Parents’ competence in the field of mental health as a case of psychoeducational work in a territorial communityexperiencing war trauma
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Relevance. The traumatic events of the war can have a long-lasting impact on the mental health and psychosocial well-being of community members. Therefore, the dissemination of trauma-informed practices among community members is an urgent social task.
The article aims to present the results of a pilot study on enhancing parental competence in mental health, exemplified as a successful case within a war-affected community.
Methodology. The article presents the results of a pilot study of psychological literacy and psychological competencies of parents in the field of mental health, whose children underwent rehabilitation at the Family Centre for Mental Wellbeing ’Your Support’ (Vorzel, Bucha district).
Results. According to the self-reports of the participants of the psychoeducational training, their needs for special psychological knowledge and development of psychological competence in raising, communicating, and supporting children who have experienced the traumatic impact of war were met. Parents learned to make connections between difficult events and possible psychological symptoms, as evidenced by the results of the survey. The positive experience of psychoeducation is presented on the electronic resources of the CF ’Your support’, and the model of acquiring psychoeducation data creates trust and dissemination of positive experience in the community.
Conclusions and Prospects for Further Research. Acquiring relevant psychological knowledge and practical skills on understanding the main symptoms of the negative impact of military operations on child development helps parents become more competent in psychological assistance to themselves and their children, which in turn contributes to the formation of community resilience to stress and crisis situations, creates prerequisites for sustainable improvement of the quality of life of the training participants and the community as a whole. Prospects for the study are to integrate a trauma-informed approach into the field of education, healthcare and social welfare.
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Aslanian, T. (2024). Parents’ competence in the field of mental health as a case of psychoeducational work in a territorial communityexperiencing war trauma. Problems of Political Psychology, 16(30), 238-256. https://doi.org/10.33120/popp-Vol16-Year2024-174
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Bangpan, M., Felix, L., & Dickson, K. (2019). Mental health and psychosocial support programmes for adults in humanitarian emergencies: a systematic review and meta-analysis in low and middle-income countries. BMJ global health, 4(5), e001484. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001484 (in English)
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Bürgin, D., Anagnostopoulos, D., the Board and Policy Division of ESCAP, Vitiello, B., Sukale, T., Schmid, M., Fegert, J. M. (2022). Impact of war and forced displacement on children’s mental health-multilevel, needs-oriented, and trauma-informed approaches. European child & adolescent psychiatry, 31(6), 845–853. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-022-01974-z (in English)
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Psykhichne zdorovia ta stavlennia ukrayintsiv do psykholohichnoi dopomohy [Research within the All-Ukrainian Mental Health Program] Doslidzhennya u mezhakh Vseukrainskoi prohramy mentalnoho zdorovia (2024). Gradus. Rеtrieved from https://gradus.app/uk/open-reports/mental-health-and-attitudes-ukrainians-towards-psychological-assistance-during-war/ (in Ukrainian)
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Pukhno, S., & Saltykova, A. (2016). Psykholoho-pedahohichni skladovi formuvannia profesiynoi kultury maibutnikh vchyteliv fizyko-matematychnykh dystsyplin [Psychological and pedagogical components of the formation of professional culture of future teachers of physics and mathematics]. In Profesiina kultura: sutnist, fakhovi osoblyvosti, rozvytok. Sumy: SumDPU im. A. S. Makarena (in Ukrainian)
Record-Lemon, R., M., & Buchanan, M. J. (2017). Trauma-Informed Practices in Schools: A Narrative Literature Review Pratiques sensibles au traumatisme dans les écoles: une revue de la littérature narrative. Revue canadienne de counseling et de psychotherapy, 51 (4), 286–305. (in English)
Rybalka, V. (2021). Vyznachennia poniattia psykholohichnoi kultury osobystosti u mizhdystsyplinarnomu konteksti [Definition of the concept of psychological culture of the individual in an interdisciplinary context]. Rеtrieved from https://vspu.net/sit/index.php/sit/article/view/1071(in Ukrainian)
Stratehiia spivrobitnytstva VOOZ z Ukrainoiu na period do 2030 roku [WHO Cooperation Strategy with Ukraine for the period up to 2030] (2024). Rеtrieved from https://www.who.int/ukraine/uk/publications/WHO-EURO-2024-9329-49101-73236 (in Ukrainian)
Suwanwong, C., Jansem, A., Intarakamhang, U. et al. (2024). Modifiable predictors of mental health literacy in the educational context: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Psychology, 12, 378. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-024-01878-4 (in English)
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Ulunova, H. (Ed.). (2016). Profesiina kultura: sutnist, fakhovi osoblyvosti, rozvytok [Professional culture: essence, professional features, development]. SumDPU imeni A. S. Makarenka. (in Ukrainian)
Ungar, M., & Theron, L. (2020). Resilience and mental health: How multisystemic processes contribute to positive outcomes. Lancet Psychiatry, 7(5), 441–448. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(19)30434-1 (in English)
USAID. (2022). Zastosuvannіa travma-informovanoho pidkhodu u zakhodakh monitorynhu, otsinky, doslidzhen ta navchannіa [Applying a trauma-informed approach to monitoring, evaluation, research and training activities] Rеtrieved from https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/16-b9qri-vwZwKhFRmloj2g9aZmf36uLO (in Ukrainian)
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