ARTICLE
Year : 2010 | Volume
: 8 | Issue : 2 | Page : 121--130
Spirituality and mental health in humanitarian contexts: an exploration based on World Vision's Haiti earthquake response
Alison Schafer
provisional clinical psychologist working as a mental health and psychosocial support technical advisor for World Vision International. She is based with World Vision Australia's Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Team
Correspondence Address:
For the international nongovernemental organisation, World Vision International, the Haiti earthquake response revealed a significant gap in materials and interventions that combined spiritual needs with the mental health and psychosocial support needs of aiected communities. Despite growing scientific evidence that spirituality can have beneficial eiects on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing, there is little guidance and consensus about psycho-spiritual approaches in humanitarian contexts. This is especially pertinent for the emergency response in Haiti where religious practice and faith underpins local culture. This can lead to practical and ethical dilemmas. Churches, the clergy and peoples' spirituality are an important area for humanitarian practice to explore, particularly within the mental health and psychosocial support domain.
How to cite this article:
Schafer A. Spirituality and mental health in humanitarian contexts: an exploration based on World Vision's Haiti earthquake response.Intervention 2010;8:121-130
|
How to cite this URL:
Schafer A. Spirituality and mental health in humanitarian contexts: an exploration based on World Vision's Haiti earthquake response. Intervention [serial online] 2010 [cited 2023 Jun 9 ];8:121-130
Available from: http://www.interventionjournal.org//article.asp?issn=1571-8883;year=2010;volume=8;issue=2;spage=121;epage=130;aulast=Schafer;type=0 |
|
|
|
