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| Year : 2010 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 52-63 |
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Introducing the IASC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Guidelines in Emergencies in Nepal: a process description
Mark Jordans1, Nawaraj Upadhaya2, Wietse Tol1, Parbati Shrestha3, Joanne Doucet4, Radha Gurung4, Joseph Aguettant5, Pashupati Mahat6, Sweta Shah7, Karuna Prasad Shrestha8, Surendra Sherchan9, Ramesh Maharjan10, Arun Kunwar11, Ishor Raj Regmi12, Pramod Shyangwa13, Amanda Melville14, Mark van Ommeren15
1 Health Net TPO
2 TPO, Nepal
3 TPO Nepal
4 UNICEF Nepal
5 Terre des hommes Foundation (Tdh)
6 Center for Mental Health and Counselling
7 International Rescue Committee (IRC)
8 Nepal Red Cross Society (NRCS)
9 Mental Health Hospital
10 Independent consultant
11 Upstate Medical University Syracuse
12 Ministry of Home Affairs/Disaster Management Section
13 BPK Institute of Health Sciences/Psychiatry Department
14 UNICEF New York and WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Geneva
15 WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Geneva
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 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
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A rich set of reflections on experiences with the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Guidelines in Emergency Settings has recently been published in this journal. This paper describes a case study of using the guidelines in Nepal, which focused primarily on detailed implementation of preparatory steps. In effect, it describes a multi-agency process of using the guidelines as a tool to raise awareness, foster coordination and systematically integrate mental health and psychosocial considerations within the humanitarian cluster approach in Nepal. It argues that these steps make it possible to further operate and actually adhere to the guidelines more feasible in future situations.
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