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Psychosocial and mental health interventions in areas of mass violence

MSF, Kaz De Jong, 2011

These guidelines and the contribution to the Inter Agency Standing Committee Guidelines, Mental Health: Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings is written to share our technical experiences, to help colleagues and other humanitarian workers to avoid repeating the mistakes we have made. We do not claim that our intervention model is the only way to approach psychosocial or mental health problems in areas of conflict. We realise the limitations and opportunities of our organisation’s specific medical, humanitarian emergency origin as well as the specificity of our experiences.

https://www.msf.org/sites/msf.org/files/msf_mentalhealthguidelines.pdf

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PTSD Alliance

A group of professional and advocacy organizations that have joined forces to provide educational resources to individuals diagnosed with PTSD and their loved ones; those at risk for developing PTSD; and medical, healthcare and other frontline professionals.

http://www.ptsdalliance.org/

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BasicNeeds

This organisation believes that mental health is a right, not a privilege. For millions of mentally ill people around the world, this is not the case. For them, mental illness is a world of poverty, stigma and isolation. Basic Needs transforms lives by working with mentally ill people so that together, together we can build a world that mentally ill people feel proud to live in.

http://www.basicneeds.org/

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Where there is no Psychiatrist

Vikram Patel, 2003

Attitudes towards mental illness have changed, with more people coming forward for treatment. Despite this positive development, access to mental health care in low-income countries is still extremely poor and there is a serious shortage of mental health care workers. However, most of these countries have large numbers of community workers who could be deployed to deliver mental health care if they had the necessary knowledge and skills. Where there is no Psychiatrist might go some way in Providing such knowledge and skills.

http://www.asksource.info/pdf/30256_wherethereisnopsych_ch1_2003.pdf

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Psychosocial interventions for children in war-affected areas: the state of the art

Brechtje Kalksma-Van Lith, 2007

In this article the literature on psychosocial assistance to children in war-affected areas is reviewed. Two main types of interventions are identified: the curative approach and the developmental approach. The effectiveness of each of these approaches is discussed.( Intervention 2007, Volume 5, Number 1, Page 3 – 17)

https://www.interventionjournal.com/sites/default/files/kalkasmavanlith.pdf

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