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vivo counsellors have been providing trauma-therapy in war-affected communities of Northern Uganda since 2007 mostly for severely traumatised formerly abducted children now grown into young adults with their own families. For a long time vivo counsellors had realised the vast need for also an alcohol intervention, when meeting women and children affected by domestic violence that is often linked to male alcohol consumption. vivo-member Dr. Ulrike Amann practicing the diagnostics of substance use disorder with vivo counsellors
Harmful alcohol dependency is also an obstacle in providing effective trauma therapy. Combining our existing data and our long-lasting experience, we can see a strong contrast between the need for alcohol interventions and a lack of available services.
Therefore, vivo developed in cooperation with the Bielefeld University, the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany and Omoana, Switzerland a research project on the feasibility of the integration of two different brief alcohol abuse interventions into the trauma-related mental health services of the vivo outpatient clinic. The two interventions require only 3 sessions and strengthen the motivation to change adverse health behaviours through promotion of goal commitment and follow-through.
Our research project started with a training in both approaches for all vivo counsellors facilitated by two vivo clinical psychologists.
Preliminary results from November 2020 show that the groups that received the interventions reduced significantly in their alcohol consumption and its negative effects.
Additionally, as a result we would like to mention that all counsellors enjoyed providing the alcohol interventions and the feedback from the communities as well as the clients themselves has been positive throughout. Especially acceptance by the latter group is key to us, since it seems the clients felt welcomed and understood and not being stigmatised when participating in the intervention groups. With the results of this research project, we are planning to integrate an adapted version of the best model intervention into our ongoing service provision of mental health rehabilitation services.
vivo counsellors have been providing trauma-therapy in war-affected communities of Northern Uganda since 2007 mostly for severely traumatised formerly abducted children now grown into young adults with their own families. For a long time vivo counsellors had realised the vast need for also an alcohol intervention, when meeting women and children affected by domestic violence that is often linked to male alcohol consumption. vivo-member Dr. Ulrike Amann practicing the diagnostics of substance use disorder with vivo counsellors
Harmful alcohol dependency is also an obstacle in providing effective trauma therapy. Combining our existing data and our long-lasting experience, we can see a strong contrast between the need for alcohol interventions and a lack of available services.
Therefore, vivo developed in cooperation with the Bielefeld University, the Catholic University Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany and Omoana, Switzerland a research project on the feasibility of the integration of two different brief alcohol abuse interventions into the trauma-related mental health services of the vivo outpatient clinic. The two interventions require only 3 sessions and strengthen the motivation to change adverse health behaviours through promotion of goal commitment and follow-through.
Our research project started with a training in both approaches for all vivo counsellors facilitated by two vivo clinical psychologists.
Preliminary results from November 2020 show that the groups that received the interventions reduced significantly in their alcohol consumption and its negative effects.
Additionally, as a result we would like to mention that all counsellors enjoyed providing the alcohol interventions and the feedback from the communities as well as the clients themselves has been positive throughout. Especially acceptance by the latter group is key to us, since it seems the clients felt welcomed and understood and not being stigmatised when participating in the intervention groups. With the results of this research project, we are planning to integrate an adapted version of the best model intervention into our ongoing service provision of mental health rehabilitation services.
