BackgroundIn 2014 the Yezidi, an ethnic minority group in Iraq, suffered genocide at the hands of ISIS in which approximately 3100 people were killed, 6800 abducted, and 400,000 displaced. Around 3,000 remain missing. AimThis study examined the…
In early November, a team of international experts traveled to Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, to begin training over 30 psychotherapy staff members from the Jiyan Foundation and other nonprofits in a relatively new trauma therapy called "eye movement…
This article is a nonexhaustive overview concerning the developments of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in a humanitarian context in Africa. These efforts aimed to promote psychological healing for people suffering after…
Im Jahre 1994 kamen in Ruanda innerhalb von 100 Tagen fast eine Million Menschen auf brutalste Weise ums Leben. Vorliegende Studie untersuchte die mentalen Gesundheitseffekte dieses staatlich organisierten Genozids bei ruandischen Waisen (n = 118),…
This dissertation examines multigenerational trauma that is caused by genocide and oppression. The literature reviewed covers multigenerational trauma , biological origins of traumatic states, trauma transmission, and healing/therapeutic methods…
