Open AccessRole of Community Resiliency Model Skills Trainings in Trauma Healing Among 1994 Tutsi Genocide Survivors in Rwanda
Author(s) -
Samuel Habimana,
Emmanuel Biracyaza,
Emmanuel Habumugisha,
Evariste Museka,
Jean Mutabaruka,
Susanne Montgomery
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
psychology research and behavior management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 30
ISSN - 1179-1578
DOI - 10.2147/prbm.s319057
Subject(s) - genocide , mental health , intervention (counseling) , medicine , depression (economics) , psychological resilience , clinical psychology , psychology , psychiatry , psychotherapist , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
Mental health among survivors of the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda remains poor, even after multiple efforts to assist those recovering from this trauma. The Community Resilience Model (CRM) is a biologically based set of skills that can be delivered in community settings by trained lay persons and has shown to significantly improve mental health in a number of settings and populations, though it has not been used with genocide survivors in Rwanda. This study assessed if the CRM training was able to improve mental health among genocide survivors.