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The healing community: the importance of community-based interventions

Community-based psychosocial interventions serve to meet a range of needs of a population affected either by a disaster (such as tsunami) or war. Experiences of care for the victims of tsunami, including the traumatized survivors and their families are described in three stages. The role of on-the-spot assistance, as well as the role of remembrance events, information and referral centre and information dissemination in the later stage is discussed. The range of community-based psychosocial interventions that have been tested in practice is areas affected by war are listed.

Community-based interventions, psychosocial care after disasters, tsunami

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