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
Community based psychosocial support
Ventevogel, P., Ndayisaba, H., & van de Put, W. (2011). Psychosocial assistance and decentralised mental health care in post conflict Burundi 2000–2008. Intervention, 9(3), 315-331. In 2000 the nongovernmental organisation (NGO) HealthNet TPO started mental health and psychosocial support... Read more
Yohannes, L. (2012). From midwife in Eritrea to psychosocial worker in Egypt: a story of challenges and opportunities. Intervention, 10(2), 201-204. The author, an Eritrean psychosocial worker in Egypt, describes how she became a refugee from persecution. As a... Read more
Ismael, M. (2013). Painting glass as a psychosocial intervention: reflections of a psychosocial refugee outreach volunteer in Damascus, Syria. Intervention, 11(3), 336-339. This personal reflection describes the experience of a psychosocial refugee outreach volunteer in Syria. Born and raised... Read more
Hassan, M. (2013). Personal reflections on a psychosocial community outreach programme and centre in Damascus, Syria. Intervention, 11(3), 330-335. This personal reflection describes the experiences of a Syrian psychologist who works as a (volunteer) supervisor of the mental health... Read more
