Grief and disappearance: psychosocial interventions

245 Pages·2015·2.525 MB·English

by  Preitler, Barbara

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GRIEF
and
DISAPPEARANCE

GRIEF
and
DISAPPEARANCE
Psychosocial Interventions
Barbara Preitler
Translated by Julia Skala
Copyright © Barbara Preitler, 2015
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form
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First published in 2015 by
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Preitler, Barbara.
Grief and disappearance: psychosocial interventions / Barbara Preitler.
pages cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Grief. 2. Disappeared persons. 3. Missing persons. 4. Psychic trauma—Treatment.
I. Title.
BF575.G7P735 155.9’3—dc23 2015 2015008750
ISBN: 978-93-515-0242-5 (HB)
The SAGE Team: S upriya Das, Neha Sharma, Megha Dabral, Rajib Chatterjee and
Ritu Chopra
Contents
List of Abbreviations vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgements xi
1 Reaction towards Loss—Grief 1
2 The Social Consequences of ‘Enforced Disappearances’ 47
3 Collective Forms of Coping 88
4 Psychotherapeutic Work with Traumatised People 114
5 Individual Reactions to ‘Enforced Disappearances’ 128
6 The Family and ‘Enforced Disappearances’ 151
7 Interventions for Communities after ‘Disappearances’ 167
8 If a ‘Disappeared’ Person Comes Back 186
9 Self-care for Professionals 195
10 Conclusion 203
Bibliography 207
Index 223
About the Author and Translator 229

List of Abbreviations
AHRC Asian Human Right Group
CEH Comisión para el Esclarecimiento Histórico
CPC Centre for Psychosocial Care
DPM Dual process model
ECCC Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
FEDEFAM F ederación Latinoamericana de Asociaciones de Familiares
de Detenidos-Desaparecidos
IASC Inter-Agency Standing Committee
ICMP International Commission on Missing Persons
ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross
IDP Internally Displaced Person
JVP Janath¯a Vimukthi Peramun.a
MIA Missing in Action
NHRC National Human Rights Commission
PAHO Pan American Health Organization
PTSD Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
SOC Sense Of Coherence
UNP United National Party of Sri Lanka
URM Unaccompanied Refugee Minors
WTC World Trade Center