Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Preventing Disorders, Promoting Well-Being
One of the biggest challenges facing victims of torture and those living in emergency contexts is the lack of accessible mental health care and psychosocial support services (MHPSS). This Implementation Science Collaborative (ISC) partners strengthen the evidence base related to MHPSS interventions for use in developing more effective policy and programs.
Our Approach
Learning Collaborative
The MHPSS Learning Collaborative consists of practitioner and researcher pairings, policy-makers, donors and other stakeholders that regularly convenes to share and consult the group on intervention studies, collaborate on evidence-to-use products, and to consider emerging priorities.
Intervention Evidence
ISC partners have undertaken five studies on the effectiveness and implementation of MHPSS interventions. Some use a family-focused approach, like Nurturing Families led by War Child Holland in Jordan and Baby Friendly Spaces implemented by Action Contre la Faim in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. Others focus on the individual. For example, HIAS is integrating psychological first aid with advocacy counseling to reduce intimate partner violence among forced migrants in Ecuador and Panama.
Intervention Studies
Resources
- A Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
- Identifying research priorities for psychosocial support programs in humanitarian settings
- What works in psychosocial programming in humanitarian contexts in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review of the evidence