National trainings in the five partner countries

 

Over the course of the two years of the project, health- and other professionals at the five partner centers received training on a range of mental health topics relevant to their work. The training materials used in each center relates to the topics covered in their trainings. However, it should be noticed that much of the training also took place as interactive and practical exercises and thus did not require written training material. Below is a list of the topics taught in each of the five partner centers, linking to the training materials (where available)

 

 

Honduras
 

Torture: types and consequences

Interview methods

Medico-legal documentation and the legal framework of torture
Treatment: crisis intervention
Treatment: working with families and carers
Ethical framework
Staff: clinical supervision and support for health professionals
Treatment: basic therapeutic skills (including counselling; short, medium and long term psychotherapy)
Treatment: community based care
Treatment: for detained or imprisoned patients
Sexual violence and other issues of gender (medical and legal approaches)
Cultural framework and liaison with traditional and religious healers
Alternative methods of psychotherapy
Diagnosis and treatment

Training skills

 

 

Mexico

 

Interview methods
Medico-legal documentation and the legal framework of torture
Treatment: crisis intervention
Ethical framework
Staff: clinical supervision and support for health professionals
Treatment: basic therapeutic skills (including counselling; short, medium and long term psychotherapy)
Treatment: community based care
Research: psychotherapy questionnaires and research skills
Training skills

 

 

South Africa

Torture: types and consequences
Interview methods
Treatment: crisis intervention
Ethical framework
Staff: clinical supervision and support for health professionals
Treatment: basic therapeutic skills (including counselling; short, medium and long term psychotherapy)
Treatment: community based care
Research: psychotherapy questionnaires and research skills
Sexual violence and other issues of gender (medical and legal approaches)
Alternative methods of psychotherapy
Diagnosis and treatment
Training skills
Presentation skills
Evaluation skills

 

 

Gaza

Torture: types and consequences
Interview methods
Medico-legal documentation and the legal framework of torture
Treatment: crisis intervention
Treatment: working with families and carers
Ethical framework
Staff: clinical supervision and support for health professionals
Treatment: basic therapeutic skills (including counselling; short, medium and long term psychotherapy)
Treatment: community based care
Research: psychotherapy questionnaires and research skills
Sexual violence and other issues of gender (medical and legal approaches)
Cultural framework and liaison with traditional and religious healers
Diagnosis and treatment
Training skills
Presentation skills
Evaluation skills

 

 

Egypt

Torture: types and consequences
Interview methods
Medico-legal documentation and the legal framework of torture
Staff: clinical supervision and support for health professionals
Treatment: basic therapeutic skills (including counselling; short, medium and long term psychotherapy)
Research: psychotherapy questionnaires and research skills
Children: how to examine and treat child survivors of torture
Training skills
Presentation skills
Evaluation skills