanessa Espaillat UNIBE University, Santo Domingo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v32i2.8732

Keywords:

Trauma, Suffering, Resilience, Psycho-social support, Disaster Survivors

Abstract

The article describes how psychosocial support, in the immediate and mid-term disaster response for Haitian earthquake survivors in hospitals in the Dominican Republic, ameliorated some of the suffering and prevent the crisis from becoming crystallised into symptoms and complex grief. The support was centred on (1) providing information; (2) facilitating social regulation of emotions; (3) supporting a social support network for the patient; (4) focusing coping efforts; and (5) normalization of reactions. Finally it is described how the crisis made values of caring, compassion and responsibility expressed and shown by the survivors.

Author Biographies

Peter Berliner, University of Aarhus

Peter Berliner: Professor of Community Psychology, University of Aarhus, Denmark

José Navarro Gongóra, Salamanca University, Spain

José Navarro Gongóra: Professor, Salamanca University, Spain

Vanessa Espaillat, UNIBE University, Santo Domingo

Vanessa Espaillat: Professor, UNIBE University, Santo Domingo, The Dominican Republic

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Published

2011-12-31

How to Cite

Berliner, P., Navarro Gongóra, J., & Espaillat, V. (2011). Immediate Psycho-social Support for Disaster Survivors. Psyke & Logos, 32(2), 22. https://doi.org/10.7146/pl.v32i2.8732

Issue

Vol. 32 No. 2 (2011): Traume, Lidelse, Resiliens

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Articles

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