KNOCKOUT LINEUP OF RESOURCES

Folks, I hit the jackpot today. See below for phenomenal current resources. -Atieno

Africa: Mental Health Research - Falling Through the Gaps
http://allafrica.com/stories/200801250553.html

Evaluation of Community-Based Mental Health Program in Indonesia
This is an evaluation of a JSI - led mental health improvement program in post -
tsunami Aceh, Indonesia.
http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=188580101&u=1898884

IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/content/products/docs/Guidelines%20IASC%20Mental%20Health%20Psychosocial.pdf

These guidelines reflect the insights of practitioners from various regions
disciplines and sectors, and reflect an emerging consensus on good practice
among practitioners. The core idea behind this is that, in an early phase of an
emergency, social supports are essential to protect and support mental health
and psychosocial well-being. In addtion, the guidelines recommend selected
psychological and psychiatric interventions for specific problems.

PAPER AVAILABLE IF YOU WRITE TO ME: Challenges in Aid to Rape Victims: The Case of the Democratic Republic of Congo
by Marleen Bosmans

The Saint Camille de Lellis Association in Bouake, Ivory Coast, an NGO, was
founded 23 years ago by Gregoire Ahongbonon. The association now has 10 centers
providing mental health and a much broader range of social services, including
mental and physical rehabilitation, vocational training and housing, but always
dealing first with the 'mentally ill'.
http://www.fondazione-st-camille.org/a-eng/Fondazione/Scopi.html

Overview of CDC's activities in conflict-affected settings
http://www.cdc.gov/nceh/ierh/ResearchandSurvey/Mental_%20Health.htm

Overvew of Center for Victims of Torture in West Africa When political violence
intentionally destroys a community, as it has in Sierra Leone and Liberia, the
community itself must heal for peace and democracy to flourish. CVT West Africa
is designed to provide mental health and social services in an effective,
efficient and sustainable fashion.
http://www.cvt.org/file.php?ID=5823

The Refugee Studies Centre (RSC) was established in 1982 as part of the
University of Oxford?s International Development Centre at Queen Elizabeth
House. It has since won an international reputation as the leading
multidisciplinary centre for research and teaching on the causes and
consequences of forced migration.
http://www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/

The World Bank: Information on Mental Health and Development
http://go.worldbank.org/9TPBJ6ICF0

American Red Cross Conference Washington DC Jan. 30-31, 2008
"Psychosocial Programming in Response to the 2004 Tsunami"
This conference brought together leaders in international psychosocial support
efforts from the academic, UN and NGO communities in order to discuss how recent
efforts to respond to the mental health and psychosocial needs of
disaster-affected individuals has informed our common understanding of
psychosocial programming.
PAPER AVAILABLE IF YOU WRITE TO ME: ARC PSP Conference Agenda

Healing the War: Youth as a Key to Sustainable Post-Conflict Recovery Geneva
Dec. 10-12, 2007
Healing the War is an international Meeting to advance psychosocial practices
within a holistic, multidisciplinary
vision.
PAPER AVAILABLE IF YOU WRITE TO ME: Healing the War_Context Paper

Presentation given by Paul Francis, Sr. Social Scientist, World Bank to Social
Development Division, MENA Region
PPT AVAILABLE IF YOU WRITE TO ME

How Psychosocial Sport & Play Programs Help Youth Manage Adversity: A Review of
What We Know & What We Should Research
By Robert Henley, Ph.D., Ivo Schweizer, M.A., Francesco de Gara, M.A., Stefan
Vetter, M.D.
http://www.psychosocial.com/IJPR_12/Psychological_Sport_and_Play_Henley.html

Reform of mental health care in Serbia: ten steps plus one
By Dusica Lecic Tosevski, Milica Pejovic Milovancevic, Smiljka Popovic Deusic
PAPER AVAILABLE IF YOU WRITE TO ME: reform of mental health care in Serbia

Improving the outcomes of primary care attenders with common mental disorders in
developing countries: a cluster randomized controlled trial of a collaborative
stepped care intervention in Goa, India
By Vikram H Patel, Betty R Kirkwood, Sulochana Pednekar, Ricardo Araya, Michael
King, Daniel Chisholm, Gregory Simon & Helen Weiss
PAPER AVAILABLE IF YOU WRITE TO ME: Improving_outccomes_of_PC_with_CMD_Goa

Karenni refugees living in Thai?Burmese border camps: traumatic experiences,
mental health outcomes, and social functioning
By Barbara Lopes Cardozo, Leisel Talley, Ann Burton & Carol Crawford
PAPER AVAILABLE IF YOU WRITE TO ME: mh and functioning post war afghanistan

Mental health patterns and consequences : results from survey data in five
developing countries
By Jishnu Das, Quy-Toan Do, Jed Friedman, & David McKenzie
PAPER AVAILABLE IF YOU WRITE TO ME: wps4495

MSN Story on Institutions for people with mental disabilities
http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-US&brand=msnbc&vid=d696b0b7-632a-4c7d-9637-7663c73b001c