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HESPER
Category: Field Examples and Applications, HESPER
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
This example includes a pilot HESPER study with Iranian refugees (door to door survey). Note: a sample HESPER report template is also included in the HESPER manual. -
IMC Challenges & Solutions linked to Assessment and Planning within Mental Health Integration
Category: Field Examples and Applications, Challenges & Solutions
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
For a summary of problem areas and example solutions drawn from key readings, publications, and field examples.
(This is a working document which is expected to be updated periodically based on feedback from toolkit users)
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Crisis and Conflict: Report of the Mental Health Working Group
Category: Key Publications & Readings
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
List of ethical concerns and guidelines for MHPSS assessments and evaluations in humanitarian settings.Full reference: Allden K, Jones L, Weissbecker I, Wessells M, Bolton P, Betancourt TS, Hijazi Z, Galappatti A, Yamout R, Patel P, Sumathipala A (2009). Mental health and psychosocial support in crisis and conflict: Report of the Mental Health Working Group. Prehospital Disaster Medicine, 24(4), s217-s227. -
Mental Health Interventions for People Involved in Disasters: What Not to Do
Category: Key Publications & Readings
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
A technical brief on what not to do when planning to set up mental health interventions in disaster settings.Full reference: Greenberg, N., & Wessely, S. (2017). Mental health interventions for people involved in disasters: What not to do. World Psychiatry, 16(3), 249–250 -
Addressing Culture and Context in Humanitarian Response: Preparing Desk Reviews to Inform Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
Category: Key Publications & Readings
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
Offers guidance for the design and implementation of desk reviews. Discusses challenges and future directions for desk reviews to inform mental health care and psychosocial support in humanitarian emergencies.Full reference: Greene, C. et al. (2017). Addressing culture and context in humanitarian response: Preparing desk reviews to inform mental health and psychosocial support. Conflict and Health. 11-21 -
Challenges and Opportunities for Implementing Integrated Mental Health Care: A Diistrict Level Situation Analysis from Five Low-and Middle-Income Countries
Category: Key Publications & Readings
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
Describes a systematic baseline situation analysis in five study sites, including country-specific and cross-country factors relevant to development and implementation of a district-level mental health care plan. The authors analyze of common issues faced by the differently resourced sites in order to highlight the challenges and opportunities for integrating mental health into primary care across multiple settings.Full reference: Hanlon, C., Luitel, N. P., Kathree, T., Murhar, V., Shrivasta, S., Medhin, G., ... & Jordans, M. (2014). Challenges and opportunities for implementing integrated mental health care: A district level situation analysis from five low-and middle-income countries. PloS one, 9(2), e88437.
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Recommendations for Conducting Ethical Mental Health and Psychosocial Research in Emergency Settings
Category: Key Publications & Readings
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
This document provides recommendations that are relevant across multiple disciplines and operate alongside action sheets 2.1 and 2.2 of the IASC MHPSS Guidelines on planning, assessment and monitoring and evaluation cycles of MHPSS programmes and services during emergencies (IASC, 2007).
Full reference: Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (2014). Recommendations for conducting ethical mental health and psychosocial research in emergency settings.
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Problems in the Aftermath of the Nepal Earthquakes: Findings from a Representative Cluster Sample Survey
Category: Key Publications & Readings
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
Offers a mental health assessment approach that leads to more informed and nuanced recommendations for service provision. One of the tools used in the study is the HESPER.Full reference: Kane, J. C., Luitel, N. P., Jordans, M. J. D., Kohrt, B. A., Weissbecker, I., & Tol, W. A. (2017). Mental health and psychosocial problems in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquakes: Findings from a representative cluster sample survey. Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences, 1–10. -
Who is Where, When, doing What
Category: Key Publications & Readings
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
Provides a background of the 4Ws mapping tool and describes how it has been piloted in Jordan, Haiti, Nepal and Syria.Full reference: O’ Connell, R., Poudyal, B., Streel, E., Bahgat, F., Tol, W., & Ventevogel, P. (2012). Who is where, when, doing what. Intervention, 10(2), 171–176. -
Madness or Sadness? Local Concepts of Mental Illness in Four Conflict-Affected African Communities
Category: Key Publications & Readings
Audience: Implementing agencies, Governments, Donors
Presents the results of a rapid ethnographic assessment to explore local concepts of mental disorders in four settings in Africa.Full reference: Ventevogel, P., Jordans, M., Reis, R., & de Jong, J. (2013). Madness or sadness? Local concepts of mental illness in four conflict-affected African communities. Conflict and Health, 7(1), 3.
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