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Apr 29, 2024

Training Guide: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies

This MHPSS in Emergencies training aims to prepare MHPSS responders, disaster managers, and emergency team leaders for work in the field by building understanding of basic concepts of MHPSS in emergencies as well as planning and implementing PSS activities.

News
Apr 23, 2024

IMPACT STUDY: The role of Psychological First Aid in the IFRC Ukraine MHPSS response

In response to the exponentially growing need to provide Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) services to people displaced from Ukraine National Societies have been committed to integrating and implementing Psychological First Aid (PFA) within their Ukraine Response to provide Psychosocial support and to ensure displaced Ukrainians receive the adequate services.

News
Apr 18, 2024

Olympics.com coverage of Sport Coach+ project

Sport Coach+ is an innovative project which aims to equip 2,500 sports coaches in Ukraine and surrounding countries with the skills to more effectively manage young players who may have experienced trauma as a result of their forced displacement.

News
Apr 11, 2024

STATEMENT: IFRC calls for humane implementation of the European Pact on Asylum and Migration

The IFRC has concerns. The Pact focuses on the normalization of detention and speedier processes at borders. Both are worrying. Detention damages people. Quick decisions can risk returning people who should be granted asylum. In the Pact’s implementation, EU countries must ensure the systemic use of detention is avoided at all costs, and that individuals are always treated as individuals.

News, Webinar
Aug 9, 2023

Webinar: Creating Access to Mental Health & Psychosocial Support across the Continuum of Care by the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

This webinar will introduce how the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement addresses MHPSS needs of individuals, families, and communities through joint collaboration and coordination. From Ukraine to Iraq, discover the approaches National Societies apply to provide complementary services.

News
Aug 8, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: Creating access to mental health & psychosocial support across the continuum of care

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, PS Centre' Project Officer Veronika Dietz interviews Dr Sarah Miller, Clinical and Forensic Psychologist and the Program Coordinator in charge of MHPSS at ICRC and Louise Kryger, psychologist and the MHPSS lead in the International Department of the Danish Red Cross, on establishing availability and opportunity for accessing MHPSS services throughout the entire range of healthcare services and interventions.

News
Jul 26, 2023

New one-page psychosocial support guide for people in distress

Responding to incoming requests for MHPSS during wildfires, the PS Centre has released a one-page guide on providing psychosocial support to people in distress during unfolding crisis situations.

News
Jul 17, 2023

New thematic review on MHPSS in Afghanistan

Four decades of war, political upheaval, economic deprivation, and forced displacement have had a significant and negative impact on Afghan populations.

News
Jul 17, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: Are we doing the right things - and are we doing them right?

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Communications Officer Jesper Guhle interviews Mental Health and Psychosocial Health Specialist, Rebecca Horn, on her recent evaluation of the functions and activities of the PS Centre.

News
Jul 6, 2023

Are we doing the right things - and are we doing them right?

The last seven years' activities and functions of the PS Centre have been reviewed and evaluated by an independent consultant, Rebecca Horn. The 80-page Evaluation Report was finalized earlier this year, and now a summary of key challenges and achievements is available.

News
Jul 5, 2023

The PS Centre shares 2022 Annual Report

2022 proved to be the PS Centre's busiest year. The combined force of emerging and sustained humanitarian conflicts, food crisis, inflation, and the devastating consequences of a seemingly unstoppable climate change as well as a still-lingering global pandemic, created unprecedented uncertainty and a huge demand for mental health and psychosocial support. The PS Centre received more requests for support from National Societies and other MHPSS stakeholders than at any time before.

News
Jun 22, 2023

Heartbeat of Humanity: The links between MHPSS and caring for staff and volunteers

In this episode of Heartbeat of Humanity, IFRC Psychosocial Centre Technical Advisor Arz Stephan interviews Guleed Dualeh, MHPSS Technical Advisor, on how to ensure carer for staff and volunteers, including caring for staff and volunteer training-workshops, self-care, the buddy-system, trust and confidentiality.

News
Jun 12, 2023

New language adaptions in Arabic and French of two one-pagers for staff and volunteers working with restoring family links

During and after emergencies, people go missing. Recognizing the significance of supporting people in search of their missing loved ones, the PS Centre has published new language adaptions in Arabic and French of two RFL publications that provide guidance on supporting families.

News
Jun 1, 2023

New MHPSS Vocabulary in Arabic available

In support of Arabic-speaking MHPSS practitioners, the PS Centre has published a new MHPSS vocabulary containing 547 words in English that have been translated into Arabic through a consultative and consensus-based process.

Job opening, News
Jun 1, 2023

Vacancy: Senior Fundraising and Partnership Advisor

The PS Centre is looking for a fundraising and partnership advisor to join our international team in Copenhagen at the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support.

News
May 29, 2023

MHPSS endline survey 2023 for Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies

All Red Cross Red Crescent National Societies are asked to fill in the survey to monitor MHPSS services in the Movement as well as putting MHPSS on the world map.

The IFRC Psychosocial Centre (PS Centre) contributes knowledge and provides service to the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement. It assists in facilitating mental health and psychosocial support, promotes psychosocial wellbeing for affected groups, staff and volunteers, and increases awareness of psychological reactions in times of crisis or social disruption.

The PS Centre is hosted and supported by Danish Red Cross. It receives financial support from a number of National Societies, institutional and private donors including the European Commission and DANIDA.