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Psychosocial Programming
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IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and
Psychosocial Support
in Emergency Settings
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) was established in 1992
in response to General Assembly Resolution 46/182,
which called for strengthened coordination of humanitarian
assistance. The resolution set up the IASC as the primary
mechanism for facilitating inter-agency decision-making
in response to complex emergencies and natural disasters.
The IASC comprises heads of a broad range of UN and
non-UN humanitarian organizations. For further information
on the IASC, please access its website at: http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc
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2007 |
The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) |
Psychosocial interventions, or integrated
programming for well-being? (pdf, 235 kb)
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7/06 |
Williamson, Robinson |
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Williamson, John. “The disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of child soldiers: social and psychological transformation in Sierra Leone,” Intervention: The International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict , vol. 4, no.3 (2006): 185-205. (pdf, 203kb)
This article is also available to download directly from
Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict.
DCOF was the major funder for the reintegration of child soldiers in
Sierra Leone. This article is based on what was learned through that
work, both the reintegration assistance provided immediately following
the DDR process and the subsequent assistance for the reunification
and reintegration of girls who were left out of that process. The article
also takes into account the study done by IRC (Betancourt, Pochan, de
la Soudière).
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Psychosocial Adjustment and Social Reintegration Of Child Ex-Soldiers In Sierra Leone (pdf, 133kb)
The International Rescue Committee
(IRC) was one of the main partners providing such assistance.
USAID believes that it is extremely important to learn from this
experience lessons that can help inform planning for future disarmament,
demobilization, and reintegration programs for child soldiers. For this reason, thru DCOF the Agency
has provided support to IRC for follow-up research with former child soldiers in
Sierra Leone. This is the report on that study.
Also relevant to this issue
are DCOF reports on visits to Sierra Leone in 2002 and 2005. |
5/05 |
Betancourt, Pochan, de la Soudière
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Displaced Children and Orphans Fund Psychosocial Programming: Guiding Principles
(pdf, 64.15 kb)
These guiding principles are informed by the World Health Organization's “Mental
Health in Emergencies: Mental and Social Aspects
of Health of Populations Exposed to Extreme Stressors ” (WHO/MSD/MER/03.01,
pdf, 75 kb) and the Interagency Working Group “Psychosocial
Care and Protection of Tsunami Affected Children: Guiding Principles.” The IWG is composed of the International Rescue Committee
(IRC), Save the Children UK (SCUK), the United Nations
Children’s Fund
(UNICEF) and the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR).
The term “psychosocial” reflects an understanding
that people have psychological and social responses to
events. It acknowledges that the environmental, familial,
community and cultural context are necessary to understand
the consequences of events and interventions that may be useful. The
term psychosocial is commonly used in disaster mental health because
it addresses active determinant health factors such as agency, ability
and self-determination and not merely the absence of
disease and infirmity.
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2005 |
Cripe |
The opinions expressed
in the publications listed above are those of the author
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S.
Agency for International Development or its grantees/contractors. |
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