Psychosocial Integration

Internal code: 3.1a

Target groups: general public

General description
 * Psychosocial integration is the opposite of dislocation. Psychosocial integration consists of three aspects (Alexander, 2008 ):
 * - Autonomy
 * - Achievement
 * - Belonging


 * The link between disinformation and addiction (Alexander is an addiction expert) is not so far-fetched. The Addiction Center states: "Conspiracy theory addiction is a behavioral addiction that can have a hidden impact on the way one perceives events and has been linked to having more negative attitudes."
 * Hassan,S. (2013)) "My approach is based on the belief that growth is an essential part of the human experience. ... there are basic universal needs that transcend the physical. People want a positive sense of identity and a positive connection with others."

Interventions Alexander (2008) proposes:
 * - Ending the state of dislocation
 * - Starting natural recovery by "the adoption of a new way of living or a period of reorientation to a familiar, non-addictive lifestyle"
 * - "This reorientation is often aided by the addicted person’s family or close friends and by the supportive institutions of their culture with little or no involvement of addiction professionals."

The person's Umfeld can be supported by interventions.

Impact measurements

Assumptions The assumption is that a lack of psychosocial integration, or dislocation, is so painful that people in that state will search for alternative lifestyles as a way of coping with dislocation. These alternative lifestyles do not only change what they do but also who they are. Alexander (2008) is specialised in a change towards an addiction as an alternative lifestyle. But this is by no means the only possible alternative lifestyle. "[F]anatical devotion to socially destructive ideas" can also be "a desperate attempt to adapt to severe dislocation”. The second assumption is that once the state of dislocation is reversed, the person can return to mainstream lifestyles.

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