MS 3: STAFF CARE AND SUPPORT: COMBATTING BURNOUT AND VICARIOUS TRAUMATIZATION FOR GBV STAFF IN THE TIME OF COVID
OnlineEffective GBV programming depends on putting together a dedicated staff* that have specialized knowledge, skills and attitudes. Working with GBV survivors can be particularly stressful and it is common for staff to experience everyday stress, cumulative stress, burnout, and critical incident stress. Vicarious/secondary trauma, typically a cumulative process that builds over time after prolonged exposure to other people’s suffering, is […]
Telephone-Delivered Psychological Treatment for Children in Humanitarian Settings: Results of the t-CETA Study
When: 24 February 2021, 14.00-15.30 PM (UK time) Where: Zoom details to be shared by email upon registration Register here: https://qmul-ac-uk.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_yklJ_A13T0ajICJO2msgDA - please register by 20 February 2021 Background: Many children in humanitarian settings with a need for psychological treatment cannot or do not access mental health services. Refugees face restricted access to conventional primary health care centres and the humanitarian health organisations working in […]
Disability inclusion and displacement: How are we tracking?
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MENTAL HEALTH VOICES FROM AFRICA: EXPERIENCES AND LESSONS LEARNED
OnlineInternational Conference on Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs in Francophone countries of Sub-Saharan Africa 14 – 15 June 2021, 13:45 – 17:30 (UTC+1) Languages: French and English Subscribe via this form. On 14 and 15 June 2021, the Working Group on Mental health from Be-cause health will organise a virtual international conference “Mental Health voices from Africa” on the practices and the challenges […]
USING CREATIVE APPROACHES TO SUPPORT THE MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOSOCIAL WELLBEING OF VULNERABLE GROUPS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
OnlineWHO EPI-WIN Webinar – Mental Health Series Tuesday 27 July, 2021 14.00-15.00 Geneva, 17.30-18.30 Delhi, 08.00 – 9.00 New York Join this webinar to hear how innovative methods are used by WHO and partners to communicate risks and engage communities on mental health and psychosocial well-being globally during the pandemic. In particular, approaches to reach vulnerable groups such as older adults, teachers, children and […]
Long Covid in Zimbabwe: Treatment and Challenges Webinar
Wednesday 28th July 2021, 2pm - 3pm (CAT) Long haul covid affects approximately 10-40% of those who have had Covid19 and there is great need for health professionals to understand it as well as for those affected to speak about its impact on their lives. Africa has to find innovative, low resource solutions to the physical, medical, and psychological impact […]
SUMMER SCHOOL “PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTIONS IN MIGRATION, EMERGENCY AND DISPLACEMENT”
Scuola Superiore Sant'AnnaFocus area: Human rights, conflict management and development cooperation Venue: Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna Application deadline: 01.04.2022 Length: 13.06.2022 to 25.06.2022 ECTS Credits: 5 Training hours: 90 Maximum Number of Participants: 30 Tuition fee: € 1.650,00 For: The Course is open to psychologists, social workers, educators-teachers, medical doctors and psychiatrists, nurses, applied artists, humanitarian workers, emergency experts, development workers or similar. […]
WEBINAR: THE CHILD AND FAMILY MHPSS RESOURCE COLLECTION
OnlineWEBINAR: FIRST LOOK The Child and Family MHPSS Resource Collection Date & Time: 04 October, 1:00 PM UTC with Marcio Gagliato, Ashley Nemiro, Kira Lomakina, and Valeria Florez CLICK HERE TO REGISTER To find out what time this webinar will take place at your location please click here MHPSS.net and The MHPSS Collaborative are delighted to invite you to a ‘First Look at the Child and Family MHPSS Resource Collection’. We are curating a collection of resources […]
Suicide prevention using mixed methods & decolonizing approaches
WEBINAR: Suicide prevention using mixed methods & decolonizing approaches Date & Time: 07 February, 4:00 PM UTC Join online OR @ UNC Gillings Room 200 UNC and Duke co-host a monthly hybrid webinar posing next-generation questions for the mental health field. Feb 2023 will feature Ashley Hagaman and Renu Shakya, discussing decolonizing approaches for suicide prevention in Nepal. Hagaman is a medical […]
Online Webinar : Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Latin America and the Caribbean: addressing the consequences of gender-based violence and displacement
OnlineThe European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (BZ), the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID), the IASC MHPSS Reference Group and MHPSS.net warmly invite all interested donors, partners and practitioners to a webinar on Mental […]
