The challenges of mental health and psychosocial support in crisis and post-crisis situations

18/03/2020

Individual and collective mental health in disaster, conflict, exile or pandemic situations is a complex issue that involves both the implementation of a response that is adapted to the needs of victims and the provision of support to national and international staff who are deployed to deliver assistance. As such, Groupe URD is setting up a network of francophone experts and practitioners who want to promote mental health and psychosocial support activities in crisis and post-crisis contexts, and improve the competencies of actors by exchanging practices and learning collectively.

Having been the joint instigator of an initial initiative of this kind in 2011 , Groupe URD is launching a new network with two main focuses:

Treatment mechanisms and practices in crisis and post-crisis situations, taking into account humanitarian know-how and local knowledge, based on an anthropological approach;
Prevention and treatment mechanisms for psychosocial disorders and psychological trauma among humanitarian personnel.

If you are interested, please complete this questionnaire which aims to gather the views of actors and practitioners in order to organise the network: https://www.urd.org/survey/index.php/857848/lang-fr

Photo : UNMEER/Martine Perret

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