A5003428489- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health and Conflict Studies
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Gender, Security, and Conflict
- COVID-19 and healthcare impacts
- Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Human Rights and Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Child Therapy and Development
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas
2021-2024
Médecins Sans Frontières
2013-2020
Armed conflict has broad-ranging impacts on the mental health and wellbeing of children adolescents. Mental needs greatly exceed service provision in settings, particularly for these age groups. The targeting appropriate services requires better understanding characteristics requirements adolescents exposed to armed conflict.Routine patient programme monitoring data were analysed patients <20 years attending provided by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) three countries affected conflict:...
Poverty is a key social determinant of mental health among forcibly displaced persons. This study aimed to design and pilot test strategy integrate existing economic inclusion interventions for families in Ecuador. We conducted series qualitative interviews (n = 30), focus groups 6), workshops 3) develop set strategies integrating cross-cutting focused psychosocial support (MHPSS) into an program Quito. non-randomly assigned two field offices Quito (1) on improving outcomes or (2) both those...
Abstract Objective We present the results of a cross‐cultural validation Mental Health Global State (MHGS) scale for adults and adolescents (<14 years old). Methods performed two independent studies using mixed methods among 103 patients in Hebron, Occupied Palestinian Territories 106 Cauca, Colombia. The MHGS was analyzed psychometrically, sensitivity specificity, ability to detect clinically meaningful change, compared Clinical Impression‐Severity (CGI‐S). Principal component analysis...