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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: What should Protection Programme Managers Know?

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies What Should Protection Programme Managers Know?
Tipo
Manual
Organización
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
Año
2011

This document is targeting protection programme managers working at national and sub-national level in low and middle income countries and protection cluster coordinators (and coordinators of the five specific areas within the Cluster)  in government, UN and non-UN international organisations and local NGO protection programmes.

Based on the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC, 2007), this document gives an overview of essential knowledge on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in humanitarian emergencies.