Description
Mental health is highly under-recognized in emergency settings. However the financial and societal implications, in regards to their chronic course are huge.
Health is a human right. Every Life
Matters
Societal Impact
Existing mental health issues, alcohol- and tobacco use are aggravated when people live in refugee camps.
Integration of mental health assessment into the routine primary health care service provision in refugee camps has long-term positive effects on the socio-economic Impact of these social behaviours in society
Problem
Refugees arrive in a camp either
...suffering from a mental health condition before the emergency outbreak
... Suffering from PTSD due to a traumatizing experience in the war zone, during their journey
... Prone to develop a mental health condition due to lack of perspective and a protracted situation living
in a refugee camp.
Challenges
• Get buy-in from the government
• Use a multi-stakeholder and coordinated service delivery approach to avoid loss of resources and doubling of efforts from NGOs and other supporting stakeholders.
• Ensure sustainability and long-term support for reintegration into society
Solution
Establishment of a Mental Health Assessment Tool ... through a STANDARDIZED CHECKLIST
to differentiate people who need immediate mental health support from people who would need long term care provision
Regular Reassessment of patients to identify need of regrouping
Integration into the existing HIV counseling and other existing services
Mental Health Preventive Care
-Capacity building and empowerment via regular trainings
-Skill Acquisition Labs -Sport and Entertainment
Activities
-Continued Education
Mental Health Immediate Care
- peer- to –peer counseling („friendship bench“)
- Expert care provision
- Electronic medical file via
QR-Codes - Make use of existing skills
and health workforce in
the camps - Adjusted Support for
Children and Adolescents
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