Here you can find resources assisting the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement in the implementation of the Roadmap, Resolution and Policy on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support.
Reference Documents
A roadmap for implementing International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement commitments on addressing mental health and psychosocial needs 2020 – 2023
In December 2019, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement adopted a set of commitments addressing mental health and psychosocial needs, including resolution 2 of the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. This roadmap (2020–2023) has been developed to supports a strategic and coordinated approach to implementation of these commitments, with the aim to strengthen the Movement’s collective response to mental health and psychosocial needs.
Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs of People Affected by Armed Conflicts, Natural Disasters and Other Emergencies
Background document
Document prepared by the Working Group of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Project on Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Consequences of Armed Conflicts, Natural Disasters and Other Emergencies (MOMENT)
Progress report on the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Policy on Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs
March 2022. The document is prepared by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies in consultation with the Roadmap Priority Action Area Working Groups.
Movement-wide survey report on the progress of MHPSS activities 2021
This report presents the results of the 2021 survey compared to the results of the survey conducted in 2019. A total of 163 National Societies (NS), the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) participated in the survey.
Joint Statement Progress Report on Resolution 2
Report on Resolution 2 of the 33rd International Conference and Resolution 5 of the 2019 Council of Delegates/MHPSS Policy: “Addressing mental health and psychosocial needs of people affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters and other emergencies” (document CD/19)
State of Play Workshop 2021
The State of Play was a workshop internal to the Movement organized by the ICRC, the IFRC and the IFRC PS Centre with support from the British, Danish and the Swedish Red Cross. During the two day, hybrid workshop, 11 Working Group co-leads together with the Interim Coordination Structure looked back at the achievements and looked ahead on how the progress can be supported and fostered for 2022 and 2023.
Videos
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement’s MHPSS Framework and the Mocca family
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The movement’s commitments on mental health and psychosocial needs explained through the Mocca Family.
Expliquer le cadre de santé mentale et de soutien psychosocial du Mouvement à travers la famille Mocca
Explicar el Marco de Salud Mental y Apoyo Psicosocial del Movimiento a través de la Familia Mocca
شرح إطار الحركة في مجال الصحة النفسية والدعم النفسي والاجتماعي من خلال أسرة موكا
La struttura del servizio de salute mentale e supporto psicosociale del movimento insieme alla famiglia Mocca.
The importance of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s commitments on mental health and psychosocial needs
Les engagements du Mouvement International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge en matière de santé mentale et de besoins psychosociaux.
Compromisos del Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja en materia de salud mental y necesidades psicosociales.
التزامات الحركة الدولية للصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر بشأن احتياجات الصحة النفسية والاحتياجات النفسية الاجتماعية
The Resolution
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Addressing mental health and psychosocial needs of people affected by armed conflicts, natural disasters and other emergencies.
Répondre aux besoins santé mentale et aux besoins psychosociaux des personnes touchées par les conflits armés, les catastrophes naturelles et autres situations d’urgence.
Atender las necesidades psicosociales y de salud mental de las personas que sufren el impacto de conflictos armados, desastres naturales y otras emergencias.
تلبية احتياجات الصحة النفسية والاحتياجات النفسية الاجتماعية للأفراد المتضررين من النزاعات المسلحة والكوارث الطبيعية وغيرها من حالات الطوارئ
The Policy
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s policy on addressing mental health and psychosocial needs.
La politique du Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge pour répondre aux besoins de santé mentale et psychosociaux.
La política del Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja para abordar las necesidades psicosociales y de salud mental.
اطار عمل الحركة الدولية للصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر للصحة النفسية والدعم النفسي الاجتماعي
The Framework
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The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s mental health and psychosocial support framework.
Le cadre d’appui psychosocial et de santé mentale du Mouvement international de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge.
El marco de apoyo psicosocial y de salud mental del Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja.
اطار عمل الحركة الدولية للصليب الأحمر والهلال الأحمر للصحة النفسية والدعم النفسي الاجتماعي
MHPSS Roadmap Videos
MHPSS Roadmap – Basic level of MHPSS across sectors
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Working Group 1 presented by co-leads Sarah Davidson (British Red Cross) and Sarah Harrison (IFRC PS Centre) in the State of Play Workshop, December 2021.
MHPSS Roadmap – Reinforce the Movement’s MHPSS collaboration
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Working Group 2 presented by co-leads Louise Kryger (Danish Red Cross) and Douglas Khayat Araujo Siqueira (ICRC) in the State of Play Workshop December 2021.
MHPSS Roadmap – Promote the MHPSS support of staff and volunteer
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Working Group 3 presented by co-leads Maite Zamacona (Swedish Red Cross) and Ines Hake (IFRC) in the State of Play Workshop December 2021.
MHPSS Roadmap – Demonstrate the impact of MHPSS interventions
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Working Group 4 presented by co-leads Monia Aebersold (Swiss Red Cross) and Michelle Engels (IFRC PS Centre) in the State of Play Workshop December 2021.
MHPSS Roadmap – Strengthen the advocacy for mental health and resource mobilization
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Working Group 5 presented by co-leads Jakob Harbo (Danish Red Cross) and Joy Muller (IFRC) in the State of Play Workshop December 2021.
Movement-wide MHPSS Progress Survey Results
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The Movement conducted a follow-up survey in 2021 to capture the mental health and psychosocial activities provided by the Movement components and compare it with the survey results from a similar survey in 2019.
Linking the MHPSS Roadmap with Protection
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Linking the MHPSS Roadmap Implementation and the Protection sector in the Movement, presented by Milena Osorio, Head of Mental Health and Psychosocial Team at ICRC.
MHPSS Roadmap: Roundtable of Managers and Leaders
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The Movement’s leaders and managers came together during the State of Play Workshop on the progress of the Roadmap Implementation, to discuss how staff and volunteer mental health can be promoted and how a basic level of MHPSS can be ensured across the Movement.
MHPSS Roadmap: Endline Survey 2023
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MHPSS Survey 2023
Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) Survey for Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies explainer video.
IFRC Videos
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Let’s Act Together
ICRC and IFRC joint video statement on MHPSS.
Podcasts
Webinars
How To Use The Movement Policy And Resolution On Addressing Mental Health And Psychosocial Needs
Facilitator: Vera Carlbaum-Wrennmark (IFRC Youth Commission)
Chat moderation: Sarah Harrison (Co-Chair IASC MHPSS Reference Group and Technical Advisor IFRC Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support)
Panellists include technical experts from National Societies, IFRC and ICRC
Methodology: Interactive (panel presentation, chat, discussion)
Cultural Adaptation and MHPSS
The webinar highlights the importance of cultural adaptation of tools and methods when measuring the impact of our services. From the case studies of Afghanistan and South Africa, we impressively learn why contextually appropriate responses to mental health issues and needs and cultural considerations of local idioms and proverbs of distress, grief, or anxiety are essential.
MHPSS Assessments
Tune in for a webinar addressing monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of Mental Health & Psychosocial Support. Through presentations by Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies from Portugal and Yemen, we explore challenges and best practices related to conducting assessments.
Please note that there are two videos in English, because they have different panel discussions.
Monitoring & Evaluation of MHPSS
The webinar gives a short introduction to MHPSS-specific monitoring and evaluation (M&E). Two cases exemplify good practices in regard to the M&E of MHPSS interventions thereby showing why M&E is important. The first ‘best practice’ case study deals with measuring the effect of the “Help the Helpers intervention”, presented by Elie Sarkis, ICRC Lebanon office. Afterward, Safi Taye, Australia Red Cross, explains how to operationalize the “Emergency Service Monitoring and Evaluation Framework” with examples of national emergency responses.
This webinar is from 30th of March, 2023.
MHPSS Research
Challenges and considerations in conducting research on MHPSS in emergencies within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement is the topic of the last webinar of the series. The presenters Hamed Seddighi, Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Groningen, and Kinan Aldamman, Regional Staff Psychosocial Support Coordinator for Asia-Pacific, ICRC, will discuss the cultural, social, and political aspects of MHPSS research, as well as explore strategies for effective collaboration with other actors in emergency contexts.
(Disclaimer: Due to technical difficulties, the webinar recordings in Spanish and French are not available.)
This webinar is from the 27th of April.
Creating Access to Mental Health & Psychosocial Support across the Continuum of Care
The Red Cross Red Crescent Movement addresses MHPSS needs of individuals, families, and communities through joint collaboration and coordination. A working group collected in the past year lessons learned on how to strengthen collaboration and thereby increase the quality and access to services. In the webinar, these good practices were shared as well as two National Societies, the Iraqi RCS and Ukraine RC, presented their work in how they improved access to services across the Movement’s MHPSS framework highlighting the role partnerships and coordination on country level.
This webinar is from the 18th of September 2023.
Presentations
PowerPoint Presentation template
Created to assist National Societies in explaining the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement policy, resolution and roadmap on mental health and psychosocial support.
National Societies may edit or adapt any of the images or text to fit their specific context. It is encouraged to use photos and examples from your own specific contexts.
You may also wish to include other details:
- A subtitle such as ‘Mental health and psychosocial support and the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement’
- Your organization’s name and logo
- Your role
- The specific topics you will discuss – the policy, resolution, and/or the roadmap.
Infographics
The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement’s Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Framework
Each component of the Movement responds to mental health and psychosocial needs in accordance with its role and mandate. The pyramid model represents the framework of mental health and psychosocial support services that are required to address the needs of individuals, families, and communities in all contexts.
A key to organizing mental health and psychosocial support is to develop a layered system of complementary support that meets the needs of different groups. This multi-layered approach does not imply that all Movement components must provide services in all layers. However, Movement components are expected to assess, refer, and advocate in relation to the full spectrum of mental health and psychosocial support presented in the model, from basic psychosocial support through to specialized mental health care.
The IASC MHPSS Pyramid vs. the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Framework
This infographic compares and constrasts the IASC MHPSS Pyramid with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement Framework. Each model represents the various frameworks of mental health and psychosocial support services that are required to address the needs of individuals, families, and communities in all contexts.
E-learning
Through this short course on the IFRC Learning Platform you will learn about the Movement Policy on Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs and the action you can take to address the mental health and psychosocial needs of affected people, including staff and volunteers.
You will get to identify the policy’s key statements and concepts, to explain its Movement-wide scope, recognize its importance, outline the implementation roadmap ahead, and commit to what we can do together.
This 11-minute e-learning course is available in English. It is part of a micro-learning series “from Policy to Practice” which is dedicated to policy content and its practical application.
Lessons-learned report for MHPSS Movement collaboration
This report serves as a guidance tool for the Movement partners to enhance teamwork and coordination at country/operational level. The lessons presented in the report are the result of a collaborative effort by National Societies actively engaged in a working group dedicated to support the implementation of priority action area 2 of the MHPSS Roadmap.
