Guidance: Operational Considerations for Multisectoral Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Programmes During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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This 49-page document is an annex to the Interim Briefing Note Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak. Sections include adapting psychological first aid for the COVID-19 context; continuation of comprehensive and clinical mental health and psychosocial support care in humanitarian settings during the COVID-19 pandemic; and mental health and psychosocial support considerations for children, adolescents, and families during the COVID-19 response. Available in English, Arabic, French, Spanish, Greek, Portuguese, and Ukrainian.

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Focus Areas: Infectious Disease; Mental Health

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; Emergency Managers; Public Health Professionals

Emergency Management Stages: Mitigation; Response

Keywords: Mental Health; Mental Health Services; Psychosocial Support Systems; Stress, Psychological; Guidelines as Topic; Substance-Related Disorders; Pandemics; COVID-19; Psychological First Aid; Health Disparate Minority and Vulnerable Populations

Institutions: Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)

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