Resources

Mental Health and Psychosocial support, Humanitarian Response in Ukraine and Neighbouring Countries, is made available by the IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings (IASC RG MHPSS).

Resources available in English, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Slovakian and Ukrainian.

Key IASC Resources: 

• IASC Common Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for Mental Health and Psychoso- cial Support in Emergency Set- tings: With means of verifica- tion (Version 2.0). (IASC, 2021).
• The Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Minimum Services Package (MHPSS MSP) – field-test version.
• IASC MHPSS RG Assessment Guide. (IASC MHPSS RG, 2012).
• Advocacy package. (IASC MHPSS RG, 2011).
• IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. (IASC, 2007), etc.

General Resources:

• Inter-Agency Referral Form and Guidance Note. (IASC MHPSS RG, 2017).
• IASC, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings: What should Protection Programme Managers Know? (IASC MHPSS RG, 2011).
• IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, Checklist for Field Use. (IASC MHPSS RG, 2008), etc.

MHPSS during COVID-19: 

• Living with the Times: A MHPSS Toolkit for Older adults during COVID-19. (IASC, 2021).
• My Hero is You 2021: How kids can hope with COVID-19. (IASC, 2021).
• Action for Heroes: A Guide for heart-to-heart chats with Children to accompany reading of My Hero is You. (IASC, 2021).
• My Hero is You: How kids can fight COVID-19. (IASC, 2020).
• IASC Interim Briefing Note on COVID-19 Outbreak Readiness and Response Operations – MHPSS. (IASC, 2020).
• IASC Guidance on Operational considerations for multisectoral mental health and psychosocial support programmes during the COVID-19 pandemic. (IASC, 2020).
• Basic Psychosocial Skills: A Guide for COVID-19 Responders. (IASC, 2020).