Latest Mhpss Podcast Episodes
Presenting Training Guide on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies
Heartbeat of Humanity - May 03, 2024 10:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode Communication Officer at the IFRC PS Centre, Villads Zahle interviews emergency expert and MHPSS technical advisor, Shona Whitton about the newly published Training Guide on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies. Shona outlines the potential of the new guide in th...
MHPSS evidence building in the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
Heartbeat of Humanity - April 30, 2024 06:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Sarah Kate van der Walt, Technical Adviser in the IFRC Psychosocial Centre and Monia Aebersold MHPSS, International Focal Point from the Swiss Red Cross, will be talking with Rebecca Horn Independent MHPSS Specialist on the importance of MHPSS evidence b...
Trauma and abuse along the EU borders
Heartbeat of Humanity - March 22, 2024 12:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode Communication Officer at the IFRC PS Centre, Villads Zahle interviews Moaaz Allahham, a young Syrian man forced onto an irregular route to Europe, Maria Marga, an activist working for Collective Aid to assist people on the move at Serbia's border with the EU, and Sarah Harrison, ...
Kenya Red Cross' new MHPSS framework and mental health stigma in Kenya
Heartbeat of Humanity - January 19, 2024 15:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Trine Rosa Larsen interviews Kenya Red Cross MHPSS practitioners Soony Wendy, Leyla Semkiwa, and Albert Migowa about the new KRCS MHPSS Framework, operating the toll-free 1199 helpline, mental health stigma in Kenya, suicide preven...
Survivor Guilt and Moral Injury
Heartbeat of Humanity - December 12, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews MHPSS Technical Advisors Arz Stephan and Anna Goloktionova about the concepts of 'survivor guilt' and 'moral injury' and how they impact people including Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers who ...
Supporting children during conflicts or disasters
Heartbeat of Humanity - November 14, 2023 14:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Technical Advisor Ea Suzanne Akasha talks to Mozhdeh Ghasemiyani, psychosocial focal point at MSF Denmark, about how we can support children during conflicts or disasters.
Introducing the Mental Health & Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies micro-credential
Heartbeat of Humanity - November 10, 2023 13:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Head of MHPSS Technical Unit Sarah Harrison and Dr. Frédérique Vallières, Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Trinity Centre of Global Health, introduce the Mental Health & Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies micro-credenti...
Memorials and Healing
Heartbeat of Humanity - October 27, 2023 01:00 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Trine Rosa Larsen interviews MHPSS Technical Advisor Shona Whitton about memorials, what they are, and what are some of the things that should be considered when wanting to achieve a permanent memorial - because - what do you do wh...
Mental Health of Youth
Heartbeat of Humanity - October 10, 2023 01:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Trine Rosa Larsen is warming up to October 10 (World Mental Health Day 2023) by interviewing three very different people who work with MHPSS and youth. Take a listen to Louise Graabæk (Danish Red Cross Youth), Paul Klahre (World Or...
Mental Health and Youth
Heartbeat of Humanity - October 10, 2023 01:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Trine Rosa Larsen is warming up to October 10 (World Mental Health Day 2023) by interviewing three very different people who work with MHPSS and youth. Take a listen to Louise Graabæk (Danish Red Cross Youth), Paul Klahre (World Or...
Mental Health and Human Rights
Heartbeat of Humanity - September 19, 2023 10:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Co-Chair for the IASC Reference Group for MHPSS in Emergencies Carmen Valle-Trabadelo about the linkage between Mental Health and Human Rights.
Caring for Staff and Volunteers
Heartbeat of Humanity - August 14, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, MHPSS Technical Adviseer Arz Stephan interviews IFRC PS Centre Director Nana Wiedeman about the importance and challenges of caring for the carers. This podcast was funded by the European Union. Its contents are the sole responsibility of the IFRC Psych...
Creating access to mental health & psychosocial support across the continuum of care
Heartbeat of Humanity - July 24, 2023 14:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, PS Centre Project Officer Veronika Dietz interviews Dr Sarah Miller, Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and the Program Coordinator in charge of MHPSS at ICRC, and Louise Kryger, psychologist and the MHPSS lead in the International Department of the Dan...
Evaluating the PS Centre
Heartbeat of Humanity - June 30, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn 2022, Danish Red Cross and IFRC jointly commissioned an external evaluation of the work of the PS Centre for the years 2015 to 2022. The evaluation reviewed the functions and activities of the PS Centre, seeking to highlight achievements as well as challenges in fulfilling its mandate. In thi...
How to ensure wellbeing for staff and volunteers
Heartbeat of Humanity - June 21, 2023 11:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Arz Stephan and Guleed Dualeh, MHPSS Technical Advisors with the PS Centre discuss the importance of and how to ensure wellbeing for Red Cross and Red Crescent staff and volunteers.
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Eastern Africa
Heartbeat of Humanity - March 02, 2023 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this podcast of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer, Trine, interviews Guleed Dualeh, IFRC PS Centre MHPSS Technical Advisor for the African Region and the Psychological First Aid focal point on Guleed's recent trip to Kenya, where he sat down with Red Cross MHPSS focal points for K...
One year into the conflict: The MHPSS needs of Ukrainians and the Red Cross response
Heartbeat of Humanity - February 15, 2023 08:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Bethan McEvoy, MHPSS delegate for the Danish Red Cross in Ukraine, and Anna Didenko, Head of the MHPSS Unit in the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, about the MHPSS needs of Ukrainians an...
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support assessment in Ukraine
Heartbeat of Humanity - January 10, 2023 13:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Sarah Harrison, Head of the MHPSS Technical Unit in the Psychosocial Centre, about her mental health and psychosocial support assessment in Ukraine. This episode of Heartbeat of Humanity was funded by the E...
Mental Health of Children in Migration
Heartbeat of Humanity - December 20, 2022 13:00 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Communications Officer Jesper Guhle explores how humanitarian actors can support the mental well-being of children in migration. Participating in the podcast: Orso Muneghina, head of the Global Programme Expert Group on Menta...
MHPSS needs and services in Afghanistan
Heartbeat of Humanity - November 28, 2022 11:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Technical Advisor Ea Suzanne Akasha focus on the mental health and psychosocial needs in Afghanistan. Ea talks to MHPSS Technical Advisor Diana Rahimi about working in a marastoon, and Danish Red Cross MHPSS delegate Nives Vudri...
Basic Psychosocial Support across Sectors
Heartbeat of Humanity - September 26, 2022 11:00 - 20 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Sarah Davidson, Head of Psychosocial & Mental Health at British Red Cross, and Sarah Harrison, Technical Team Lead in the IFRC Psychosocial Centre. Sarah and Sarah are co-leading on...
Advocating for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Heartbeat of Humanity - September 26, 2022 11:00 - 16 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Project Assistant Veronika Dietz interviews Eva Svoboda, Deputy Director of International Law and Policy of the International Committee of the Red Cross. Eva is co-leading one of the five working groups within the Red Cross Re...
Suicide Prevention in The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement
Heartbeat of Humanity - September 01, 2022 09:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Senior Communications Advisor Jesper Guhle interviews Technical Team Lead Sarah Harrison about how Red Cross Red Crescent staff and volunteers can implement suicide prevention services in their programmes. In the podcast, a suic...
Community mental health care
Heartbeat of Humanity - August 03, 2022 09:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode, Technical Advisor Sarah Harrison interviews MHPSS Advisor Pernille Hansen about community mental health care and the steps staff and volunteers in Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies can take to begin working with community mental health. Links WHO Mental Health Gap Actio...
Mental health of children and young adults
Heartbeat of Humanity - April 12, 2022 12:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Ea Suzanne Akasha, Technical Advisor at the IFRC Psychosocial Centre, interviews professor Dr. Barbara Juen, technical manager of the psychosocial services at the Austrian Red Cross , and psychologist Vanessa Kulcar, about the mental health of children ...
Violence against women
Heartbeat of Humanity - March 08, 2022 08:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratings8 March is International Women's Day, a day we commemorate the cultural, political, and socioeconomic achievements of women. In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Technical Advisor Ea Suzanne Akasha focuses on violence against women and their children. According to new studies released by ...
Mental Health in an Unequal World
Heartbeat of Humanity - December 16, 2021 13:00 - 30 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Communications Officer Jesper Guhle explores the potential mental health consequences for people forced to migrate and what the Red Cross Red Crescent Staff and volunteers can do to support these people. Jesper interviews Villads Zahle, Senior Communica...
Caring for the carers
Heartbeat of Humanity - December 01, 2021 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Technical Advisor Ea Suzanne Akasha interviews Stephen Regel, Clinical Lead for the Centre for Trauma, Resilience and Growth, about the effect of the pandemic on frontline workers and what we can do to support them. Several resources were mentioned in...
Vaccine hesitancy
Heartbeat of Humanity - October 05, 2021 04:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Technical Advisor Eliza Cheung interviews Technical Advisor Melanie Powell about vaccine hesitancy - what is vaccine hesitancy and what should be the response. Melanie Powell is the author of the training module Psychological F...
Mental Health and Climate Change
Heartbeat of Humanity - September 13, 2021 09:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, Technical Advisor Ea Suzanne Akasha interviews Pablo Suarez, Associate Director for Research and Innovation at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre about the link between climate change and mental health and psychosocial support. Publications In t...
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