News - Psychosocial Support IFRC

A Faith-sensitive approach in humanitarian response: Guidance on mental health and psychosocial programming

Humanitarian agencies have become increasingly aware of the importance of religion in the lives of those they seek to assist and of the potential value of more effective engagement with local faith actors in humanitarian settings. Equally, however, there is concern about how to address these issues in a way that does not threaten humanitarian principles of impartiality and neutrality, nor risk heightening any existing religious tensions.

Jesper Guhle
July 5, 2018

2 to 4 October 2018: PFA in Groups – Support to teams

Registration open now: “PFA in groups – support to teams” has been developed for managers of teams of staff and volunteers, such as programme managers, volunteer team leaders, field officers, youth leaders or others who have the responsibility for the well-being of teams of Red Cross and Red Crescent staff or volunteers.

Jesper Guhle
July 2, 2018

2017 Annual Report

In many ways, 2017 was a special year seen through the lenses of mental health and psychosocial support in the IFRC. International attention has never been so strongly focused on psychosocial support at field level, in research and at policy level.

Jesper Guhle
June 8, 2018

Psychological First Aid training

The PS Centre is developing new materials about psychological first aid. It will be ready for publication in the autumn,…

Jesper Guhle
March 16, 2018

Webinar: Psychosocial support as part of a FACT mission

In this short lessons learned webinar, FACT delegates Zara Sejberg and Amelie Doyon recounts experiences and lessons learned from deployments…

Jesper Guhle
January 12, 2018

Psychosocial Support in Emergencies – lessons learnt

New webinar series: Psychosocial Support in Emergencies – lessons learnt

Jesper Guhle
December 21, 2017

Abstracts from the Research Network Annual Meeting 2017

The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Red Cross Red Crescent Research Network on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support brought together…

Jesper Guhle
December 20, 2017

Resolution passed: Addressing mental health and psychosocial needs

“Mental health and psychosocial support is not an appendix. It is at the core of what we do when we do health. We want to harmonise our approach but also bring it to the States, because the Movement won’t be able to do this alone” Yves Daccord, Director-General, ICRC

Jesper Guhle
November 13, 2017

PFA webinar now available online

The past decade has witnessed a boom in Psychological First Aid (PFA) models, guidelines and manuals. They all build on the same principles of helping people in distress by ensuring safety, calmness, comfort, talking and listening, helping to identify needs, and helping to provide access to what they need. In spite of this, very few high-quality research studies support the effectiveness of PFA.

Jesper Guhle
October 31, 2017

Coming Up! Training of Trainers in Psychological First Aid

Duration: 4 days Time and date: Copenhagen, 29 May – 1 June 2018 Training objective: The training will prepare Red…

Jesper Guhle
October 26, 2017