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| Year : 2008 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 334-337 |
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Humanitarian issues beyond the technical tools: the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
Kaz de Jong1, Clair Mills2, Kate Mackintosh3
1 (clinical psychologist) is the mental health coordinator with Doctors without Borders/Médécins Sans Frontiéres – Holland
2 (medical doctor) is Medical Director of Doctors without Borders/Médécins Sans Frontiéres – Holland
3 (lawyer) is Head of the Humanitarian Affairs Department, Doctors without Borders/Médécins Sans Frontiéres – Holland
Correspondence Address:
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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The humanitarian organization Médecins sans Frontiéres (MSF) supports the content of the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. The guidelines promote a systemic, comprehensive approach to psychosocial and mental health problems, and bring unity to a field that was much needed. However, these guidelines operate within the context of major reforms of the humanitarian aid sector. The potential implications of these reforms on independent humanitarian action are discussed.
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