MODEL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT BY THE ARMY OF THE NETHERLANDS

LTC W. Martens
The Netherlands

    The presentation will focus on the psychological support by the Department of Individual Psychological Support to peacekeeping missions of the Dutch Army.  Using as points of departure the principles of Horowitz and Salmon, the Dutch model will be discussed with regard to:

     the preparation
     the support in former Yugoslavia
     the return (psychological debriefing)
     the after care
     the family support