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CB-Art Interventions Implemented with Mental Health Professionals Working in a Shared War Reality: Transforming Negative Images and Enhancing Coping Resources

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  • Dorit Segal-Engelchin

    (Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel)

  • Netta Achdut

    (Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel)

  • Efrat Huss

    (Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel)

  • Orly Sarid

    (Spitzer Department of Social Work, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, POB 653, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel)

Abstract

Research on mental health professionals (MHPs) exposed to a shared war reality indicates that they are subject to emotional distress, symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder, and vicarious trauma. This article focuses on a CB-ART (cognitive behavioral and art-based) intervention implemented during the 2014 Gaza conflict with 51 MHPs who shared war-related experiences with their clients. The intervention included drawing pictures related to three topics: (1) war-related stressors, (2) coping resources, and (3) integration of the stressful image and the resources drawing. The major aims of the study were (1) to examine whether significant changes occurred in MHP distress levels after the intervention; (2) to explore the narratives of the three drawing and their compositional characteristics; and (3) to determine which of selected formats of the integrated drawing and compositional transformations of the stressful image are associated with greater distress reduction. Results indicate that MHP distress levels significantly decreased after the intervention. This stress-reducing effect was also reflected in differences between the compositional elements of the ‘stress drawing’ and the ‘integrated drawing,’ which includes elements of resources. Reduced distress accompanied compositional transformations of the stressful image. MHPs can further use the easily implemented intervention described here as a coping tool in other stressful situations.

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  • Dorit Segal-Engelchin & Netta Achdut & Efrat Huss & Orly Sarid, 2020. "CB-Art Interventions Implemented with Mental Health Professionals Working in a Shared War Reality: Transforming Negative Images and Enhancing Coping Resources," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(7), pages 1-13, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:7:p:2287-:d:338311
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    1. Sara A Freedman & Rivka Tuval Mashiach, 2018. "Shared trauma reality in war: Mental health therapists’ experience," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 13(2), pages 1-13, February.
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    1. Orna Braun-Lewensohn & Claude-Hélène Mayer, 2020. "Salutogenesis and Coping: Ways to Overcome Stress and Conflict," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-6, September.
    2. Dorit Segal-Engelchin & Ephrat Huss & Orly Sarid, 2021. "The Use of Online CB-ART Interventions in the Context of COVID-19: Enhancing Salutogenic Coping," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(4), pages 1-8, February.

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