Encounter with death and destruction : the 1985 Mexico City earthquake.
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TextLanguage: ENG Publication details: 1993Description: 9 pSubject: Describes a group crisis intervention program implemented following the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, focusing on psychoanalytic therapy administered to 8 groups of victims formed by public high school teachers and principals. The program was designed to (1) provide a situation in which group members could vent their anxiety and fears caused by the disaster and carry on with their leadership role and (2) achieve a therapeutic multiplying effect by working with school leaders who might in turn help teachers and parents to reach the population most at risk (i.e., the children). Reactions to the disaster included scapegoating; idealization of some authority figures, along with denigration of and anger at their superiors; envy; consideration of death as a punishment; and denial of death via ritualistic festivities. Therapists' reactions included ambivalence toward participation in the program and omnipotence or devaluation of the therapeutic role
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Reprinted from Group Analysis; 1993; Vol. 26; No. 1; p. 81-89
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Describes a group crisis intervention program implemented following the 1985 Mexico City earthquake, focusing on psychoanalytic therapy administered to 8 groups of victims formed by public high school teachers and principals. The program was designed to (1) provide a situation in which group members could vent their anxiety and fears caused by the disaster and carry on with their leadership role and (2) achieve a therapeutic multiplying effect by working with school leaders who might in turn help teachers and parents to reach the population most at risk (i.e., the children). Reactions to the disaster included scapegoating; idealization of some authority figures, along with denigration of and anger at their superiors; envy; consideration of death as a punishment; and denial of death via ritualistic festivities. Therapists' reactions included ambivalence toward participation in the program and omnipotence or devaluation of the therapeutic role
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