Table 2 Resources and Stressors of the Therapists
From: Stress on local and international psychotherapists in the crisis region of Iraq
Resource | n | % | Stress Factor | n | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Therapists from abroad | n = 28 | n = 28 | |||||
1. | Identification with the job | 21 | 75% | 1. | Not enough humanitarian and medical support in the refugee camps | 22 | 79% |
2. | Relation to NGO staff for whom they work | 20 | 71% | 2. | Therapy with survivors | 22 | 79% |
3. | Family, partnership, children | 16 | 57% | 3. | Insufficient financial remuneration | 17 | 61% |
4. | Help by means of psychotherapy | 15 | 53% | 4. | Lack of professional recognition/respect from the organisation they work for. | 18 | 64% |
5. | Professional and personal development | 15 | 53% | 5. | Distance from family and friends | 17 | 61% |
6. | Help victims of sexualised violence | 8 | 29% | 6. | Lack of a personal retreat | 17 | 61% |
7. | Get to know foreign people and cultures | 12 | 43% | 7. | Tense security situation | 13 | 46% |
Local Therapists | n = 54 | n = 54 | |||||
1. | Family and friends | 49 | 91% | 1. | Locals know only little about mental illnesses | 46 | 85% |
2. | To be able to help the victims of terror | 45 | 83% | 2. | Profession of psychotherapist is not recognised | 42 | 78% |
3. | Appreciation/respect in the community | 35 | 65% | 3. | Insufficient financial remuneration | 32 | 59% |
4. | Training and continuing medical education in psychotherapy | 32 | 59% | 4. | Threat from ISIS and other extremist groups | 23 | 54% |
5. | Contact with other psychotherapists | 19 | 35% | 5. | Concern for family members fighting against terrorism | 16 | 30% |
6. | Contact with foreign psychotherapists | 19 | 35% | 6. | No positive and political perspectives | 16 | 30% |
7. | They have work | 13 | 24% | 7. | Increasing radicalisation | 12 | 22% |