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- Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies: What Should Humanitarian Health Actors Know? (2010)
- Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers (2011)
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- IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. Checklist (2008)
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- Training Manual - Psychological First Aid for Field Workers in Fiji (2021)
- mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG) training of health-care providers. Training manual (2022)
- Linking Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) and Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) - Practical tools, approaches and case studies (2021)
- Earthquake Haiti: Guidelines and Resources (2021)
- EQUIP - Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support (2022)
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Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers
recommended
When terrible things happen in our communities, countries and the world, we want to reach out a helping hand to those who are affected. This guide covers
psychological first aid which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It is writt...
This document is for humanitarian health actors working at national and sub-national level in countries facing humanitarian emergencies. It applies to Health Cluster partners, including governmental and non-governmental health service providers.
Based on the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psy...
IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. Checklist
recommended
Armed conflicts and natural disasters cause significant psychological and social suffering to affected populations. The psychological and social impacts of emergencies may be acute in the short term, but they can also undermine the long-term mental health and psychosocial well-being of the affected ...
Specific action sheets offer useful guidance on mental health and psychosocial support and cover the following areas coordination assessment monitoring and evaluation protection and human rights standards human resources community mobilisation and support health services education dissemination of i...
This brief document aims to provide a framework for WHO assistance in this area.
These guidance notes on stress, grief and loss have been compiled by IMC’s Mental Health Advisor, Dr. Lynne Jones, for organizations working with Hurricane Katrina-affected populations. They represent lessons learned regarding mental health activities from IMC’s international experiences in disa...
These guidance notes on stress, grief and loss have been compiled by IMC’s Mental Health Advisor, Dr. Lynne Jones, for organizations working with Hurricane Katrina-affected populations. They represent lessons learned regarding mental health activities from IMC’s international experiences in disa...
