2016 Istanbul symposium - ON THE PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS OF REFUGEES
EFPA SC on Disaster, Crisis and Trauma Psychology Meeting
Istanbul Turkey
SYMPOSIUM: ‘ON THE PSYCHOSOCIAL NEEDS OF REFUGEES’
Friday 20th of May 2016 9.00 – 13.00 hrs.
Istanbul Commerce University
9.00 Welcome
9.15 - 9.35 William Yule (UK)
The British Psychological Society’s Presidential Task Force on Migrants, Asylum Seekers and Refugees
9.35 – 9.55 Zeynep Ceren Acartürk (Türkiye)
Assessment of the Mental Health Disorders of Syrian Refugees Living out of Camps in Turkey
9.55 – 10.15 Lucia Formenti (EMDR)
Traumatized Refugees And EMDR Psychotherapy: a Brief Report of Experience-based EMDR Practices with Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Italy
10.15 – 10.45 DISCUSSION
10.45 – 11.15 COFFEE BREAK
11.15 – 11.35 Štěpán Vymětal (Czech Republic)
EUNAD IP project - mentally disabled people in disasters
11.35 – 11.55 Leyla Akca & Gamze Akarca (Türkiye)
Breaking the Cycle of Trauma for Syrian Refugee Children: Rehabilitation and Psychosocial Support as Prerequisites for Integration, Education and a Secure Future
11.55 – 12.30 DISCUSSION, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS