About Us
Who are we ?
Institute of Psychotraumatology and Mediation, International Headquarters, Switzerland
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The company Institut de Psychotraumatologie et de Médiation is an Association based in Neuchâtel, in the canton of Neuchâtel, which was founded in 2000. Its UID number is CHE-102.020.528. It is active in the sector “activities of associative organizations”
Purpose ( fr de translation )
Work with populations who are victims of psychological trauma due to war, ethnic, tribal or religious conflicts, exile, torture, physical and sexual violence, natural disasters, or following pandemics; provide psychological and medical assistance to relieve these populations in distress in collaboration with other professionals and competent organizations; contribute to the establishment of a mental health system that takes into account the psychological needs of populations in distress and set up committees for legal mediation and conflict management between individuals and legal entities.
Registration date
16/12/2000 (over 23 years old)
UID
CHE-102.020.528
Specifically in the different Sectors and Specialties of Mental Health, Psychotraumatology and Transcultural Psychiatry, Mediation and Conflict Management, IPM-International pursued the following objectives:
Center for Psychotraumatology and Mediation
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IPM Cameroon is the national representation of IPM International, whose headquarters is in Neuchâtel, Switzerland (www.ipm-int.org) according to the opening authorization of the Cameroonian government since October 2012. Through the Center for Psychotraumatology and Mediation of Yaoundé in Elig Edjoa, Renaprov building, IPM Cameroon acts in accordance with the strategic plan defined by the headquarters.
Specifically in the different sectors and specialties of mental health, IPM Cameroon pursued the following objectives:
Assist Cameroon as a reference country in the CEMAC sub-region for the mental health and humanitarian program through pilot studies and surveys, the organization of conferences and major scientific meetings related to global mental health.
Promote university, postgraduate and continuing training of professionals in the screening and care of those with mental health problems.
Provide vulnerable populations, children-adolescents-adults, men in uniform, healthcare personnel, first aiders, and all workers called upon during armed conflicts and suffering from psychological trauma by offering them a platform and appropriate care for their recovery.
Provide medical, psychological and psychiatric care for victims of war trauma, terrorism, internally displaced persons and refugees as well as other victims of sexual assault, criminal, psychological abuse and rape, etc. Treat the mentally ill and other victims of invisible injuries (abuse, rape, etc.) with respect, dignity and without stigma.
- Assist the countries where our subsidiaries are located or that request it for the implementation of Mental Health and Humanitarian Medicine Programs through pilot studies and surveys, the organization of conferences and major scientific colloquiums related to Global Mental Health and Transcultural Psychiatry in social and humanitarian crises.
- Promote university, postgraduate and continuing training of professionals in the screening and care of those who have mental health problems and/or primary, secondary, acute or chronic psychiatric disorders.
- Provide vulnerable populations, children-adolescents-adults, the elderly, professionals of the police, the gendarmerie and national or international defense, healthcare personnel, first aiders, personnel working in national, international associations, NGOs or all workers called upon during armed conflicts and suffering from psychological trauma by offering them a platform and appropriate care for their recovery.
- Promote Telemedicine, Telepsychiatry and Digital Medicine at the level of our subsidiaries or countries that request it from our experts and our expert collaborators in these fields
- Provide medical, psychological and psychiatric care for victims of war trauma, terrorism, internally displaced persons and refugees as well as other victims of sexual assault, criminal, psychological abuse and rape, etc.
- Treat the mentally ill and other victims of invisible injuries (abuse, rape, etc.) with respect, dignity and without stigma.
- Promote the opening of Family, Civil and Legal Mediation Clinics at our subsidiaries or in countries that request them from our experts and our expert collaborators in these fields or in countries that request them from our experts and our expert collaborators in these fields.
- Promote the practice of Tele-mediation and conflict management at our subsidiaries or in countries that request them from our experts and our expert collaborators in these fields or in countries that request them from our experts and our.
Offer the services of civil or forensic psychiatric expertise in supporting the healing and reparation process to provide victims and their families with access to appropriate services in their cities or countries. - Promote in our IPM and CPM Subsidiaries personalized care for Victims and Offenders in the context of domestic violence, after accidents, torture, migration, sexual violence, after prison or war, etc. Promote in General in the countries where our subsidiaries are located and in Particular in our CPM, “Care, Justice and Prevention”, to facilitate the psychocorporeal healing process (PGPC), socio-professional integration (ISP) and the protection of victims and their families.
