Psychological and Psychosocial Impacts on Surviving Victims of a Selective Massacre within the Framework of the Conflict in Southwest Colombia in 2011

Introduction: The objective is to make visible and characterize the impact of violence in cases of massacres, since there are few studies in this regard. Materials and methods: Psychological and psychosocial impacts were determined in five surviving victims—four adults and one teenager of a selective massacre, assessed at the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, using the Protocol for Forensic Psychiatric and Psychological Basic Assessment, the Guidelines for Individual Assessment Regarding Socio-political Violence, and the Istanbul Protocol. History of the case: The study population was selected from the surviving victims of a selective massacre in an area of the Department of Cauca, the deceased victims being two seniors, a 49-year-old woman and a 13-year-old adolescent. Results and discussion: The main psychological impacts found were posttraumatic stress disorder, mood disorders, anxiety and depression disorders, and alcohol use disorder with an unspecified pattern. The main psychosocial impacts detected were, among others, disintegration of the nuclear family, loss of family cultural practices, moral, sociocultural and community damage, damage to the notion of justice and the institutions that represent it, altered and unresolved mourning with loss of trust between family and neighbors, changes in the individual, social and community life project with transgenerational impacts and material losses. Conclusions: The findings show how this victimizing event caused psychological, familial, socio-cultural, and community damage to the surviving victims.

• Autores: Charry Lozano, Liliana
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2016
• Institución: Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia
• Repositorio: Repositorio UCC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.ucc.edu.co:20.500.12494/44336
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.ucc.edu.co/index.php/ml/article/view/1756; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12494/44336
• Palabra clave: armed conflict; psychological damage; psychological impact; psychosocial impact; surviving victim of a massacre; conflicto armado; daño psicológico; impacto psicológico; impacto psicosocial; Víctimas sobrevivientes de masacre; conflito armado; dano psicológico; impacto psicológico; impacto psicossocial; vítimas sobreviventes de massacre
• Rights: openAccess
• License: Derechos de autor 2017 Colombia Forense