This toolkit is the 2019 update of a compilation by MHPSS.net of key guidelines and resources on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in humanitarian contexts, to enable easy access to key multi-lingual resources. Read more
Disaster
The National Disaster Response Framework (NDRF) is Indonesia’s primary response document and aims to clarify roles, responsibilities, and the organisation of response to a disaster. It is the unifying document for Indonesia’s National Disaster Management System, which sets the... Read more
Van Eenwyk, J. R., & Jayawickrama, J. (2006). Disaster-related mental health: indoctrination or collaboration?. The Lancet, 368(9532), 285-286. Margaret Harris Cheng's review of conditions in Sri Lanka (Jan 7, p 15)1 after the tsunami of Dec 26, 2004, outlines... Read more
Commers, M. J., Morival, M., & Devries, M. W. (2012). Toward best-practice post-disaster mental health promotion for children: Sri Lanka. Health promotion international. There is a pressing need for low-cost intervention models to promote mental health among children in... Read more
On 26th December 2004 the Asian Ocean Tsunami claimed the lives of over 300,000 people and left many more displaced, homeless, and irrecoverably changing lives. Action Aid responded to the mammoth disaster with a multi-country emergency programme, targeting the... Read more
Miller, K. E., & Fernando, G. A. (2008). Epidemiological assessment in emergency settings: recommendations for enhancing a potentially useful tool. Intervention, 6(3), 255-260. The authors identify several factors that have limited the utility of epidemiological assessments in emergency settings,... Read more
This research report is the result of a blending of empathy, social sensitivity, and scholarly curiosity, on Bhaktapur after the 25 April 2015 earthquake in Nepal. The research speaks of multiple experiences. Some of these are explicit, while others... Read more
Miller, K. E., Fernando, G. A., & Berger, D. E. (2009). Daily stressors in the lives of Sri Lankan youth: a mixed methods approach to assessment in a context of war and natural disaster. Intervention, 7(3), 187-203. This paper... Read more
Ley, C., & Barrio, M. R. (2010). Movement, games and sport in psychosocial intervention: a critical discussion of its potential and limitations within cooperation for development. Intervention, 8(2), 106-120. This article critically discusses the use of movement, games and... Read more
Sundram, S., Karim, M. E., Ladrido-Ignacio, L., Maramis, A., Mufti, K. A., Nagaraja, D., … & Ahsan, A. (2008). Psychosocial responses to disaster: An Asian perspective. Asian journal of psychiatry, 1(1), 7-14. The psychological and psychiatric impact of great... Read more
