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Psychology Beyond Borders has conducted projects in the following countries:
 
ETHIOPIA 
  • Obstetric and traumatic fistula are medical conditions with major impact on the mental health and wellbeing of women who experience them. Working with healthcare providers in Addis Ababa, PBB provided training to doctors and nurses on how to support the psychosocial recovery of women dealing with fistula. 
INDONESIA
  • A major earthquake struck central Java in 2009. PBB has partnered with Universitas Sanata Dharma in Yogyakarta, Indonesia and local school districts in Java to train local therapists to deliver psychosocial support to more than 400 parents and an equal number of children affected by the earthquake. This project also involves a detailed examination into cultural predictors of success and recovery in Indonesia.
SRI LANKA
  • In collaboration with the Israel Center for Victims of Terror and War (NATAL), PBB sent a team to Sri Lanka to help local Aid Workers address psychosocial needs following the Tsunami in December 2005.     
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
  • Therapists working with traumatic stress can be exposed to stressful and uncomfortable situations in their practice. PBB partnered with the Louisiana State University (LSU) School of Social Work to provide training to graduating MSW students who had been working with people recovering from hurricanes Katrina and Rita on how to best reduce the chance of developing problems from secondary exposure to traumatic stress.
  • Elderly people, particularly insitutionalized elderly, are at particular risk of negative reseponse to traumatic events. PBB supported researchers at the University of South Florida in developing a training program aimed at helping nurses at nursing homes learn how to help residents recover from traumas associated with natural disasters such as hurricanes.
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Psychology Beyond Borders is also working on the following upcoming projects:
 
WAR AFFECTED YOUTH AND THEIR COMMUNITIES 
  • PBB is developing a project to investigate the psychosocial needs of families and communities struggling with the reintegration of children formerly associated with fighting forces.