PU-AMI with USAID/OFDA commissioned an MHPSS research project from August 2021 – February 2022 to better understand the MHPSS needs in the Four Eastern Provinces of Afghanistan, Kunar, Nuristan, Laghman and Nangarhar. The research project aimed to understand; what... Read more
Afghanistan
Materials on COVID-19 and MHPSS Read more
Kabul Afghanistan Working group ToR Read more
The Mental Health Psychosocial Services working group (MHPSS WG) is a working group within the Afghanistan Health Cluster and strongly linked with Protection Cluster to respond barriers to effective MHPSS implementation of humanitarian projects and capacity building of state... Read more
Ventevogel, P., & Kortmann, F. (2004). Developing basic mental health modules for health care workers in Afghanistan. Intervention, 2(1), 43-54. In this article we describe our experiences with the development of mental health training modules for doctors, nurses, midwives... Read more
De Berry, J. (2004). Community psychosocial support in Afghanistan. Intervention, 2(2), 143-151. In 2001 Save the Children and UNICEF launched new programmes in Afghanistan. The emphasis was not on mental health service delivery, but on a community-based psychosocial support... Read more
Samadi, L. (2009). Experiences that changed my life: the story of an Afghan woman working with a psychosocial project. Intervention, 7(2), 152-155. Feedback from local staff: In this report the author, an Afghan woman, describes her personal and professional... Read more
Vogel, M., Tschakarjan, S., Maguet, O., Vandecasteele, O., Kinkel, T., & Dürsteler-MacFarland, K. (2012). Mental health among opiate users in Kabul: a pilot study from the Medecins du Monde Harm Reduction Programme. Intervention, 10(2), 146-155. The number of injecting... Read more
van Mierlo, B. (2012). Community Systems Strengthening in Afghanistan: a way to reduce domestic violence and to reinforce women's agency. Intervention, 10(2), 134-145. In Afghanistan, a burden of poor mental health exists within the contexts of ongoing poverty, social... Read more
Omidian, P. A. (2012). Developing culturally relevant psychosocial training for Afghan teachers. Intervention, 10(3), 237-248. Afghanistan has been in a constant state of war for over 30 years, with no end in sight. Few Afghans today remember life before... Read more
