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Suggestions to aid workers
By Our Staff Reporter
CHENNAI,
JAN. 8.
Lakshmi Ravikanth psychologist, The Banyan, had the following pointers for aid workers counselling the affected, based on her work across the State:
* Respect the affected. Call them by their first name
* Listen and talk to them in their language
* Do not give false reassurances
* Allow them to relive and tell their story
* Empathise
* Make promises you can keep
* Convey that their reactions are normal to an abnormal situation
* Do not ignore any hint of suicide
* See the person at least three times for a minimum of 45 minutes each
* If normalcy is not restored within six to eight weeks then refer to doctors
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