ToT Training In Psychosocial Support Quiz!

Is an event outside the range of an individual’s usual experience

Can be experienced as extremely threatening to those involved, accompanied by feelings of powerlessness, horror or terror

Is any event that causes stress to an individual or group

The ability to resist and show no signs of distress during a crisis event

The ability to cope with challenges and difficulties without help from others

The ability to “bounce back” and maintain a new balance when having experienced a crisis event

Means actions that address both the psychological and social needs of individuals, families and communities

Means interventions aimed at curing mental health problems

Aims to enhance the self-promoted recovery and resilience of the affected individual, group and community

Focused mainly on the treatment of mental health problems

Focused primarily on individuals

A community-based approach to facilitate the resilience of the affected population

Also aimed at maintaining the health and well-being of staff and volunteers.

Psychosocial support is not relevant as a component of basic services such as food, clean water, health care, shelter, and protection

In order to avoid the development of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder it is important to start specialized mental health treatment as soon as possible for everybody

A psychosocial response should include screening for disabling levels of post-traumatic stress in the affected persons in the first days after the events have occurred

Traumatic memories have to be talked about at length

Avoidance is never a good thing

Trying to forget about the event as soon as possible is necessary for coping

Avoidance can help a person get on with practical tasks following a traumatic event but over time can stop us thinking, feeling, sharing and managing distress

Can cause changes in a person’s behavior

Cannot cause physical reactions

Is likely to affect social relations

Impacts differently depending on the individual, duration of stress and support given

Are purely the responsibility of medical personnel

Are relevant when affected persons suffer from problems that demand professional support

Can be made without informing the individuals concerned

Should always be made as quickly as possible, even without prior consultation with a supervisor or program manager

Seeking information about the welfare of loved ones

Aggressive and violent behavior

Reaching out to others for help and support

It is common that persons’ reactions are varied and changing

Affected persons usually realize the full impact of the event and experience intense emotional reactions right away

Affected persons usually begin to integrate the experience into her/his world- and self-view

Is a normal emotional reaction to the loss of a significant other

Grieving is an individual process independent from cultural norms

Is one of the common emotional reactions for people that have experienced a loss

Emotional recognition of the loss

Forgetting the lost person

Learning to tolerate and manage the feelings of grief

Making practical adjustments

Remind the person that things will change soon, say things like “time heals all wounds”, “it will soon pass” etc.

Acknowledge the loss

Remember that grieving is a process that may take a long time

Encourage the grieving person to make major life changes

Complex and ambiguous emotional reactions

Religious and spiritual beliefs are challenged

Long-lasting dissociation

Shock reactions

Such as public ceremonies acknowledging the deceased are important to a community

Are not important in the process of grieving

Are only important for children?

Are a means to address common emotions and experiences

The social and psychological foundation for the individual

A group of people who have a shared identity

A loosely related group of people who have little in common

Of importance in only rural settings

The positive state of being when an individual thrives in a positive social environment

Understood in the same way in every culture

Do not have to consider cultural norms

Are based on a mapping of needs and existing personal resources in a community

Can be implemented without involving the local community

Need to foster family and community support

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True

False

True

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