# Coping and resilience in protracted humanitarian crises - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/so470 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: Coping and resilience in protracted humanitarian crises | WCP 2026 Summary > In chronic humanitarian crises, cultural and religious explanations of mental illness and its causes shape coping and stigma in both positive and negative ways. This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/so470) This page is an AI-assisted Turkish summary of the study presented at the 26th World Congress of Psychiatry. The study belongs to the presenting authors; please refer to the original source when citing it. SO470 Brief Oral Poster PresentationMigration and Transcultural PsychiatryQualitative study # Coping and resilience in protracted humanitarian crises COPING AND RESILIENCE IN PROLONGED HUMANITARIAN CRISIS Presenter: Peter Kaiser Country: Germany Institution: University of Bremen Session: 4560 - PARALLEL SHORT ORAL POSTER SESSIONS: PUBLIC HEALTH & EPIDEMIOLOGY - Part VII Date: Sat, 26.09.2026 In chronic humanitarian crises, cultural and religious explanations of mental illness and its causes shape coping and stigma in both positive and negative ways. The aim is to demonstrate the impact of cultural, and particularly religious, understandings of causality in mental health and illness on coping and stigma among populations living in crisis conditions that sometimes persist across generations, where decades of political conflict and disputes over resources have blurred the boundaries between human-made and natural disasters. The methodology comprises participant observation, interviews, and pre- and post-training assessments conducted in accordance with WHO manuals; the observations presented draw on the author's field experience accumulated over the past twenty years while treating patients and training local staff in projects implemented through a nongovernmental organization. Findings are presented through examples from three geographical regions: South Sudan, Nigeria, and Myanmar. The understanding of chains of cause and effect within the Buddhist concept of karma produces a different form of coping from that found in belief systems in which events and living conditions are explained as the will of a higher power and viewed as trials or punishment; religious faith and solidarity among believers provide a psychologically, cognitively, emotionally, and spiritually safe space. In safe spaces established in camps for displaced people, sharing experiences, acquiring skills, and receiving psychosocial support were observed to reduce blame and foster an effective approach grounded in solidarity among survivors of harassment and rape. In another example, a family interpreted their relative's suicide as part of a divine plan and performed a cultural purification ritual in anticipation of rebirth; although Theravada Buddhism rejects suicide, the family did not condemn the death. Common features across all settings include high levels of stigma, a high prevalence of mental illness, and discrimination against women. In conclusion, the support that major religious communities lend to patriarchal structures makes it essential for mental health improvement programs to involve women more actively in implementation and to encourage openness on this issue among male representatives of the health system, religious communities, and local authorities. [View the original poster](https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/wcp26/attendee/eposter/file/396) How to cite this study APA 7: Kaiser, P., et al. (2026, September 26). Coping and resilience in prolonged humanitarian crisis [Poster presentation]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/wcp26/attendee/eposter/file/396 Vancouver: Kaiser P, et al. Coping and resilience in prolonged humanitarian crisis [poster]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. 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