Emergency Resource List
A selection of resources designed to support people who are in the midst of an emergency.
mental health
How you can support your child during bombing?
This document is a tip sheet to be distributed by Child Protection coordination teams. It offers tips on how to support kids during bombing. The tip sheet offers information to support kids during bombing as follows: General tips to help...
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies - What Should Protection Programme Managers Know?
This document is for protection programme managers working at national and sub-national level in low and middle income countries. It is both for Protection Cluster coordinators (and coordinators of the five specific areas within the Cluster...
IASC Reference Group Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Assessment Guide
The purpose of this document is to provide agencies with a guide with three tools containing key assessment questions that are of common relevance to all actors involved in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) independent of the...
Mental Health Treatment Seeking and History of Suicidal Thoughts Among Suicide Decedents by Mechanism, 2003-2018
Abstract Importance Understanding mental health and substance use treatment seeking and suicidality among suicide decedents is important to determine prevention efforts. Objective To evaluate differences in treatment seeking and suicidality...
Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers
This guide covers psychological first aid which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It is written for people in a position to help others who have experienced an extremely...
IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings - Checklist for field use
The primary purpose of these guidelines is to enable humanitarian actors and communities to plan, establish and coordinate a set of minimum multi-sectoral responses to protect and improve people's mental health and psychosocial well-being...
IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) issues these Guidelines to enable humanitarian actors to plan, establish and coordinate a set of minimum multi-sectoral responses to protect and improve people’s mental health and psychosocial well...
Mental Health Surveillance Among Children — United States, 2013–2019
Summary Mental health encompasses a range of mental, emotional, social, and behavioral functioning and occurs along a continuum from good to poor. Previous research has documented that mental health among children and adolescents is...
Mental Health Made Simple
Twin Rivers Rehab Mental Health Made Simple What is Mental Health? Mental health is a blanket term that refers to our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. Mental health also helps...
