{"id":4604,"date":"2024-02-01T05:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-01T03:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sante-armenie.flywheelstaging.com\/treating-psychological-trauma\/"},"modified":"2024-07-15T19:34:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T17:34:50","slug":"treating-psychological-trauma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.santearmenie.org\/en\/what-we-do\/treating-psychological-trauma\/","title":{"rendered":"Treating psychological trauma"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Directors: Dr. Patrick Alecian, Anahit Dasseux-Ter Mesropian, Dr. Sevan Minassian, Dr. Ir\u00e8ne Nigolian
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The Covid-19 pandemic, the Artsakh war of 2020, Azerbaijan’s constant attacks on the Syunik region and the blockade of the Latchin corridor, which culminated in the exodus of most of the Armenian population of Artsakh in September 2023, have made the issue of psychosocial support vital. For decades, the populations of the Syunik and Artsakh regions have endured heavy psychological trauma that must be addressed.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Armenia, professionals in this field are few and far between and the very idea of seeking psychological and psychiatric care is often taboo. <\/span><\/p>\n

Since the beginning of its activity, Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie has identified, trained and supported psychologists and psychiatrists in Armenia and Artsakh, thus offering the civilian and military populations psychological support in line with international standards. <\/span><\/p>\n

Against a backdrop of constant threat of renewed armed conflict, a months-long blockade and the forced exodus from Artsakh, Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie employs psychologists and psychiatrists who are trained and supervised by their European volunteer peers to offer individual or group consultations to the population.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2023, Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie’s treatment for psychological trauma was deployed in three areas in the Syunik region and in Artsakh:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • \u25aa In Goris, at the outpatient physical therapy and neuro-orthopedic rehabilitation facility created by Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie and in direct collaboration with the facility\u2019s other activities, a psychologist sees patients on a daily basis.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • \u25aa Two other psychologists employed by Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie offer individual consultations in Goris and also work with groups of teenagers at a school in the town of Sisian. When needed, a psychiatrist employed part-time by Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie offers care to patients<\/span><\/li>\n
  • In Artsakh, two mobile teams operated in Martakert and Martuni until September 2023. These mobile teams, composed of two psychologists from the Empathia Consultation Center in Stepanakert, <\/i><\/span><\/span><\/i>went to border villages to care for families affected by grief and trauma resulting from the war. When needed, a psychiatrist intervened. With the exodus of the population from Artsakh in September 2023, these mobile teams did not stop working. In fact, their activities intensified and they continue to work with Artsakh refugees in the Ararat region of Armenia. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    As part of an interuniversity agreement signed in June 2021 between Paris-Est Cr\u00e9teil University and Yerevan State Medical University, at the initiative of Professor Jean-Marc Baleyte, a child psychiatrist, university professor and hospital practitioner at the Intercommunal Hospital of Cr\u00e9teil, Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie is working on the creation of a chair of child psychiatry in Yerevan in order to develop a training program for young Armenian graduates and psychiatrists. The aim is to fill the gap in child psychiatry training in Armenia.
    <\/span>Armenian professors of psychiatry from the Yerevan State Medical University, as well as young Armenian psychologists and psychiatrists, currently benefit from accelerated training in child psychiatry and internships at Paris-Est Cr\u00e9teil University. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie also participated in the post-doctoral teaching program in psychology at Mesrop Mashtots University in Artsakh. As part of this program, several Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie members were teaching both theoretical and practical courses in clinical psychopathology affecting children, adolescents and adults.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Treating psychological trauma Directors: Dr. Patrick Alecian, Anahit Dasseux-Ter Mesropian, Dr. Sevan Minassian, Dr. Ir\u00e8ne Nigolian The Covid-19 pandemic, the Artsakh war of 2020, Azerbaijan’s constant attacks on the Syunik region and the blockade of the Latchin corridor, which culminated in the exodus of most of the Armenian population of Artsakh in September 2023, have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":4607,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4604","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nTreating psychological trauma - Sante Armenie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.santearmenie.org\/en\/what-we-do\/treating-psychological-trauma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Treating psychological trauma - Sante Armenie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Treating psychological trauma Directors: Dr. Patrick Alecian, Anahit Dasseux-Ter Mesropian, Dr. Sevan Minassian, Dr. Ir\u00e8ne Nigolian The Covid-19 pandemic, the Artsakh war of 2020, Azerbaijan’s constant attacks on the Syunik region and the blockade of the Latchin corridor, which culminated in the exodus of most of the Armenian population of Artsakh in September 2023, have […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.santearmenie.org\/en\/what-we-do\/treating-psychological-trauma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sante Armenie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-15T17:34:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.santearmenie.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/35-Empatia-Anahit-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/what-we-do\\\/treating-psychological-trauma\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/what-we-do\\\/treating-psychological-trauma\\\/\",\"name\":\"Treating psychological trauma - Sante Armenie\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/what-we-do\\\/treating-psychological-trauma\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/what-we-do\\\/treating-psychological-trauma\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/35-Empatia-Anahit-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-01T03:18:05+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-15T17:34:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/what-we-do\\\/treating-psychological-trauma\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/what-we-do\\\/treating-psychological-trauma\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/what-we-do\\\/treating-psychological-trauma\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/35-Empatia-Anahit-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/03\\\/35-Empatia-Anahit-scaled.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/what-we-do\\\/treating-psychological-trauma\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Treating psychological trauma\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.santearmenie.org\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Sante Armenie\",\"description\":\"Sant\u00e9 Arm\u00e9nie est une association loi 1901 r\u00e9unissant des professionnels de sant\u00e9 et autres volontaires europ\u00e9ens qui se sont donn\u00e9s pour objectif de participer au d\u00e9veloppement sur le long terme du syst\u00e8me de sant\u00e9 arm\u00e9nien. 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