Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Crises

This edition of Humanitarian Exchange, co-edited with Anne Harmer, Manager of Elrha’s Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises (R2HC) Programme, focuses on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in humanitarian crises.

Featured in this issue: 

• Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian crises
• Improving humanitarian assistance across sectors through mental health and psychosocial support
• Integrating mental health into primary healthcare in the Central African Republic
• Evidence-based mental health integrated disaster preparedness in Nepal and Haiti
• What strong partnerships achieve: innovations in research and practice
• Scalable psychological interventions for people affected by adversity
• Psychosocial support in the Syrian refugee response: challenges and opportunities
• Psychosocial support for adolescent girls in post-conflict settings: a social and gendered norms approach
• Youth FORWARD: scaling up an evidence-based mental health intervention in Sierra Leone
• Designing and implementing psychosocial interventions for children with severe acute malnutrition: Action contre la Faim’s experience in Nepal
• Responding to trauma during conflict: a case study of gender-based violence and traditional story-telling in Afghanistan
• Reflections on a psychosocial community support programme in the West Bank
• Mental health research among Syrian refugees in Lebanon: challenges and solutions
• Improving humanitarian crisis response policy and practice: mental health and psychosocial support coordination in Lebanon
• Supporting mental health care provision in Lebanon and Iraq
• Applications of Psychological First Aid around the world: summary of a five-year retrospective
• Mental health and psychosocial support: who cares for the volunteers?