What is it about?
Interpersonal Counseling (IPC), a briefer and simplified adaptation of Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), was used with internally displaced women (IDWs) in Bogota, Colombia, an implementation study of a mental health care pathway funded by Grand Challenges Canada. Preliminary evidence suggests that IPC led to positive outcomes for IDWs, and may be a feasible first line treatment for displaced women with elevated symptoms of common mental disorders. The case study demonstrates the use of IPC as an intervention to treat depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress symptoms in one participant across 11 sessions, from the case formulation through the termination phase.
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Why is it important?
To contribute with evidence-based interventions for mental health care of Colombian displaced people.
Perspectives
This is a good source of information for those with little mental health background or interested in evidence-based interventions for displaced population.
Mrs Angela A Gomez
Universidad de los Andes
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: “You Pulled Me out of a Dark Well”: A Case Study of a Colombian Displaced Woman Empowered Through Interpersonal Counseling (IPC), Journal of Clinical Psychology, July 2016, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.22365.
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