PTSD Mission
Counteracting exclusion
Completed
mazowieckie
Warszawa
2015-03-01 - 2016-04-30
252 146,83 PLN
224 389,40 PLN
health/healthcare, uniformed services
Project description
Polish specialists estimate that about 10% of soldiers coming back from the missions have psychological problems, which often lead to alcohol abuse, drugs addiction, family breakdown, neuroses and suicidal thoughts. The data of the Ministry of National Defense prove that in 2013, 212(of over 30 thousand taking part in missions) veterans benefited from help of the army psychologists. Non-civilian personnel do not trust the army doctors and psychologists. They are afraid that their health problems will be revealed by their superiors. The data available for the Organization prove that in Poland there is not enough resourceful materials devoted to PTSD.
The goal of the project was to provide veterans and their families with information on PTSD and founding an intervention and therapeutic spot serving psychological help independent from the army structures.
The information about PTSD has reached about 8 thousand persons thanks to a published guide-book "To Understand PTSD" and Internet service www.misjaptsd.pl. An intervention and therapeutic Asylum Argos was founded. 274 soldiers, police officers and paramedics have benefited help from it.
Informational-educational campaign has been carried out, including: Internet service www.misjaptsd.pl (14, 060 visits) has been launched, Facebook profile was created (477 fans), a 20-pages guide-book " To Understand PTSD" (3,000 items) was published, posters (200) and leaflets on the campaign and the Internet service (5,000) – distribution in the army environment and among paramedics. The Asylum Argos (10 accommodation places) has been founded. Stationary patients (114) have been provided with individual meetings with a psychologist (1-2 times a week, depending on needs), a group therapy, also with participation of dogs, (1 meeting a week), society meetings (1 time a week), psycho-educational activities (2 a week), training on communication (1 meeting a week), training on relaxation (2 a week), film therapy (2 a week), psychic drawing (1 meeting a week); ambulatory patients (160) - meetings with a psychologist (1 - 2 meetings a week).
274 soldiers, police officers and paramedics mainly from Masovian Voivodeship have benefited the direct help.
We use the grant for capacity building
The goal of the project was to provide veterans and their families with information on PTSD and founding an intervention and therapeutic spot serving psychological help independent from the army structures.
The information about PTSD has reached about 8 thousand persons thanks to a published guide-book "To Understand PTSD" and Internet service www.misjaptsd.pl. An intervention and therapeutic Asylum Argos was founded. 274 soldiers, police officers and paramedics have benefited help from it.
Informational-educational campaign has been carried out, including: Internet service www.misjaptsd.pl (14, 060 visits) has been launched, Facebook profile was created (477 fans), a 20-pages guide-book " To Understand PTSD" (3,000 items) was published, posters (200) and leaflets on the campaign and the Internet service (5,000) – distribution in the army environment and among paramedics. The Asylum Argos (10 accommodation places) has been founded. Stationary patients (114) have been provided with individual meetings with a psychologist (1-2 times a week, depending on needs), a group therapy, also with participation of dogs, (1 meeting a week), society meetings (1 time a week), psycho-educational activities (2 a week), training on communication (1 meeting a week), training on relaxation (2 a week), film therapy (2 a week), psychic drawing (1 meeting a week); ambulatory patients (160) - meetings with a psychologist (1 - 2 meetings a week).
274 soldiers, police officers and paramedics mainly from Masovian Voivodeship have benefited the direct help.
