Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies
3 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago -A Podcast about the emergence and development of approaches to mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings
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Episodes
Evidence Based Research
November 02, 2021 10:15 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this last episode Siri Tellier is joined by Professor Wietse Tol who has conducted evidence based research in the field of psychosocial support in Uganda and Tanzania. He will present some of his findings and point to trends in the research agenda for the next 10 years.
De-mystifying the Practice of Psychosocial Support
November 02, 2021 10:14 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this episode Siri Tellier is joined by Technical Advisor for the IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support Anouk Boschma. Anouk has worked with mental health and psychosocial support in several emergency settings. She worked in Liberia, the Phillipines, South Sudan and Haiti prior to joining the IFRC PS Centre, for instance. She explains some of the challenges faced on the ground and maps out the complexities of community-based mental health and psychosocial support in practice.
A Journey to Discovery
November 02, 2021 10:13 - 15 minutes - 14.6 MBIn this Episode Siri shares some of the early experiences she had with mental health and psychosocial support as Director of Danish Red Cross International Department . Siri reflects on her choices and tries to make sense of her own experiences in Croatia, India and Romania by using a theoretical model called The Intervention Pyramid.