Research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings
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N There has been a great need to develop a research agenda to strengthen mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings; prior research in this area has had limited inputs from practitioners.N We developed a consensus-based research agenda for the next ten years through inputs from an interdisciplinary group of academics, policy makers, and practitioners (n = 82) representing regions where humanitarian crises occur.N Participants reached a high level of agreement on the ten most highly prioritized research questions, which consisted of questions related to: problem analysis (four questions on identifying stressors, problems, and protective factors from the perspective of affected populations), mental health and psychosocial support interventions (three questions on sociocultural adaptation and on effectiveness of family-and school-based prevention), research and information management (two questions on assessment methods and indicators for monitoring and evaluation), and mental health and psychosocial support context (one question on whether interventions address locally perceived needs).N This research agenda emphasizes the generation of practical knowledge that could translate to immediate tangible benefits for programming in humanitarian settings, rather than addressing the key debates that have dominated the academic literature.
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A recent initiative to set research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings produced a largely practice-informed research agenda that focused on a range of disorders and conditions besides PTSD, in spite of PTSD being the subject of most attention in the literature.
“A recent initiative to set research priorities for mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings, in which there was strong representation from personnel working in LMICs, produced a largely practice-informed research agenda; notably, there was little focus on topics that have dominated debates in the peer-reviewed literature.”
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- Authors
- Tol, W. A., Patel, V., Tomlinson, M., Baingana, F., Galappatti, A., Panter-Brick, C., Silove, D., Sondorp, E., Wessells, M., & van Ommeren, M.
- Affiliations
- Yale University (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- Makerere University (UG)
- University of Colombo (LK)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Columbia University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tol, Wietse A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- PLoS Medicine
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Published
- 2011-09-20
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- e1001096
- ISSN
- 1549-1277 (ISSN-L)
- 1549-1676
- PMC
- PMC3176752
- OpenAlex
- W2012026762
- Cited by
- 138
- References
- 27
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- FWCI
- 11.71
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Locations
- PLoS Medicine (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- SUNScholar (Stellenbosch University) (submittedVersion)
- Greater South Information System
- Funders
- World Health Organization
- Wellcome Trust (091834)
- Durham University
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Conflict Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- mental health, psychosocial support, humanitarian settings, humanitarian crisis, research priorities, stressors, protective factors, sociocultural adaptation, family-based prevention, school-based prevention, mental health assessment, monitoring and evaluation indicators
- MeSH terms
- Altruism, Mental Disorders, Delivery of Health Care, Disasters, Health Services Research, Humans, Mental Health, Social Support, Warfare, Internationality
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