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Key MHPSS considerations of the impact of an emergency on older people’s mental health & psychosocial well-being for the Türkiye/Syria Earthquake
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Let’s Talk About It: Check-in Guidance provides instructions on how to facilitate a 90–120-minute check-in session with children aged six years and up when they arrive back at school or…
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Five tips to help you stay safe
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It highlights how child protection is critical to preventing lifelong consequences for young children exposed to violence and trauma during emergencies. It further emphasizes that child protection can provide positive inputs…
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It highlights the importance of supporting caregivers’ mental health in crisis settings to young children’s holistic development. It presents data on the severity of the global mental health crisis, which is…
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In this short and clear brief, we define early childhood development and why is it important to understand specially in crisis contexts. We also explain the Nurturing care framework and…
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In this short and clear brief, we define early childhood development and why is it important to understand specially in crisis contexts. We also explain the Nurturing care framework and…
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Leaflet: After the Earthquake: Helping Young Children Heal
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Caring for Volunteers: Training Manual complements the PS Centre’s 2012 publication Caring for Volunteers: A Psychosocial Support Toolkit, which focuses on the well-being of volunteers in situations of crisis or…
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This is in progress currently and will include the materials needed to build the capacity of the adult facilitators and Focal Point(s) who will implement the training for children and…
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Contains the worksheets to be used by participants in the training. Each participant should receive their own workbook, which contains information, activities and space for notes and drawings.
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Outlines a three-day, step-by-step training in I Support My Friends, including case studies, stories and a list of required materials. The manual includes tools to support the preparation and implementation…
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Presents an overview of key concepts and the theoretical foundation of I Support My Friends. It describes the ethical considerations and child-safeguarding actions that need to be in place to…
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Parent Guidelines for Helping Children after an Earthquake
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Is a handout from Psychological First Aid Field Operations Guide (PFA). This handout provides parents with common reactions after a disaster, ways to respond to those reactions, and examples of…
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After the Earthquake: Helping Your Young Children Heal
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Flash Appeal: Syrian Arab Republic Earthquake (February - May 2023) conducted by OCHA.
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This is the MHPSS.net Emergency Briefing Kit for the Türkiye Earthquake in 2023. It contains a curated list of key resources and links to support humanitarian MHPSS response to the…
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The booklet aims to spread awareness about ways to prepare and act correctly, circulate instructions for facing the dangers of earthquakes or other natural disasters, and how to prepare an…
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This document contains audio files to support the use of Doing What Matters in Times of Stress. The document contains files in Arabic, Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Farsi, French, German, Hungarian, Italian,…
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Tips for parents and caregivers taking care of children in crisis.
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Tips for parents and caregivers taking care of children in crisis.
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Leaflet for caring for children in Earthquake Response
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Leaflet for caring for children in Earthquake Response
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Leaflet: Taking Care of Your Emotional Health after a Disaster
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Syrian Arab Republic - Humanitarian Country Team (HCT) Coordinated Response Flash Update - Earthquake (6 February 2023)
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Earthquake: Türkiye and north-west Syria Flash Update No. 1
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This guidance note aims to support programme implementers, coordinators, and other humanitarian actors in addressing suicide and self-harm in humanitarian settings. It brings together a wide range of approaches, tools,…
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The IASC Reference Group for MHPSS in Emergency Settings developed this Technical Note to assist humanitarian aid, development and disaster risk management organizations across sectors in integrating MHPSS with DRR…
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The MHPSS MSP is a resource for humanitarian actors who plan, support, coordinate, implement and evaluate activities within and across sectors. These include government actors, MHPSS Technical Working Groups (TWGs),…
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The 'Communicating with children about death and helping children cope with grief' resource provides guidance for adults on communicating with children about death and helping them cope with grief. Developed…
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Leaflet for caregiving in conflict settings
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The information here aims to help you by providing some ideas about how you can help both yourself and your children get through the challenges you may be facing, and…
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The document contains messages in English, Ukrainian, Polish, Spanish, Slovakian, Arabic, French, Czech and Russian It is a ‘bank’ of key MHPSS messages on a range of topics for caregivers of children…
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This package has been designed to rapidly onboard new team members in the wake of a new emergency or crisis and aims to ensure that frontline workers are introduced to…
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The content of the current publication, including the selection of tools and guidance for means of verification (MoV), was also developed by the IASC MHPSS RG. The update was managed…
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The objectives of the guide are: To provide guidelines for supporting and enabling young children’s development in all phases of emergencies; To advocate for prioritizing ECD on the humanitarian preparedness, response and…
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The IASC Guidelines for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings reflect the insights of numerous agencies and practitioners worldwide and provide valuable information to organisations and individuals on…
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This report aims to provide information on the sociocultural background of the Syrian population as well as cultural aspects of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing relevant to care and support.…
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Doing What Matters in Times of Stress: An Illustrated Guide is a stress management guide for coping with adversity. The guide aims to equip people with practical skills to help…
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PFA is a simple, yet powerful way of helping someone in distress. It involves paying attention to the person’s reactions, active listening and if relevant, practical assistance to help address…
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Problem Management Plus (PM+) - Arabic
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies: What Should Humanitarian Health Actors Know?
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This report should be read alongside the 2018 Humanitarian Needs Overview and 2018 Protection Needs Overview. Child Protection actors working to prevent and respond to abuse, neglect, exploitation and violence…
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Quosh, C. (2013). Mental health, forced displacement and recovery: integrated mental health and psychosocial support for urban refugees in Syria. Intervention, 11(3), 295-320. This article describes a pilot mental health and…
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Quosh, C., Eloul, L., & Ajlani, R. (2013). Mental health of refugees and displaced persons in Syria and surrounding countries: a systematic review. Intervention, 11(3), 276-294. Over the past two years,…
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Personal Reflection: Almoshmosh, N. (2015). Highlighting the mental health needs of Syrian refugees. Intervention, 13(2), 178-181. This personal reflection discusses the author's personal involvement supporting the mental health needs of Syrian refugees.…
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The primary audience for this guide are those from education, child protection, health, nutrition and WASH sectors who are responsible for the design and implementation of programmes. This includes staff…
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An excellent resource addressing the mental health needs and gaps in the context of the Syria crisis.
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دليل جديد للإسعافات النفسية الأولية باللغة العربية من أجل تعزيز الإغاثة الإنسانية