Soins
Volume 63, Issue 827, 2018, Pages 40-42

Impact of the trauma of refugees of war on mental health workers [Impact du trauma des réfugiés de guerre sur les intervenants en santé mentale] (Article)

Zerbé Z. , Abou Assaf R.-M.N. , Ayvazian N.D.-S. , Maalouf C. , El Husseini M.*
  • a Université Saint-Joseph, BP 17-5208 Mar Mkhael, Beyrouth, 1104 2020, Lebanon
  • b Association libanaise pour le développement de la psychanalyse (Aldep), Centre Mallat 1, rue de Damas, BP 426, Hazmieh, Lebanon
  • c Arab Resource Collective, rue 206, immeuble Mekhitarian, n̊ 317, Mezher, Lebanon
  • d Rue Émile-Eddé immeuble Dakik, n̊ 591, Beyrouth, Lebanon
  • e Maison des adolescents, hôpital Cochin-Maison de Solenn, AP-HP, UTRPP - EA 4403, 97, boulevard de Port-Royal, Paris, 75014, France, Université Picardie Jules-Verne, Chemin du Thil, CS 52501, cedex 1, Amiens, 80025, France

Abstract

As part of a research project aiming to measure the psychological impact of humanitarian intervention in the wars affecting the Middle East, 28 humanitarian players working with refugees and displaced people took part in semi-structured qualitative interviews. The material was analysed using the interpretative phenomenological approach. The results show indications of transmission of the trauma when issues of identity and a sense of belonging are involved, psychosomatic manifestations as well as complex transference-countertransference relationships. © 2018 Elsevier Masson SAS

Author Keywords

transmission humanitarian context Identity Armed conflict Refugee trauma

Index Keywords

Health Personnel Infant refugee counter transference Armed Conflicts Countertransference (Psychology) health care personnel human Humans Refugees psychology Middle East war
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85049740331&doi=10.1016%2fj.soin.2018.05.008&partnerID=40&md5=112b259c14a0050d8cd1d3f7a508f3e9
DOI: 10.1016/j.soin.2018.05.008
ISSN: 00380814
Original Language: English; French