HRO Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programme aims to create safe spaces where people can be more able to manage events that threaten their well-being, to prevent or reduce their negative effects on their everyday lives. Through this programme, HRO works on making MHPSS services available to HCs and IDPs and meeting the special needs of those people whose lives are burdened by a history of stress, while also responding to the social, economic, and political impacts of these problems. It also aims at:

  • Improving access to quality MHPSS services

  • Creating a multi-layered approach that incorporates support to static facilities, establishment of robust referral systems, and community outreach activities

 
        

   MHPSS interventions include:

  1.   Clinical supervision

  2.   MHPSS focused non-specialized intervention

  3.   MHPSS focused specialized interventions

  4.   Psychological First Aid (PFA)

  5.   Psychosocial Support Activities

  6.   Capacity Development

  7.   Advocacy

  8.   Child and Youth Psychosocial Programs

  9.   Early Childhood Development


HRO PSWs and mhGAP trained doctors are addressing issues such as anxiety, acute stress, grief, despair, anger, attention deficiencies, and problems with interpersonal relations, among other symptoms that result from humanitarian emergencies.

HRO MHPSS Programme includes:

  1. Mental Health Integration into Primary Care

  2. Community Mental Health & Psychosocial Supports