The paper’s main objective is to give those who design or implement MHPSS trainings well-founded guidance on what to consider in the given context in Syria & Iraq and its neighboring countries, to prepare trainees to meet the needs... Read more
Capacity Building
This article examines the e¡orts of the International Organization for Migration to mainstream mental health and psychosocial considerations into camp coordination and camp management, through capacity building and provision of direct psychosocial support. It focusses on the activities carried... Read more
Boniface, D., Khasim, T., Manikese, J., & Dijkman, L. (2009). Developing mental health and psychosocial support interventions in an extremely resource poor context: a case example from Southern Sudan. Intervention, 7(2), 138-144. The situation in Southern Sudan poses strong... Read more
Lekaj, R. (2011). From mathematics to psychosocial work: personal reflections on a decade of psychosocial work with children in Kosovo. Intervention, 9(2), 164-168. The author of this field report, originally a professor in mathematics, describes in a personal report... Read more
Quosh, C. (2011). Takamol: multi-professional capacity building in order to strengthen the psychosocial and mental health sector in response to refugee crises in Syria. Intervention, 9(3), 249-264. The massive influx of Iraqi refugees into Syria in 2006 put an... Read more
Ventevogel, P., Pérez-Sales, P., Férnandez-Liria, A., & Baingana, F. (2011). An Intervention Special Issue Integrating mental health care into existing systems of health care: during and after complex humanitarian emergencies. Intervention, 9(3), 195-210. Complex humanitarian emergencies, whether arising from... Read more
Syed Sheriff, R., & Whitwell, S. (2012). An innovative approach to integrating mental health into health systems: strengthening activities in Somaliland. Intervention, 10(1), 59-65. Somaliland, in the Horn of Africa, declared independence from Somalia in 1991, but is yet... 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
Cohen, R. A. (2013). Common Threads: a recovery programme for survivors of gender based violence. Intervention, 11(2), 157-168. A multi-dimensional, intervention programme for survivors of gender based violence was piloted in Lago Agrio, Ecuador and a nearby Colombian refugee... Read more
Invited Commentaries: Northwood, A., & Orieny, P. (2014). Experiences with Narrative Exposure Therapy across three income contexts. Intervention, 12(2), 292-294. As members of an international nongovernmental organisation that operates across a variety of income contexts, and works with local... Read more
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