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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 261-264 |
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Consensus and professional practice in psychosocial intervention: political achievement, core knowledge-base and prompt for further enquiry
Alastair Ager
Professor of Clinical Population & Family Health with the Program on Forced Migration & Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
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 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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The author reflects on the implications of guidelines that are a reflection of professional consensus. In the case of the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, the author suggests that consensus represents (1) a political achievement promising improved inter-agency coordination; (2) a core knowledge base defining key principles and practices; and (3) a useful basis to structure further enquiry to gather a stronger evidence base for programming.
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