The institute of Psycho-trauma Pakistan (IPTP) was established in Oct 2005. It is a virtual institute, a network of Psychiatrists, general physicians, psychologist, nurses and social workers and allied health professionals. It came into being in view of actual and perceived violence in the society.
BASIC PREMISE OF THE INSTITUTE is that trauma is embedded in a society, which has not been able to protect its members from violence and/or catastrophe. Society must be prepared and be ready at all times to deal major or miner traumas that are faced. For this, family and society at large at large must learn to internalize its inherent strength and built in support systems. Three aspects are central to experience of trauma
- Helplessness, the feeling of being at the mercy of someone else/others.
- A breakdown in one's own sense of existence and loss of security.
- Extreme Negative Stress
- Timely recognition and prevention of effects is very essential.
- Managing Psycho-trauma due to local violence incidents like street violence, accidents, robbery & dacoits, murder, rape etc.
- Public Education - Awareness, Preparedness and Prevention
- Handling Psycho-trauma in Earthquake Victims
- Training of Trainers Program for handling psycho trauma
- Act as resource Center
YEAR 2008 PROGRESS NEWS OF IPTP
1 The Institute of Psycho Trauma Pakistan IPTP, has recently being affiliated with Asian Society for Traumatic Stress Studies ASTSS. The President Dr Unaiza Niaz , who is also the founder of IPTP,was instrumental in getting this affiliation
2 With great efforts and hard work of IPTP team members the Institute has also become a member of International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies ISTSS.
3 Since its initiation IPTP has been conducting training courses for diverse groups of professionals.
Upgraded website : iptp-ptss.com
BASIC PREMISE OF THE INSTITUTE
BE PAKISTANI
A Slogan by IPTP
Premise:
We feel that country is going through lot of trauma. This is an acute traumatic situation where there is confusion and turmoil. People are disturbed, uncertain, perplexed. They are confused about their identities and religion is also part of it. We believe that we should be first of all good human beings, good Pakistanis, help each other to come out of this traumatic situation and need to support each other. We are not an NGO we are just a group of people who wanted to bring sanity and peace in our society. We believe Pakistan comes first and then rest of issues. We would like to raise awareness and talk with all Pakistani on following issues. It will help in bring us close to each other and common identity.
Objectives:
1. Dealing with Civic Issues Causing Stress.
2. Dealing with Conflicting Moral Issues
3. Basic Religious Issues must be dealt with respect, wisdom and dignity .Who is Good Muslim and what is the basis and value of all these differences? We should focus on similarities instead of differences. Because these conflicts will end in devastation of whole nation.
4. Promotion of life and well-being
5. To Promote Living as good human being
