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Psychosocial support helps, but it should not stand alone. Further investment is needed in the social lives of refugees and undocumented migrants, for example by giving them access to work and ...
UNHCR prioritizes working in partnership with refugee communities to provide appropriate mental health and psychosocial support services. Appropriate services mean they are available and aligned to ...
Psychosocial support interventions that promote the health behaviors of patients in medical settings save about 1 in 20 lives, according to a study published May 18 in the open-access journal PLOS ...
Mental health condition claims have risen by almost 40% between 2017-18 and 2021-22, according to the data, compared to an increase of 18.3% for all serious claims over the period.
The Zamfara State Ministry of Health has commenced the establishment of the Zamfara State Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programme in the state. The groundbreaking initiative was credited ...
Providing psychosocial support to parents whose infants are hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can improve parents’ functioning as well as their relationships with their babies.
Secondly, ensure people have access to these mental health and psychosocial support services. In places of armed conflict, people often cannot access these services due to conflict, stigma, legal ...
This Sunday marked the conclusion of a two-month psychosocial support programme for journalists who survived the 4 December 2024 attack at the State University Hospital of Haiti (HUEH). The attack ...
How can one get the psychosocial support needed to survive these stressful times? On an individual level there is a lot one can do. Firstly, do everything you can to break your isolation.
While many of them show remarkable resilience, some need extra support to rebuild their lives. UNHCR’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) programming builds the capacity of local health ...
In 2020, we ran over 230 mental health and psychosocial support projects worldwide, reaching more than 554,000 people. Video. Beyond visible scars Gombo in Nigeria, Hamda in Lebanon and Fatma in Gaza ...