The Department of Health response to the Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines

Law, R. (2010). The Department of Health response to the Maguindanao massacre in the Philippines. Intervention, 8(3), 263-267.

In the aftermath of election related violence in an area of armed conflict in the Philippines, the Philippine Department of Health deployed a psychosocial team to the area to carry out psychosocial interventions. The main intervention was an activity called Psychosocial Processing (PSP) that is briefly described and discussed in this field report.

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• 8(3), emergencies, Field report, Intervention Journal, Maguindanao massacre, Philippines, Psychological First Aid (PFA), Psychosocial processing, Psychosocial response