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Qualitative accounts from Syrian mental health professionals: shared realities in the context of conflict and forced displacement.
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- Mental health and conflict: a pilot of an online eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR) intervention for forcibly displaced Syrian women.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Mental health and psychosocial support programmes for displaced populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): A systematic review of process, perspectives and experiences.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Human Resources for Health in Conflict Affected Settings: A Scoping Review of Primary Peer Reviewed Publications 2016-2022.International journal of health policy and management · 2023Article
- 'We will never give up': a qualitative study of ethical challenges Syrian health workers face in situations of extreme violence.Disasters · 2022Article
- Health research in the Syrian conflict: opportunities for equitable and multidisciplinary collaboration.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- I don't leave my people; They need me: Qualitative research of local health care professionals' working motivations in Syria.Conflict and health · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore the impact of the provision of care of forcibly displaced Syrian mental health professionals (MHPs) to Syrian clients in the community given shared experiences and backgrounds with clients.
designA qualitative study using thematic analysis of in-depth semistructured interviews to explore shared realities, self-disclosure and the impact of providing therapy.
settingSyrian MHPs operating in Gaziantep and Istanbul, Turkey, were interviewed.
participantsSixteen forcibly displaced Syrian MHPs (eight male, eight female) aged between 24 and 54 years (M=35, SD=8.3) who provided care to the displaced Syrian community in Turkey.
resultsAll workers described having a shared reality with their clients as helpful in therapy and a smaller proportion described it as a vulnerability. All described their work with Syrian clients as fulfilling and most described it as distressing. Participants referred to self-care,supervision, peer-support and personal therapy as a means to cope.
conclusionsThis study provides the first insight into the shared experiences of the ongoing trauma, loss and violations resulting from the ongoing Syrian conflict from the perspective of Syrian MHPs, adding to the literature of the professional issues and ethical duty to protect health workers in conflict settings.
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