ABSTRACT
This new volume presents a holistic scenario of the challenges of providing mental health and psychosocial support to areas around the world with the most vulnerable populations during the tragic COVID-19 pandemic. The book synthesizes over 350 interviews with mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) professionals on the ground in countries around the world, discussing the lack of services and providing strategies for implementing mental health and psychosocial support in such situations going forward. The book is a first look at MHPSS during the COVID-19 pandemic with the hope that it will inspire and generate action for future worldwide mental health and psychosocial support responses.
This essential book is a call to action for cultural, linguistic, and contextual actions that addresses inclusiveness of the most vulnerable and unheard communities and that re-establishes resilience through mental health and psychosocial community-led programs. The volume is an analysis by a seasoned humanitarian worker with over 30 years of direct experience with the most vulnerable communities, with contributions from several colleagues. They help frame COVID-19 as a systemic loss of protective factors, where communities collapsed psychologically, socially, and economically.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|26 pages
Background of MHPSS
part II|133 pages
Assessment of the Needs of the Most Vulnerable Population
chapter Chapter 8|19 pages
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Three African Countries: Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone
chapter Chapter 9|21 pages
Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Needs in Cameroon, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda
part III|136 pages
Implementing Mental Health and Psychosocial Support