The structure of the group counseling intervention has been
evolving over the past 6 years as the PCAF staff gained more skills
in psychological management of war traumatized individuals
through annual training workshops organized by PCAF. It is yet
to be manualized and standardized across the four trauma clinics.
Currently, the domains of the group counseling intervention are
based on common problems observed in the clinic population
including high trauma load, lack of knowledge about the precipitants,
presentation and consequences of untreated common mental
disorders, lack of coping skills and high prevalence rates of
sexual risk behavior and HIV infection