59-05-032 Proceeding

268 Proceedings of the Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Congress IS THERE ANY BENEFITS OF “ART THERAPY” OF ARMED CONFLICT AND TSUNAMI VICTIM CHILDREN IN ACEH? Dra. Kusmawati Hatta Abstract: Aceh is a province at the Indonesian region where it historical span had never topped of the armed conflict, either vertically or horizontally, that have made the people suffered inwardly and outwardly, especially children, as long as the armed conflict taken place in which they feel fear, worry, anxiety, stress which bring about trauma, and if not taken seriously the possibility of these children will experience Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Based on DSM-IV criteria (2004) stated that Posttraumatic Stress Disorder that the development of characteristic symptoms following exposure to an extreme traumatic stress or involving direct personal experience of an event that causes actual or threatened death or serious injury, or other threat to one’s physical integrity; or witnessing an event that involves death, injury, or a threat to the physical integrity of another person; or learning about unexpected death or violence, serious harm, or threat of death or injury experienced by a family member or other close associate (Criterion A1) 1. Judging from these criteria, it can be said the people of Aceh has experienced hard times for a long time such as (1) from 1946, Aceh has been stuck in a social revolution at the expense 1,500 people; (2) In the years 1953 to 1964 have been victim again as many as 4000 people in the event of the “War Cumbok” DI / TII (Darul Islam); (3) In 1998 Aceh back into armed conflict between the Free Aceh movement (GAM) and the Indonesian Armed Forces, the expense of the people as many as 3500 people, (Komnas HAM); (4) On December 26, 2004, Aceh was hit by Earthquake and Tsunami disaster and has sacrificed its people as well as 283,100 people dead, 14,000 missing people, and homeless 1.1269 million people (source US Geological Survey Victim). All these events have left a deep wound for families left behind, the closest-people and also for the people of Aceh itself, so a lot of people especially the children after the incident on her experience things like: great fear when they heard the thump, Sebak anxious without a clear, easily ignited emotions, easily suspicious of people, tremblewhen you see peoplewithmilitary dress, and frequent nightmares and others. Based on the symptoms that arise after the armed conflict, the earthquake and tsunami, they indicated trauma. Briere (1995) claimed to know someone PTSD, it can be measured by three indicators, namely: Intrusive experiences (IE), Defensive Avoidance (DA), dissociation (DIS) 2. The results showed that adolescents Aceh still Senior Secondary School (SLTA) to experience high trauma, and even existing PTSD (Kusmawati, H Year 2013) 3. For handling this trauma, “Art Therapy” is the right approach, especially painting, because this is beneficial for the children healing trauma, especially children Aceh. Keywords : Trauma, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Intrusive experiences (IE), Defensive Avoidance (DA), dissociation (DIS) Art Therapy