Prise en charge interculturelle des migrants et des réfugiés avec la thérapie EMDRIntercultural care for migrants and refugees with EMDR therapy
Description
Faisons d’abord un tour d’horizon des vécus de ces populations et des conséquences psychopathologiques telles qu’elles s’expriment lors de la rencontre avec des professionnels en santé mentale. Les données de la littérature font souvent état de l’omniprésence de l’élément traumatique dans la trajectoire du migrant. Des expériences adverses confrontent cette population à une extrême solitude, à l’impuissance et à la mort, désorganisant gravement la personnalité des sujets impactés au point de générer des altérations de la santé physique et mentale et d’entraver leur capacité d’adaptation psychosociale. En effet, l’OMS en 2016 souligne la prévalence marquée des traumatismes chez les réfugiés (15 %) comparativement à la population générale (1 %) (Silove, Ventevogel & Rees, 2017). Le trauma ponctue les étapes du parcours migratoire en fonction de trois temps identifiés en trauma pré-migratoire, péri-migratoire et post-migratoire. Son occurrence s’inscrit aussi bien dans le pays d’origine, qu’au cours des périples migratoires, et dans la rencontre avec le pays d’accueil. Dans de nombreuses régions du monde, des familles entières ont subi différentes violations des droits de la personne atteignant leur intégrité physique et psychique. Massacres, enlèvements, génocides (Hassan, Kirmayer & Mekki-Berrada, 2015), domiciles pillés et incendiés, biens entièrement détruits, ont ainsi porté à leur paroxysme des sentiments d’impuissance et de perte de sécurité dans un environnement tourmenté par les guerres…
Let us first take an overview of the experiences of these populations and the psychopathological consequences as they are expressed during meetings with mental health professionals. Data from the literature often show the omnipresence of the traumatic element in the migrant’s trajectory. Adverse experiences confront this population with extreme loneliness, helplessness and death, seriously disorganizing the personality of the affected subjects to the point of generating alterations in physical and mental health and hindering their capacity for psychosocial adaptation. Indeed, the WHO in 2016 highlights the marked prevalence of trauma among refugees (15%) compared to the general population (1%) (Silove, Ventevogel & Rees, 2017). Trauma punctuates the stages of the migratory journey according to three stages identified as pre-migratory, peri-migratory and post-migratory trauma. Its occurrence occurs both in the country of origin, during migratory journeys, and in the encounter with the host country. In many regions of the world, entire families have suffered various human rights violations affecting their physical and psychological integrity. Massacres, kidnappings, genocides (Hassan, Kirmayer & Mekki-Berrada, 2015), homes looted and burned, property completely destroyed, have thus brought to their climax feelings of helplessness and loss of security in an environment tormented by wars...
Let us first take an overview of the experiences of these populations and the psychopathological consequences as they are expressed during meetings with mental health professionals. Data from the literature often show the omnipresence of the traumatic element in the migrant’s trajectory. Adverse experiences confront this population with extreme loneliness, helplessness and death, seriously disorganizing the personality of the affected subjects to the point of generating alterations in physical and mental health and hindering their capacity for psychosocial adaptation. Indeed, the WHO in 2016 highlights the marked prevalence of trauma among refugees (15%) compared to the general population (1%) (Silove, Ventevogel & Rees, 2017). Trauma punctuates the stages of the migratory journey according to three stages identified as pre-migratory, peri-migratory and post-migratory trauma. Its occurrence occurs both in the country of origin, during migratory journeys, and in the encounter with the host country. In many regions of the world, entire families have suffered various human rights violations affecting their physical and psychological integrity. Massacres, kidnappings, genocides (Hassan, Kirmayer & Mekki-Berrada, 2015), homes looted and burned, property completely destroyed, have thus brought to their climax feelings of helplessness and loss of security in an environment tormented by wars...
Format
Book Section
Language
French
Original Work Citation
Dewailly, A., Iracane, M., & Zimmermann, E. (2022). [Intercultural care for migrants and refugees with EMDR therapy]. In Tarquinio, C., Zimmermann, E., Brennstuhl M.-J., Ludwig, C., Dellucci, D., Iracane-Cost, M., Piedfort-Marin, O., Rydberg. J. A., Silvestre, M., & Tarquinio, P. (Eds.), Pratique de la psychothérapie EMDR, 2nd Edition (pp. 630-662). Paris: Dunod. French
Citation
“Prise en charge interculturelle des migrants et des réfugiés avec la thérapie EMDRIntercultural care for migrants and refugees with EMDR therapy,” Francine Shapiro Library, accessed May 3, 2024, https://francineshapirolibrary.omeka.net/items/show/28975.