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Assessing mental health and psychosocial needs and resources Toolkit for humanitarian settings

Area: General knowledge about assessment of mental health needs

This document is written primarily for public health actors. As the social determinants of mental health and psychosocial problems occur across sectors, half of the tools in the accompanying toolkit cover Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) assessment issues relevant to other sectors as well as the health sector.

Created by
WHO, UNCHR, 2012
Link
https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/76796/9789241548533_eng.pdf?sequence=1

  • Type of resource

    Toolkit

  • Available in

    English, Spanish

  • Related competence

    Mental health assessment

  • Most relevant

    S.3 – Assessment Methodology (pag. 14)S.4 – translating assessment into action (pag. 25)Tools (pag. 29)

  • Resource audience

    Primarily for public health actors