Psychological and social empowerment and improving quality of life CROATIAN VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES – PRESENT AND FUTURE FAMILY CROATIAN HOMELAND war- PERSPECTIVE WOMEN
authors: Elvira Koić, Nenad Križić, Tihana Dornjak, Milan Skoric
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ENG. VETERANS treated for PTSD Croatia
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF CROATIAN War Veterans VPC I BBŽ- ZUHVIDR-a;
CROATIAN ASSOCIATION FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION - HUPS;
TEAM psychosocial assistance to the Ministry of Veterans Nomos COUNTY- PSP-tim.
This stands authors wish to describe their activities, conducted for the third year. We believe that the implementation of joint projects we can adequately encourage positive changes in their communities, empower members of our association, raise their quality of life and increase the social capital of our zajednice.Populacija war veterans, Croatian Homeland War Veterans and Members of Their Families, especially women specifically vulnerable to different influences and prone to re-traumatization, so that only an active approach to solving basic problems preventing the greatest of all the tragic consequences – transgenerational transmission of trauma and the development of secondary traumatization and subsequent suicide. Despite the increasing number of suicides, specific programs related to the problems of suicide rarely run, so and in this regard stated another great value of each preventive prejekta. Our hypothesis is – if we can not completely prevent problems and traumatic situations, joint action we can all greatly reduce their consequences.
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13. Sports competition of Croatian defenders treated from PTSD at the national level this year held 30. September – 2. November 2016. in Selcu. At this year's gathering included ten county associations of PTSD and the City of Zagreb, on which were more than 160 Croatian veterans treated for PTSD. His teams at this year's meetings of the association are delegated from the Zagreb County, Zagreb, Varazdin County, Koprivnica County, Vukovar-Sirmium County, City of Dubrovnik, Bjelovar-Bilogora, Of Virovitica and Krapina-Zagorje County. The competition began with the grand opening in Hotel Marina in Selce, and the game is opened Assistant Minister of Veterans Nevenka Benic. The competition is like every year, was held in four sporting disciplines: Chess, darts, table tennis i streljaštvo.
Union of Associations of Croatian defenders treated from PTSD as a member of the World Veteran Federation has received an invitation to participate in the 28. General Assembly on the basis of previous active participation in the work of these conferences and longstanding problems of war veterans presenting participants war in our country, with an emphasis on veterans suffering from PTSD.
12. Sports competition of Croatian defenders treated from PTSD at the national level this year held 30. September 2015. in Selcu. At this year's gathering included ten county associations of PTSD and the City of Zagreb, on which were more than 160 Croatian veterans treated for PTSD. His teams at this year's meetings of the association are delegated from the Zagreb County, Zagreb, Varazdin County, Koprivnica County, Vukovar-Sirmium County, City of Dubrovnik, Bjelovar-Bilogora, Of Virovitica and Krapina-Zagorje County. The competition began with the grand opening of the Hotel Marina in Selce in the presence of representatives of the Ministry of Veterans. The competition is like every year, was held in four sporting disciplines: Chess, darts, table tennis i streljaštvo.
Through the implementation of project activities of international activities of our Community, representatives ZUHBL PTSD Croatia participated in the anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camp in Mauthausen, Austria.
