IPPHECImprove Preparedness to give

Psychological Help in Events of CrisisGrant Agreement n. 2006212

FINAL REPORTJanuary 2010

DELIVERABLE 12“Report on Final Conference”

Prepared by:Augustin Ozamiz, Miguel Angel Gonzalez Torres, Luis de

Nicolas, Sonia de Pablo of DEUSTO UNIVERSITY Partner

1

2

Table of Contents

1. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 3

2. Registration list....................................................................................................... 4

3. Speakers and their presentations ...................................................................... 12

4. Mass-media presence .......................................................................................... 20

4.1 Media present during conference.................................................................. 20

4.2 Press release distributed during press conference......................................... 20

4.3 Features published or broadcasted on media ................................................ 22

5. Closure .................................................................................................................... 27

6. Conclusions ........................................................................................................... 27

3

1. Introduction

The IPPHEC project European conference took place at the University of Deusto, inBilbao, on the 23rd and 24th of November 2009. This conference was the final act of atwo year long project that aimed to develop a common understanding of the importanceof providing psychological help in situations of collective crisis and to improvepreparation for rapid intervention when a large number of people have been involved in acatastrophe, as well as collaboration between services and structures who primarily assistthese people.

During these two days the IPPHEC project conference constituted an ideal platform fromwhich to launch the project’s findings, share information with experts from all over theworld and present the main product of the IPPHEC project, the final recommendations.The outcomes of the IPPHEC project, its website, data platform, etc. were presented andexperts on providing psychological help during catastrophes from all over Europe gavetheir opinion about the IPPHEC recommendations, shared their experiences with theaudience and answered questions. We covered a wide variety of subjects, such as theLondon and Madrid terrorist attacks, the Asian Tsunami, psychological help to those whohelp the victims, the Abruzzo earthquake, etc.

J.Agustín Ozamiz (coordinator of WP2), Miguel Ángel González Torres (WP2 official)and Julia González (Vice-rector of the International Relations department at theUniversity of Deusto) welcomed the participants and opened the conference. They thenhanded over to José Antonio de la Rica (representative of the Basque Health department)who addressed and welcomed the audience. This was followed by Dr. GeraldRockenschaub, a member of the World Health Organisation, who shared his experienceswith the participants. He then gave way to Simona Agger, coordinator of the IPPHECproject, who opened the round of presentations.

4

2. Registration list

A total of 142 people participated in the IPPHEC conference. These participants camefrom over 20 different countries from all over the world, with representatives fromEurope, Asia, Africa and America.Regarding professional background, most participants had a psychology background,although many psychiatrists, doctors, NGO workers, firemen, etc. were also amongstthose attending the conference.One of the successes of the conference was the large number of attendees, which wasmainly due to the effort made by the partners in sending out both information about theproject and the conference to target groups and possible stakeholders well in advance,and also large numbers of invitations.

Name Position Organization Location

1 Agurtzane García López Psychologist COP (ProfessionalPsychologistsAssociation) Bizkaia

Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

2 Aitor Gutiérrez-Barquín López Psychologist Agbformación Vitoria-Álava (Spain)

3 Alejandro Etayo Sancho Health Emergencies Technician Osalatek Medina de Pomar-Burgos (Spain)

4 Alene Yenew Kassa Student of EMSRHS Masters atDeusto & Multisector Programme

Coordinator

Save the ChildrenUSA, Ethiopia CountryOffice

Ethiopia

5 Alessandra Ceracchi Psychologist-IPPHECStakeholder

Ares 118 LazioRegion (AziendaRegionale EmergenzaSanitaria)

Rome-Italy

6 Amaia BakaikoaUrrutikoetxea

Clinical Psychologist Galdakao-Bizkaia(Spain)

7 Ana Artetxe Sánchez Psychologist Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

8 Ana Pascual Zabalza Psychologist Portugalete-Bizkaia(Spain)

9 Andrea Emiliozzi Doctor of Psychology A.O San CamilloForlanini Hospital

Rome-Italy

10 Andrea Gaddini Head of Mental Health Unit Lazio Sanità-PublicHealth Agency

Rome-Italy

11 Andy Cox Director New Business Mental Health Matters Northallerton(England)

12 Aneza Jalil Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Medicinespecialist

Pakistan

13 Anna Doriani Psychologist- IPPHEC team A.O San CamilloForlanini Hospital

Rome-Italy

5

14 Anna Urbani Psychiatrist: Chief RehabilitationUnit

4th PsychiatricService-ULSS 20Verona

Cartura (Italy)

15 Anne Lie Andreassen Research Coordinator Norwegian Centre forViolence andTraumatic StressStudies

Oslo (Norway)

16 Annelieke Drogendijk Psychologist/Project ManagerEU

Institute forPsychotrauma

Diemen (TheNetherlands)

17 Antonia Ramis Oliver Coordinator of group forPsychological intervention in

emergencies of COPIB

COP (ProfessionalPsychologistsAssociation) BalearicIslands

Balearic Islands(Spain)

18 Asmund Myrbostad Senior Advisor SINTEF HealthResearch

Trondheim (Norway)

19 Asun Mayor Becas Nurse Emergencies Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

20 Aurora Gil Álvarez Psychologist and Dean of COPCantabria

COP (ProfessionalPsychologistsAssociation)Cantabria

Santander-Cantabria(Spain)

21 Beatriz Rodríguez Vega Madrid (Spain)

22 Begoña Emparan Barruena Psychologist and family therapist AMIKECO Galdakao-Bizkaia(Spain)

23 Bittor Kortabitarte Diego Psychologist Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

24 Caterina Corbascio Psychiatrist Region PiedmontAdvisor – Asti HealthAgency Head ofPsychiatric Unit

Turin -Italy

25 Cecilia Prezioso Technical Officer Italian Ministry ofLabour, Health andSocial Policies

Rome-Italy

26 Channa Sam Ol Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto Cambodia

27 Chiara di Lorenzo Project Designer CIRPS-SapienzaUniversity of Rome

Rome-Italy

28 Dag Nordanger Centre Leader/Dr. Psychology RVTS West Bergen-Norway

29 Danila Pennacchi Psychologist-IPPHEC ScientificCoordinator

A.O San CamilloForlanini Hospital

Rome-Italy

30 David Kerr Project manager/Senioroperational support manager

Tees, Esk and WearValleys NHSFoundation Trust

Stockton-on-Tees(England)

31 David Robinson Deputy Director Mental Health Matters Sunderland (England)

6

32 Diah Evasari Husnulkhotimah Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto Indonesia

33 Elena Puertas López Psychologist General Directoratefor Civil Protectionand Emergencies

Madrid (Spain)

34 Elisa Ibarburu Blanco Psychiatry resident Donostia Hospital(Osakidetza)

San Sebastian-Gipuzkoa (Spain)

35 Elixabete Martos García Psychologist Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

36 Etleva Dervishi Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto Albania

37 Fabrizio Giamminuti Webmaster of ipphec.eu CIRPS-SapienzaUniversity of Rome

Rome-Italy

38 Fabrizio Sparaco Administrative Officer Italian Ministry ofLabour, Health andSocial Policies

Rome-Italy

39 Federica Elia Psychologist- IPPHEC team A.O San CamilloForlanini Hospital

Rome-Italy

40 Félix Esparza Fernández Firefighter Officer Agency foremergencies ofNavarra. Member ofthe team forPsychologicalintervention incatastrophes inNavarra

Pamplona (Spain)

41 Félix Zuazo Barandika Clinical Psychologist Osakidetza (BasqueHealth Service)

Galdakao-Bizkaia(Spain)

42 Fernando García Varas Nurse Emergencies Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

43 Fernando Psaros Ilarduya Red Cross Volunteer Ortuella-Bizkaia(Spain)

44 Francesca Lufino Psychologist Rome-Italy

45 Francisco Duque Colino Clinical Psychologist Gregorio MarañónHospital

Madrid (Spain)

46 Gerald Rockenschaub Regional Adviser, DisasterPreparedness and Response

World HealthOrganisation

Copenhagen(Denmark)

47 Giang Nguyen Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Pharmacist Vietnam

48 Giulia Marino Psychologist Italian Civil Protection Rome-Italy

49 Héctor Ricardo Duque Mella Student of EMSRHS Masters atDeusto and Psychiatrist

Hospital Clínico SanBorja Arriaran SSMC

Chile

50 Ignacio María HernándezRodríguez

Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto Vitoria-Álava (Spain)

7

51 Irati de Mariscal Vreugde Psychologist Mungia-Bizkaia(Spain)

52 Isabel Vera Navascués Psychologist General Directoratefor Civil Protectionand Emergencies(catastrophepsychology team)

Madrid (Spain)

53 Itxaso Oiarzabal Monje Clinical Psychologist Cáritas Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

54 J. Agustín Ozamiz WP Coordinator University of Deusto Getxo-Bizkaia (Spain)

55 Jacques Vitry Architect Paris (France)

56 Jean-Yves Gautier Psychiatrist Epsm charcot Lorient (France)

57 Joffrey Sebastian Quiring Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Doctor inMedicine

Philippines

58 Jon Elordui Ortuondo Psychologist and Director ofLagungo

Lagungo familyguidance centre

Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

59 José Luis Eslava Lecumberri Clinical Psychologist COP (ProfessionalPsychologistsAssociation) NavarraPsichologicalIntervention Team

Zizur Nagusia-Navarra (Spain)

60 Josu Arrospide Erkoreka Psychologist Self-employed Sondika-Bizkaia(Spain)

61 Julia González Vice-rector of Internationalrelations

University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

62 Lars Weisath Professor Norwegian Centre forViolence andTraumatic StressStudies

Oslo (Norway)

63 Leire Martín Otano Psychiatry resident Donostia Hospital(Osakidetza)

San Sebastian-Gipuzkoa (Spain)

64 Luca Pezzullo Contract Professor University of Padua Padova (Italy)

65 Lucía Pérez Cabeza Resident Psychiatrist Basurto Hospital Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

66 Luis de Nicolás y Martínez Professor Emeritus in Psychologists Vitoria-Álava (Spain)

67 Luisa Sales MD, Consultant in Psychiatry,Head of Department

Military Hospital-Coimbra, TraumaCentre-Centre forSocial Studies-Coimbra

Coimbra-Portugal

68 Magda Rooze Director Foundation Impact Amsterdam(Netherlands)

8

69 Manfred Egbe Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto Cameroon

70 Marc Ruiz de Minteguía Psychologist ANDRASA S.LConstruction andrepairs

Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

71 Margarita Recondo García Psychologist Osakidetza (BasqueHealth Service)

Santurtzi-Bizkaia(Spain)

72 Maria Antonietta Cerno´ Psychologist- IPPHEC team A.O San CamilloForlanini Hospital

Rome-Italy

73 María Mezo Ochoa Resident Psychologist Hospital SantiagoApostol (Osakidetza)

Gasteiz-Araba (Spain)

74 Mariagrazia Eleuteri Unit Coordinator CIRPS-SapienzaUniversity of Rome

Rome-Italy

75 Mariano Hernández Monsalve Madrid (Spain)

76 Marta Arrieta Rodríguez Clinical Psychologist Padre Menni Hospital Santander-Cantabria(Spain)

77 Marta Llano Medrano Psychologist Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

78 Marta Simón Vela Social Counsellor AMIKECO Santurtzi-Bizkaia(Spain)

79 Marte Lauvnes Senior Advisor SINTEF HealthResearch

Trondheim (Norway)

80 Md. Mizanur Rahman Student of EMSRHS Masters atDeusto & University Lecturer

Shanjalal University ofScience andTechnology(Bangladesh)

Bangladesh

81 Meseret Demissie Mekibib Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Nurse andpublic health expert

Ethiopia

82 Michele Dufourg Psychologist Toulouse Hospital Toulouse - France

83 Michèle Vitry Clinical Psychologist EV Conseils Paris (France)

84 Miguel Ángel GonzálezTorres

Psychiatrist and ConferenceCoordinator

Basurto Hospital Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

85 Mohan Paudel Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Public HealthProfessional

Nepal

86 Monica Thompson Clinical Psychologist Traumatic StressClinic

London (England)

87 Mrs. Gautier

88 Muhammad Azeem Khan Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Doctor inMedicine

Pakistan

9

89 Muhammad Feroz HayatKhan

Student of EMSRHS Masters atDeusto & Doctor in Medicine

Directorate General ofthe BangladeshiHealth Service

Bangladesh

90 Nahikari Rueda Bilbao Psychologist and auxiliary DYA Zornotza-Bizkaia(Spain)

91 Nan Shwe Nwe Htun Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto Myanmar

92 Nerea Urquijo Fernández Health Transport Technician Red Cross Leioa-Bizkaia (Spain)

93 Nikoloz Gambashidze Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Medical Doctor Georgia

94 Norman Mukasa Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Teacher andsocial counsellor

Uganda

95 Øivind Ekeberg Oslo (Norway)

96 Paulo Pimentel Director BBS/Critical Incidents& Disaster Support

London (England)

97 Pedro Antonio Barquín Pérez Psychologist, Psychotherapist Private Clinic (MecusCentre) anddepartment ofprevention andenvironment of theBilbao Port Authorities

Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

98 Pedro Villanueva Irure Psychologist Pamplona (Spain)

99 Rafael Blázquez de la Paz Psychologist Military Unit forEmergencies inTorrejón de Ardoz airbase

Madrid (Spain)

100 Ranieri Brook Barbieri Psychologist- IPPHEC team A.O San CamilloForlanini Hospital

Rome-Italy

101 Rebeca Núñez González Psychologist Leioa-Bizkaia (Spain)

102 Rosa María MartínezGonzález

Psychologist Lagungo familyguidance centre

Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

103 Saioa Izaga Alonso Psychologist Portualde MedicalCentre

Sestao-Bizkaia(Spain)

104 Saioa Núñez Guinea Psychology Student Hospital SantiagoApostol (Osakidetza)

Gasteiz-Araba (Spain)

105 Shoeb Ahmed Ilyas Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto India

106 Simona Ganassi Agger Expert - HealthProjects and

regionalprogrammes

Evaluator

Italian Ministry ofLabour, Health andSocial Policies

Rome-Italy

10

107 Sofía Torres Pousa Psychologist Donostia Hospital(Osakidetza)

San Sebastian-Gipuzkoa (Spain)

108 Sonia de Pablo Technical Secretary University of Deusto Portugalete-Bizkaia(Spain)

109 Stefania di Biasi Psychiatrist University LaSapienza

Rome - Italy

110 Ton de Wijs Managing Director IVP/BoardMember ESTSS

Institute forPsychotrauma

Diemen (TheNetherlands)

111 Vanesa de los Mozos Macho Resident Psychologist Hospital SantiagoApostol (Osakidetza)

Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

112 Vanessa Merino Ors Psychology Student Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

113 Verónica Otero Gutiérrez Psychologist Self-employed Castro Urdiales-Cantabria (Spain)

114 Verónica Rial Cobreros Psychologist DYA Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

115 Verónica Rodríguez Negro Psychologist Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

116 Zemuy Abraha Student of EMSRHS Masters at Deusto & Pharmacist Eritrea

117 Ziortza Carranza Ramírez Psychologist Arrigorriaga-Bizkaia(Spain)

118 Lucrezia Casto Geologist – Manager Civil Protection ofLazio Region

Rome-Italy

119 Didier Cremniter National Coordinator of CUMP CUMP Paris (France)

120 Antonio Ruiz Merino Psychiatrist Zaldibar Hospital-Osakidetza (BasqueHealth Service)

Zaldibar-Bizkaia(Spain)

121 Margherita Teodori Psychologist Laziosanità-PublicHealth Agency

Rome-Italy

122 Silvia Scalmana Psychologist Laziosanità-PublicHealth Agency

Rome-Italy

123 Sonsoles Zubeldia Journalist El País Newspaper Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

124 Cristina Zuñiga Journalist Onda Vasca RadioStation

Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

125 Rubén García

126 Josean Laria Journalist ETB (Basque TV) Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

127 José María Gabiria Journalist ETB (Basque TV) Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

11

128 Lier Landeta

129 Sebastian Kachadarian

130 Gorka Yagüe

131 Jennifer Troncosa Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

132 Lorena Loyola Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

133 Patricia Tudela Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

134 Gabriela García Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

135 Sandra Poveda Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

136 Maite Gañán Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

137 Marion de la Puerta Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

138 Meritxel Rovira Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

139 Jesse Casanova Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

140 Ignacio Fernández Oterino Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

141 Andrea Martalo Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

142 Angom Delhi Rose Masters Student at the University of Deusto Bilbao-Bizkaia (Spain)

12

3. Speakers and their presentations

Many speakers from different professional backgrounds and various countries tookpart in the IPPHEC project conference, offering their expertise to the audience andparticipating in the debates that arose after the speeches.

For presentations, see Presentations CD

IPPHEC project partners presenting project related material;

Simona Agger. WP1 Coordinator of the project. Italian Ministry of Labour,Health and Social Policies. Presentation revolving around the project structure andobjectives.Simona Agger has got her doctorate in Architecture at the University of Venice,then taught for several years first in Venice and then in American Universities andgiven lectures in several universities in Europe and in North America.She has conducted studies about Venice urban situation and problems for Unescoand for the Italian Ministry of the Research and worked as an expert for the ItalianSenate in the preparation of the first “special law” for Venice.Her major book “Urban self management – Planning for a new society” publishedby M.E. Sharpe in White Plains, NW – USA, originally published in Italian, hasbeen translated also into Arabic.From 1998 to 2005 she has worked as a consultant with the Company theEuroprogetti & Finanza, engaged in the evaluation of development projects forthe South Regions of Italy, projects co-financed by the European Commission andthe Italian Government.She has been appointed, starting in 2002, as one of the expert for the Ministry ofHealth for the Evaluation Team evaluating Health Investment’s Programs of the20 Italian Regions and for the projects of the major new hospitals.For the Ministry of Health she has participated in several European projectsinvolving many EU Member States and also new EU Countries such as Bulgariaand Slovakia. At the present time she is General Manager of a European project ofthe program “Community Action in the Field of Health” under the DG SANCO.She has extensive international working experience; in fact, she has worked as anArchitect and Planner in Algeria, Gabon and taken part in internationalresearches. Presently she is developing projects in the field of health andrenewable energy in Senegal.In the US she has been involved in research for renewable energy with theOakridge National Laboratory and at the present time she develops projects ofenergy saving and use of renewable sources for hospitals and health facilities.She represents the Italian Association for Health Architecture and EngineeringSIAIS in the Board of the European Health Property Network.

Andrea Gaddini. WP7 ASP Lazio. Presentation of project results, outline ofgeneral and training recommendations developed as well as guidelines and bestpractices.Andrea Gaddini is head of the Mental Health Unit of the Lazio Sanità-PublicHealth Unit

13

Andy Cox. WP4 Mental Health Matters. Evidence based survey.Andy Cox is an Executive Director for Mental Health Matters, a leading NGOprovider of psycho-social services across UK. The organisation focuses itsactivities on transformational approaches to bring about positive changes topeople's lives and their communities. Partnership working is key to its success.Andy has experience working in a number of sectors as well as owning aconsultancy which described itself as a 'think and do' research and developmententerprise' working with clients across the health and social care economy

Ranieri Brook Barbieri. WP5 San Camillo Forlanini Hospital. Data surveyconducted in a number of European hospitals during the IPPHEC project.Ranieri Brook Barbieri is a Psychologist/Psychotherapist, associated researcher ofthe Brief Strategic Therapy Centre, Arezzo, Italy.Works in cooperation with the Psychology Department of the San CamilloForlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy

Mariagrazia Eleuteri. WP 7 CIRPS. Presented the project website and the datacollected in the IPPHEC DB Platform.Mariagrazia Eleuteri is a Project Manager and Finance Executive. She is aqualified accountant and has been working for CIRPS since 2000 as a consultantresponsible for business planning, budgeting, administration, accountancy andauditing related to EU and international projects, regional and ministerial funding.In addition, I am in charge of developing and managing European andInternational Calls for tender and Proposal as well as regional and ministerialfunding.

Marte Lauvsnes. WP3 SINTEF. Analysis of the internal evaluation process.Marte Lauvsnes is a Registered Nurse and Specialist Intensive Care Nurse,Statistics and research methodology, Practical-pedagogic seminar Health andSocial professions, Health psychology, Staff development and psychology,Administrative - economical education.PRACTICE

Nurse/Intensive Care Nurse, Education Nurse/Nurse Trainer: Neonatal unit,Intensive Care Unite.

Head Nurse Rheumatology Unit, St. Olavs University Hospital. Teacher in elementary courses for health and social education. Project leader and manager for planning and programming, new St.Olavs

Hospital. Senior advisor/partner Hospital Planning Interconsult Prosjektutvikling (Medivi

AS) Senior advisor Hospital Planning, SINTEF Health Research.

SPECIAL AREAS- Analysis of activity, capacity and need of resources in hospitals.- Strategic development, early phase planning and programming in hospital projects- Care pathways, process analysis- User involvement- Development of organisations and enterprises. Alteration work in the hospital

sector- Quality development and accreditation in the health sector- Project management and evaluation

14

Other speakers were experts from all over Europe, most of who work in the field ofpsychology.

Gerald Rockenshaub. Representative of the World Health Organisation. HealthRisk reduction and Emergency Preparedness in the WHO European Region

Gerald Rockenschaub joined WHO in May 2004 as Regional Adviser for DisasterPreparedness and Response for the WHO European Region. As programmemanager he coordinates preparedness, response and recovery efforts of the WHORegional Office for Europe, within the overall organizational objective to reducethe health consequences of emergencies, disasters, crises and conflicts and tomitigate their social and economic impact. The regional programme operatesunder the umbrella of the division of health systems, with an emphasis tostrengthen crisis management capacities of national health systems of MemberStates in the region.

Since 1986 he gained progressive international experience in humanitarian healthprojects, coordinating medical humanitarian relief operations for the Red Crossand Save the Children in Ethiopia and Eritrea. For more than a decade hemanaged several health programmes in the Middle East as a consultant for thedevelopment cooperation, mainly implementing health projects in the occupiedPalestinian territories. In 1999 he was in charge of a medical relief project inKosovo setting up primary care mobile clinics for the displaced conflict victims.

For WHO he was coordinating several regional support missions and actions inCentral Asia, the Caucasus (during the Georgia crisis in 2008), in the Balkans andthe North Caucasus; he was part of the WHO team to support Turkey during theAvian Influenza support operation in 2007, and as part of the global WHOresponse supporting the health response in most affected areas hit by the Pakistanearthquake in 2005.

Gerald Rockenschaub is a national of Austria and received a medical doctoratedegree from the University of Graz; during his clinical career he trained as GPand completed a specialization in general surgery, followed by several years ofclinical work in surgery and emergency medicine. He holds a Masters Degree inPublic Health from Boston University, with a focus on Health ServicesManagement.

Beatriz Rodríguez Vega. Psychiatrist at La Paz hospital in Madrid, involved inwork in catastrophes and support to experts who deal with them. Presentation on“Staff Care in Insecure Environments. The Experience of Doctors WithoutBorders in Spain”.Beatriz Rodriguez Vega is a Psychiatrist, doctor in Medicine by the AutonomousUniversity of Madrid. She works as coordinator of the link and psychotherapyUnit of La Paz Hospital and is also an associated teacher at the Psychiatrydepartment of the UAM in Madrid.

15

She has specific experience in the field of Psycho-oncology, chronic pain, genderperspective and disorders caused by traumaShe regularly collaborates with Doctors Without Borders (MSF) since 2003 and ispart of the Critical Incidents Team who travels to give support to members of theMSF teams in situations of trauma or catastrophe. She has taken part ininterventions with the teams in Darfur (Sudan) and TanzaniaBetween 1995 and 2001 she collaborated with Doctors of the World in some warzones (Bosnia and Kosovo). Recently she has collaborated again with the newteam for Psycho-social support in Emergencies and Catastrophes backed up byDoctors of the World, Spain.She coordinates the Psychotherapy Training and Investigation Unit at la PazHospital, where she receives clinical Psychiatry and Psychology resident doctorsfrom all over Spain who wish to get training.Since 1997 she directs, together with Alberto Fernández Liria, a Master onPerspective Integrated Psychotherapy at the Alcalá de Henares University inMadrid. She also directs courses in the field of Narrative Psychotherapy, in otherprovinces. Due to her professional experience in the field of trauma, dealing withprimary victims and teams affected secondarily, she has directed trainingworkshops in emotional regulation of the therapist in various places in Spain andLatin America.She is currently also the main researcher in various projects financed by nationalagencies (FIS) in the field of psychotherapy in Oncology. Amongst her mostimportant publications there are two books: “The Practice of Psychotherapy: theconstruction of therapeutic narratives (2001) and “Interview abilities forpsychotherapists (2002), both published by Desclée de Brower, as well aschapters in various books and articles in specialist magazines.

Francisco Duque Colino. Presentation on “Psychological Intervention on the 11th

of March 2004”Francisco Duque Colino is a Clinical Psychologist at Gregorio Marañón hospitalin Madrid who led a group of 40 psychologists providing psychological support tovictims of the Madrid bombings. He has been working at this hospital for almostthree decades as an expert of interventions in crisis. He carries out his work in theInter-Consultation Section, mainly in acute trauma and with victims of violence.He is tutor to Psychology internal residents.He also gives courses and seminars directed to the Emergency, Casualty andSpecial Units personnel, always from a practical focus.

Annelieke Drogendijk. Presentation on CIE TOOLKIT, the Public Response toChemical Incident Emergencies.Annelieke N. Drogendijk is a psychologist and since 2001 she works as a researchfellow at the Institute for Psychotrauma. She conducts (both quantitative as wellas qualitative) studies with psycho trauma and cultural diversity as centralobjectives on disasters, on mental health and mental health services utilization. In2005 she worked as a researcher at the Utrecht University, department of ClinicalPsychology. Furthermore, Annelieke is the manager for EU funded projects. Thegeneral aims of these projects are the improvement of the response to criticalincidents and disasters and to deal with the subsequent public health and mentalhealth consequences. This is to be achieved by strengthening national and

16

international public health responses, for instance, by developing guidance andtraining material, establishing European networks with experts etc.

Dag Nordanger. Presentation on TENTS, the European Network for TraumaticStress.Dag Nordanger is a doctor in psychology and a specialist in clinical psychology.He has since 1997 been working in the field of trauma, both clinically, ininternational humanitarian work, and with research. His latest writings address theimpact of complex trauma on general health and psychosocial development. Hehas for the last four years been the leader of Resource Centre for Violence,Traumatic Stress and Suicide Prevention - Western Norway (RVTS-West). Thiscentre is the Norwegian partner in the EU funded TENTS project, aiming atimproving post disaster psychosocial services across Europe.

Magda Rooze. Presentation on EUTOPA, European Network for Psycho-socialaftercare in Case of Disaster.Magda Rooze is director of the Impact Foundation, the Dutch Knowledge andAdvice Centre for Post-disaster Psychosocial Care in Amsterdam, theNetherlands. She is a clinical child psychologist and has a Masters degree inBusiness Administration. After studying developmental psychology, from 1977Magda Rooze was a psychologist at different institutions for child and adolescentpsychiatry. From 1985 she was head of the department of an outpatient clinic. Herlatest position was manager of the outpatient clinic of the Academic MedicalCentre for Child and Juvenile Psychiatry in Amsterdam. In 1998 she gained aMasters degree in Business Administration at the Haarlem BusinessSchool/Kingston University London.

Lars Weisaeth. Presentation on Psychological Consequences of the 2004Tsunami.Lars Weisaeth is a psychiatrist and a psychoanalyst. His research has focused onhuman responses to severe events: war, terror, criminal acts, accidents, disastersetc. Since 1984 he has had the chair in traumatic stress at the Medical faculty,University of Oslo, Norway.

Caterina Corbascio Presentation of the specific problem of the persons alreadymentally troubled when involved and victims of catastrophic events and thespecial care needed for them. She is a psychiatrist working at the PiedmontRegion - Italy

Giulia Marino. Presentation on the Abruzzo earthquake.Giulia Marino is a Psychologist who works for the Italian Civil Protection.

Monica Thompson. Presentation on the 7/7 London Bombings. NHS TraumaResponse.Dr Thompson is a Consultant Clinical psychologist who specialises in PostTraumatic Stress Disorder. Dr Thompson works as the head of the adult service atthe Traumatic Stress Clinic in London which is a leading trauma clinic that wasset up in response to the Kings Cross fire which was a major disaster in London in1987. Dr Thompson provides training and advice on trauma interventions, carriesout research, specialist assessments and provides evidence based psychologicaltreatments for people who have encountered traumatic events. She has publishedresearch on the psychological aftermath of rape and the London bombingsresponse. She also works with the government to influence policy regardingfuture psychological preparedness for disasters. At her clinic she has treated many

17

survivors of war, physical & sexual assaults, child abuse, veterans as well assurvivors of major incidents such as rail crashes in the UK, bombings abroad, theAsian Tsunami and the London bombings.SynopsisDr Thompson coordinated the NHS trauma response which was set up to respondto the psychological needs of those affected by the London bombings. Herpresentation will discuss the innovative screen and treat program which wasutilised in the London bombings response and its implications for future majorincidents.

Stefania di Biasi. Presentation on Psychological Help to Children.Stefania Di Biasi was interested in the study of paediatric diseases and inparticular in the study of child and adolescent psychopathology since the earlyyears of University.In 2000 she began attending the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(University of Rome “Sapienza”), participating in the clinical and researchactivities under the supervision of Professor Gabriel Levi. She began to study thepsychological and psychiatric effects of childhood trauma, in particular the effectsof sexual and physical abuse.In 2001 she won a scholarship to do an internship at the University of Stockholm(Sweden), Karolinska Institutet, Astrig Lingren’s Hospital (Department ofWoman and Child Health; Supervisor: Prof. Per-Anders Rydelius). During herstay in Sweden she attended at the following clinical and research activities:In November 2002 she obtained the graduation in Medicine and Surgery, with fullmarks (110/110 cum laude) with a thesis entitled: "physical abuse and sexualabuse: psychiatric disorders in preschool and school children” (Supervisor:Professor Gabriel Levi, Dr. Francesca Piperno).In May 2002 she won the scholarship for the Post-Graduated School in Child andAdolescent Neuropsychiatry at the University of Rome "Sapienza".During the years of training she continues to carry out clinical and researchactivities on the effects of childhood trauma.In 2005 she has a period of clinical and research activity at the University ofCambridge (UK), Developmental Psychiatry Section (Supervisor: Prof. IanGoodyear). At the University of Cambridge she was involved in the assessmentand intervention of various psychiatric disorders in childhood and adolescenceand in the research of the effects of adverse life events in children.In 2006 and 2007 she began to study the effects of trauma (acute and chronic) onautobiographical and neuropsychological memory.In 2007 she obtained the specialization in Child and Adolescent Neuropsychiatry,with honours (70/70 cum laude) with a thesis entitled: "Life events in childhood:psychopathology and memory”.The same year she won the scholarship for the PhD-school in "Experimental andClinical Neurosciences" (University of Rome "La Sapienza").In 2008 she begins to conduct a research project on the prevention of mentalhealth in pre-adolescence, in collaboration with the Ministry of Education,Research and The University of Rome “Sapienza”.Since 2008, she has assessed children and adolescents for the Ordinary Court ofTivoli. She also works as a child and adolescent psychiatrist at the Centre forRehabilitation “RIFI” in Fiumicino (Rome).

18

Since 2001 she has published several scientific articles on Italian and internationaljournals and she has participated as a speaker at various international and nationalconferences.She is still working at the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry(University of Rome “Sapienza”) and continues her research about childhoodtrauma.

Jean-Yves Gauthier & Didier Cremniter. Presentation on French Organisationfor Medico-psychological help after a Disaster. Network of CUMP.- Jean-Yves Gauthier did his medical and scientific studies in Rennes. Promptorientation towards systemic approach, learnt in Rome and France. Alwayspracticing in family therapy. Training in Psychoanalysis.He worked as a psychiatrist in the French West Indies, now in Brittany: has beenresponsible of an urgency service during 20 years.Now he is a consultant in individual (analysis practice) and family therapy,oriented in psycho trauma. Responsible of a catastrophe situations interventiongroup for the last 10 years (cellule d'urgence medico psychologique)- Dr. Didier Cremniter is a Psychiatrist at the Hospital of Paris, part of the SAMUservices in Paris. He is a referent of the Medico-Psychological Emergency Team(CUMP) of Paris and member of the National Committee of medico-psychological emergencies.As co-founder of the CUMP, he deals with the coordination of medico-psychological help in the Paris region. He is also in charge of a number ofmissions helping French victims of catastrophes abroad.

The following experts were appointed as coordinators of the various sessions; Miguel Ángel González Torres. Degree in Medicine by the Autonomous

University of Bilbao in 1980. He specialised in Psychiatry in the Hospital ClínicoUniversitario of Salamanca, from 1982 to 1985. Doctor in Medicine in 1988.Section manager in the Psychiatry service of Basurto hospital in 1990. Manager ofthe Psychiatry Service of Basurto Hospital in 1995. Lecturer of the Neuro-Sciences Department of the University of the Basque Country in 1995. Presidentof the Research Commission of Basurto Hospital 1999-2005. President of theBasque-Navarre Psychiatry association 2000-2002. President of the SpanishAssociation for the Study of Personality Disorders 2006-2008. Member of theExecutive Committee of the International Society for the Study of PersonalityDisorders. Analyst for the Psychoanalysis Centre in Madrid. Member of theExecutive Committee of the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies.President of the OMIE foundation. Member of the National Commission of theSpecialization in Psychiatry.Main professional interest areas are Personality Disorders, Psychosis andPsychotherapy techniques.

Ton de Wijs. He is the Managing Director of the IVP (Institute for Psychotraumain The Netherlands and a board member of the ESTSS.

Mariano Hernández Monsalve. Degree in Medicine (University of Valladolid,1976), doctor in Medicine (University of Alcalá- Madrid in 1990-Doctoral Thesis:Analysis of doctor-patient communication in local practices).-Head of mental health services in various districts of the Madrid AutonomousCommunity; currently head of mental health services of the Tetuán district.

19

-Tutor lecturer Psycho-biology in the Psychology Department of the Medicinefaculty of the UNED.-Lecturer in the Integrated Perspective Psychotherapy Masters of the MedicineDepartment of the University of Alcala de Henares- Madrid.-President of the Mental Health Association in Madrid -AEN, 1989-1996,president of the Spanish Association for Neuro-psychiatry-Mental HealthProfessionals, 1997-2003, and vice-president of Mental Health Europe-SantéMental Europe ( 2000-2003).-Member of the Technical Committee who elaborated the Mental Health Strategyfor the Spanish National Health System-Ministry of Health and Social Policies.-Representative of the Ministry of Health and Social Policies for mental health inthe European Commission.

Luca Pezzullo. Ph.D, Psychologist. He teaches Disaster Psychology issues inPost-Graduate courses at Padova University and has worked as a Researchconsultant for the World Health Organisation (WHO) and for ItalianGovernmental Panels on Risk communication.

20

4. Mass-media presence

The conference got very good media exposure. The subject covered by the IPPHECproject creates lots of interest and awareness, and the speakers were very well knownpeople in their fields of study who attracted lots of attention in their own right.

10 different media attended the press conference that took place on the 23rd ofNovember (1 TV channel, 5 radio stations, 2 news agencies and 2 newspapers). Ashort report was broadcasted on the 23rd on both channels of ETB, the Basquetelevision, during both the lunch time news and evening news. Both newspaperspublished articles on the IPPHEC conference and project on the 24th (one of whichpublished a whole A3 page) and a third newspaper included a feature on its electronicformat. All radio stations attending the press conference broadcasted live andpreviously recorded interviews with some of the speakers as well as the coordinatorof the conference and the coordinator of WP2.

4.1 Media present during conference

The following media were present at the press conference organised on Mondaythe 23rd of November:

TV CHANNELS1-ETB- Basque Television

RADIO STATIONS1-Radio Euskadi2-Onda Vasca3-Radio Bilbao4-Punto Radio5-Onda Cero

PRESS AGENCIES1-EFE2-Europa Press

NEWSPAPERS1-Deia2-El País

4.2 Press release distributed during press conference

The following press release was distributed to the media present at the pressconference:INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE IPPHEC PROJECTUNIVERSITY OF DEUSTO, BILBAO23-24 NOVEMBER 2009-11-26

21

(IPPHEC: IMPROVE THE PREPAREDNESS TO GIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL HELP INEVENTS OF CRISIS / MEJORA DE LA PREPARACION PARA DAR AYUDAPSICOLOGICA EN SITUACIONES DE CRISIS)

Psychosocial interventions after disasters, terrorism and other events that have greatimpact.

Every year millions of people are affected by disasters, conflicts, wars, terrorist attacksand epidemics. They suffer illnesses, lose their houses, get separated from their familiesor die. According to calculations, 142 million people were affected by 724 disasters in2007.

These events generate social and psychological consequences that often reduce thepossibilities of those involved, to get on with their lives. The main problem these peopleare faced with is the feeling of loss, which appears at several levels: in personalrelationships and material possessions, possibility of finding some income, dignity,safety, trust, self-image and image they have of the community they belong to, and aboveall, a great loss of hope for the future.

The majority of people recover from the impact of the disaster they have experienced,through a process of grief for what they have lost and adaptation to change. However,some people develop psychological problems that may become serious and chronic, andin very severe cases (victims of the holocaust, for example) may affect the nextgeneration.

Several research teams from all over the world have studied human response to disastersand the consequences of such disasters. That is why nowadays there is informationavailable that allows us to develop proposals about best ways to prepare for anemergency, how to act immediately after an emergency and what kind of long termresponse is necessary to favour recovery.

The main principles of psychological and social care in a disaster situation must neverforget that the majority of victims are healthy people who have a natural reaction to anemotionally shocking experience. The main point about psychological help is themobilization of social help resources to victims (family, friends…), so that they can adaptto the experience.

Besides the good intentions and collaboration of those close to the victims, it isconvenient to use specific techniques to help victims of these experiences. For thatreason, it is necessary to train professionals and non professionals involved in helping thevictims, so that they know what to expect and how to respond most efficiently. Thistraining is most necessary in a hospital environment, where many victims go toimmediately after the experienced disaster.

The IPPHEC project is aimed at defining and proposing intervention procedures directedto professionals who deal with catastrophes, whether they have psychological training ornot, in order to improve their preparedness to handle psychological effects in victims of

22

catastrophes who arrive in hospitals and other treatment places. Recommendations totrain professionals on this field are also presented.

The IPPHEC project has been jointly developed by 11 research teams from severalEuropean countries (Italy, UK, France, Norway, Spain…) and financed by the EuropeanCommission. One of the teams taking part in the project has developed its work in theBasque Country and it is made up of researchers from the University of Deusto, theHealth and Consumers Department of the Basque Government and the PsychiatryDepartment of the Basurto Hospital. Simona Agger (Italy) is the leader and coordinatorof the project.

The conference, which is taking place in the Auditorium of the University of Deusto, inBilbao, on the 23rd and 24th of November is the final outcome of this project. The finalrecommendations, which will be distributed to the European authorities involved inhelping victims of disasters, will be presented during the conference. Numerous nationaland international researchers will discuss the final recommendations and exchangeopinions based on their experiences in this type of situations and also on researchdeveloped in this field.

The IPPHEC project takes one step forward in the improvement of psychological andsocial care of people who all over the world suffer the consequences of catastrophes,whether natural or caused by humans. The joint venture between several research teamsfrom various European countries supposes a fundamental collaboration to solve problemsthat often affect more than one country, and without a doubt highlights the will toconsider the problems of certain human groups as problems that affect all human beings,and therefore must be resolved between all of us.

4.3 Features published or broadcasted on media

The following media published or broadcasted information related to the IPPHECconference:

TV CHANNELS

1-ETB- Basque televisionThe Basque TV broadcasted a 15-20 second feature 4 times during the 23rd of November:ETB1 (Channel exclusively in Basque)

14:30 Gaur Egun (News Programme)20:30 Gaur Egun (News Programme)

ETB2 (Channel in Spanish)15:00 Tele Berri (News Programme)21:00 Tele Berri (News Programme)

23

RADIO STATIONS

1- Radio Euskadi – This is the main radio station in the Basque Country, part of theEITB group, together with the Basque TV. They interviewed Miguel ÁngelGonzález Torres, coordinator of the conference, live at their Bilbao studios at19:00 on the 23rd of November. During the programme, they also broadcasted apreviously recorded interview with Beatriz Rodríguez Vega, one of the speakersduring the IPPHEC project conference.

2- Onda Vasca – They interviewed Francisco Duque Colino, one of the speakers ofthe IPPHEC project, for a programme broadcasted later on, during the 23rd ofNovember.

3- Radio Bilbao – They interviewed Miguel Ángel González Torres, coordinator ofthe conference, live at their studios as well as Beatriz Rodríguez Vega, speaker ofthe IPPHEC project Conference on the afternoon of the 24th of November.

4- Euskadi Irratia – Radio station that broadcasts exclusively in Basque. Theyinterviewed J. Agustín Ozamiz, coordinator of WP2, on Thursday 26th ofNovember.

NEWSPAPERS

1-Deia – This Basque newspaper published a whole page feature on the IPPHECConference, on the 24th of November. The article appeared on page 15 within the societysection. The article features a half a page photograph of the press conference tablecomponents, and the rest or the article describes the work of the IPPHEC project as wellas the views of some of the speakers.

24

25

2-El País – The Basque edition of this Spanish newspaper published a small article(nearly a quarter of a page) on page 2 of its Basque Country Section, on the 24th ofNovember. The article describes the works of the IPPHEC project and the objectives ofthe conference.

3-El Correo – The Basque newspaper published an article about the IPPHEC project onits digital edition of the 23rd of November. The feature describes the main objectives ofboth the project and the conference.

26

27

5. Closure

Simona Agger and J. Agustín Ozamiz conducted the final session of the conference,the IPPHEC Follow up and Conclusions. During this session, the most importantconclusions reached both during the length of the project as well as during theconference were outlined. Three Erasmus students of the European Masters inSustainable Regional Health Systems at the University of Deusto made shortpresentations on the health systems of their own countries. Many of the speakers whohad already made their presentations, as well as some stakeholders and sessioncoordinators were invited to give their opinion on the subjects debated during the twodays. Many questions were asked by the audience during these interventions, creatinga good debate. There were some differences of opinion amongst the experts presentregarding subjects such as debriefing which were discussed, giving everyone a fairchance to express and reason their views.

6. Conclusions

The IPPHEC conference was a success in terms of number of attendees, interestcreated by the subject and especially the participation of a wide variety ofinternational experts. These experts contributed to the debate with their own personalexperience in providing psychological help in events of crisis and also withinformation about how these events are handled at national, regional and local levelsin their home countries.

The ample media coverage also reflects the public interest in the subject of theIPPHEC project and shows the relevance of this project and others that might dealwith the same issues.

The conference highlighted the need for a common response protocol to crisis eventsand brought together the relevant global experts to progress towards this goal.