My article on psychosocial support just up on Toward Freedom:
In 2008, Micheal G. Wessels, professor of clinical population and family health at Columbia University, published an article on psychosocial support. “Psychosocial support,” he said, “ought to occur at the same time one applies the most immediate life-saving measures.”
While mental disorders continue to carry a fair degree of stigma in many countries, psychosocial support – as part of the battery of help humanitarian assistance organizations offer – is gaining more awareness.
In Syria, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) realized an overwhelming need for psychosocial support among refugees and founded a psychosocial support outreach counseling center (PSS center) in October 2009. The center is not part of the UNHCR’s classical approach to post-conflict rehabilitation. Previously, they referred refugees to local psychiatrists or family counseling through organizations like UNICEF.
More here.
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