TITLE:
Psychiatry in a War Situation: In Situ Therapeutic Approach to an Attack Case of Ber, Timbuktu in Mali
AUTHORS:
Kokou Messanh Agbémélé Soedje, Guy Gerard Aza-Gnandji, Damega Wenkourama, Tchédié Etdéchié Elvyreklikpo, Koffi Mawussé Mensah, Adjaré-Kamé Fidèle Ahara, Solo Conde, Koffi Djotepe Soedje, Kolou Simliwa Dassa
KEYWORDS:
Military Psychiatry, Blue Helmet, Attacks, Psychotrauma, UN Mission
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Psychiatry,
Vol.13 No.4,
October
25,
2023
ABSTRACT: Objectives: At the beginning of 2012, northern Mali was occupied by several jihadist
movements with the aim of creating a Khalifa that required the intervention of
a UN peacekeeping mission after a war that slowed down their development. This
mission is the deadliest in a complex attack and UN attack. This experience feedback in an
international context of the resurgence of asymmetrical wars makes it possible to share in order to
better anticipate and improve strategic approaches to assessments and
therapeutic techniques. Description: After the presentation of the
context with these particularities and the various adaptations, we made
formulations of the missions such as lived and the details on the
medico-psychological techniques used. The place of the brief physical
examination should not be overlooked. The debriefings, even if they have proven
themselves in the evaluation and prevention of psychotraumatic pathologies,
must be adapted on a case-by-case basis in a certain programmed improvisation. Maintaining the site of the
attack survivors without real military activities by reinforcing them with a
new functional team was a decisive element in the mourning process according to
their own statement. Conclusion: Forward psychiatry is a necessity in asymmetric
warfare to maintain the operationality of the troops.