Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support as a Tool to Address the Societal Needs Raised by COVID-19

This chapter introduces mental health and psychosocial support as it is conducted at community levels. The chapter describes the development of the MHPSS, the tier for administrating the guidelines, and the adaptation of the guidance into the humanitarian sector. The chapter concludes with a description of the adaptation of MHPSS into the Red Cross Movement.