Intervention | Journal of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Conflict Affected Areas.

Abstract

The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (^{IASC, 2007}) promote the provision of basic needs and community/family supports as key approaches to improve the overall wellbeing of people affected by crises, including conflict.

PDF:

Mediation_of_daily_stressors_on_mental_health.2.pdf

Read more about Abstract

From the editors

From the editors rhoncus tempor. In hendrerit dolor quis tortor vehicula imperdiet. Etiam facilisis aliquam metus a gravida. Nulla facilisi. Maecenas elementum; metus non iaculis molestie, dui purus suscipit augue, facilisis tincidunt nunc nisi sit amet mi. Vestibulum interdum tortor id elementum lacinia. Fusce hendrerit velit vitae gravida volutpat? Cras aliquet dignissim sem eu elementum. Etiam eu lorem sed massa placerat placerat. Nam ultricies risus pharetra dui interdum feugiat. Integer vulputate sapien ac fringilla luctus. Duis porta pharetra tempor. Ut eu sollicitudin orci.

Read more about From the editors

Two Special sections: about long term perspectives on mental health and psychosocial programming in (post) conflict settings and a section dedicated to the mental health consequences of the Syrian war.

November 2013 - Volume 11 - Issue 3

From the editors... Introduction to a Special Issue: long term perspectives on mental health and psychosocial programming in (post) conflict settings

Authors:

Ventevogel, Peter; DeMarinis, Valerie; Pérez-Sales, Pau; Silove, Derrick

SPECIAL SECTION

Mental health of refugees and displaced persons in Syria and surrounding countries: a systematic review

Authors:

Quosh, Constanze; Eloul, Liyam; Ajlani, Rawan

Mental health, forced displacement and recovery: integrated mental health and psychosocial support for urban refugees in Syria

Authors:

Quosh, Constanze

Healing through sharing: an outreach project with Iraqi refugee volunteers in Syria

Authors:

Mirghani, Zahra

Personal reflections on a psychosocial community outreach programme and centre in Damascus, Syria

Authors:

Hassan, Maysaa

Painting glass as a psychosocial intervention: reflections of a psychosocial refugee outreach volunteer in Damascus, Syria

Authors:

Ismael, Maha

Inter-agency coordination of mental health and psychosocial support for refugees and people displaced in Syria

Authors:

Eloul, Liyam; Quosh, Constanze; Ajlani, Rawan; Avetisyan, Naira; Barakat, Mouta; Barakat, Lidia; Ikram, Mohammad Waleed; Shammas, Louay; Diekkamp, Victoria

ARTICLES

The ADAPT model: a conceptual framework for mental health and psychococial programming in post conflict settings

Authors:

Silove, Derrick

The Swedish support to Bosnia Herzegovina: rebuilding mental health services after the war

Authors:

Lagerkvist, Bengt; Mehic-Basara, Nermana; Ceric, Ismet; Jacobsson, Lars

Mental health capacity building in northern Sierra Leone: lessons learned and issues raised

Authors:

Shackman, Jane; Price, Brian K.

REVIEWS

Trauma counselling: Theories and interventions. Springer Publishing Company. Lisa Lopez Levers (editor). ISBN: 978-0-8261-0683-4

Authors:

Haagen, Joris

Gautier A, Sabatini A (ed). Bearing Witness. KARNAC, London. 2010

Authors:

Pérez-Sales, Pau

SUMMARIES

Summaries in Arabic

Authors:

Editors

Résumés en Français

Authors:

Editors

Summaries in Russian

Authors:

Editors

Summaries in Pashto

Authors:

Editors

Summaries in Sinhala

Authors:

Editors

Resumenes en Español

Authors:

Editors

Summaries in Tamil

Authors:

Editors

Read more about November 2013 - Volume 11 - Issue 3

In this issue attention to child friendly spaces, forced motherhood as a legacy of war, gender based violence survivors and Bhutanese refugees in Nepal. And there is a reflection about psychological support during an ebola outbreak in DR Congo.

July 2013 - Volume 11 - Issue 2

From the editor

Authors:

Ventevogel, Peter

ARTICLES

Child friendly spaces: a systematic review of the the current evidence base on outcomes and impact

Authors:

Ager, Alastair; Metzler, Janna; Vojta, Marisa; Savage, Kevin

Experiences of forced mothers in northern Uganda: the legacy of war

Authors:

Akello, Grace

FIELD REPORTS

Common Threads: a recovery programme for survivors of gender based violence

Authors:

Cohen, Rachel A.

Psychosocial support for Bhutanese refugees in Nepal

Authors:

Reiffers, Relinde; Dahal, Ram Prasad; Koirala, Suraj; Gerritzen, Renee; Upadhaya, Nawaraj; Luitel, Nagendra P.; Bhattarai, Shaligram; Jordans, Mark J.D.

Evaluating the psychosocial components of a humanitarian project

Authors:

Anonymous

'Against all odds': UNHCR's mental health and and psychosocial support programma for Iraqi refugees and internally displaced Syrians

Authors:

Harrison, Sarah; Dahman, Riwa; Ismail, Maha; Saada, Edith; Hassan, Maysaa; Hassan, Rasha; Khalifa, Adam Musa; Schilperoord, Marian

REFLECTIONS, COMMENTS, LETTERS

Psychological support during an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Authors:

Paglia, Eva

REVIEWS

Children's Rights and International Development: Lessons and challenges from the Field. Edited by Myram Denov, Richard Maclure & Kathryn Campbell. New York: Palgrave Macmillan (2011)

Authors:

Smet, Eefje

Re-Member: Rehabilitation, Reintegration and Reconciliation of War-affected Children. Edited by Ilse Derluyn, Cindy Mels, Stephan Parmentier & Wouter Vandenhole (2012), Antwerp (Belgium): In Intersentia (xxxviii + 568 pp.)

Authors:

Angucia, Margaret

Psychosocial Capacity Building in Response to Disasters, Joshua Miller (2012). New York: Columbia University Press (384 pp.)

Authors:

Honda, Ryoko

SUMMARIES

Summaries in Arabic

Authors:

Editors

Résumés en Français

Authors:

Editors

Summaries in Russian

Authors:

Editors

Summaries in Pashto

Authors:

Editors

Summaries in Sinhala

Authors:

Editors

Resumenes en Español

Authors:

Editors

Summaries in Tamil

Authors:

Editors

Read more about July 2013 - Volume 11 - Issue 2

This issue opens the second decade of Intervention. Figures and trends of the first are presented. Therapeutic developments in an article on single session therapy and on the use of photography fostering post-traumatic growth.