Reference documents
The Red Cross Red Crescent Research Network Research Carnival: Learning from MHPSS in Climate Change, Conflict and Migration. 11th – 13th September 2023, Copenhagen Summary Report
Over the last decade conflicts, instability, and climate-related disasters such as those in Syria, Pakistan, Yemen, Central America and Ukraine have resulted in significant mass migration and have had profoundly negative impacts on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing.
Different parts of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement have responded along with other organisations. The Research Carnival brought together 18 presenters and 54 participants from across the world, who have been working in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) to showcase and share their experiences of undertaking research, monitoring and evaluation in conflict and migration settings. The Research Carnival was framed by the recent publication of the Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: research priorities for 2021–30.
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A roadmap for implementing International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement commitments on addressing mental health and psychosocial needs 2020 – 2023
In December 2019, the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement adopted a set of commitments addressing mental health and psychosocial needs, including resolution 2 of the 33rd International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. This roadmap (2020–2023) has been developed to supports a strategic and coordinated approach to implementation of these commitments, with the aim to strengthen the Movement’s collective response to mental health and psychosocial needs.
2017 Annual meeting
Throughout the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and the wider humanitarian community there is an increasing recognition of the need for building evidence to support mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions. The 2017 Council of Delegates of the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement passed the resolution Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs, which urges the Movement to increase their efforts to better understand the needs and challenges, and to collect evidence on MHPSS interventions in humanitarian responses.
The 2017 Annual Meeting of the Red Cross Red Crescent Research Network on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support brought together 32 people from 16 countries to share their research experience on two themes: mental health of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers and caring for staff and volunteers. The annual meeting was a combination of key note speakers, abstract presenters and workshops.
The book of abstracts includes the abstracts presented at the annual meeting. The range of abstracts reflect a growing interest for and experience with conducting research on MHPSS within the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement and we hope that other practitioners and researchers from within and outside the Movement will be inspired by and learn from the research presented in this book of abstract and that more people will join the research network in the coming years.
