Psychology for Liberation: Contemporary Currents Disaster prevention and Response IVth International Conference of Community Psychology Barcelona 21 th to 23rd June 2012 Catalina Argüello Gutiérrez
Jan 08, 2016
Psychology for Liberation: Contemporary Currents
Disaster prevention and Response
IVth International
Conference of Community Psychology
Barcelona 21 th to 23rd June 2012
Catalina Argüello Gutiérrez
1. Basic background 2. Case Studies3. Common notions4. Challenges and possibilities5. What´s next?
Main topics
PSYCHOLOGY FOR LIBERATION
DISASTERS AND EMERGENCIES
PSYCHOSOCIAL SUPPORT
1.Basic Background
Psychology for liberation
Psychosocial traumaCollectivenessSocial PerceptionViolenceOppressed Power analysis
Emergencies and disasters
“Psychiatric perspective”Mental Health Risk Management Psychological Assistance
Risk
Hazard
Vulnerability
History and memory
Context and culture
Resiliencia
Reconstrucction
Emotional
Social
Comunitary
•Social and not natural
•Interdisciplinarity
•SelfCare
Psychosocial Support
provide tools to restore and develop coping skills
Relational approach
Human Suffer
Community disorganization
Support and emotional accompaniment
Prevention and Reconstruction
Intervention actions
EDAN-MHFirst Psychological Aid (PAP)CommunityEducationShelter and basic needsPsychosocial and
pharmacological crisisSelf care of the rescue teamsComunicating “bad news”Grief and bereavement
BRIGADA DE ATENCIÓN PSICOLÓGICA UCR PROPUESTA DE EAPS CCSS
POLCO CALICLOPAD -COLOMBIA
2. Case studies
Psychological Brigade UCR
Almost 20 years of action
VolunteersCommunity orientedStudents and
Professors Shock, Crisis, TraumaTCUFollow up in several
critical incidents
Health Facilities CCSS
Masive afluence of patients and their families
Intensification of emotional reactions and social disorganization
Changes in the atention dynamics
Specificities of CCSSImpact
POLCO
Communitarian Police, Cali
Plans and trainingSelf care
EvacuationAttention and supportPrevention
CLOPAD
Santiago de Cali Emergency Plan
The challenge of interinstitutionality
ContinuityCommon Agendas
PSICO SOCIAL TRAUMAHISTORICAL MEMORY
COMMUNITARIAN BASETAKE A POSSITION
CONSTRUCTED VULNERABILITY
3. Common notions
4. Challenges and possibilities
Prevention and vulnerability reductionEffective responseReal debate about the socioeconomic systemFoundraising, NGOsEvalution and Continuity InterdisciplinarityMediaSelf Care
What´s next?
Incorporate what we have learned
ParticipationContinuityArts, music and youth
expresionsLook foward to structural
transformationsRe think our theory from our
praxisSocial commitment