Skip to main content

Table 2 Precipitating event

From: Counselling in humanitarian settings: a retrospective analysis of 18 individual-focused non-specialised counselling programmes

Precipitating event, n = 14808*

N (%)

Conflict and violence

4955 (33.5%)

  Psychological violence

2618 (17.7%)

  Physical violence (intentional)

196 (1.3%)

  Intentional abuse in detention

320 (2.2%)

  Witnessing, hearing about abuse, injury or death

780 (5.3%)

  Displacement, migration and related problems

401 (2.7%)

  Deprivation or discrimination

640 (4.3%)

Sexual abuse or trauma

823 (5.6%)

Domestic discord or violence

3675 (24.8%)

Other precipitating events

5355 (36.2%)

  No traumatic event

4035 (27.2%)

  Separation and isolation

458 (3.1%)

  Other

862 (5.8%)

  1. *155 patients had missing values.