CONNECTING HUMAN INSECURITY, FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH
human insecurity
&
FORCED DISPLACEMENT
INVISIBLE WOUNDS
Hidden battles of the mind: violence, trauma, and healing.
BEYOND THE HORIZON
Recovery and return after natural disasters and emergencies
THE RISING TIDE
Recognising the humanitarian crisis of the climate displaced.
THE HUMAN COST OF DEVELOPMENT
Bringing into focus minority and indigenous displacement and historical trauma
POLICY REFORM ON HUMANITARIAN MHPSS
Closing the gap in MHPSS and forced displacement.
TURNING THE LENS
Reshaping the Narrative. Reclaiming Agency. Reimagining the Future.
We focus on the voices and stories of those in humanitarian crises and human insecure settings through first-person storytelling, multimedia and photography.
innovatiON FOR HUMANITARIAN mhpss
HUMANITARIAN FUTURE LAB
ACTIVATING DESIGN THINKING FOR NEXT GENERATION HUMANITARIAN-MHPSS SOLUTIONS.
our partners
HUMANITARIAN MENTAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM
- featured articlesThe latest thoughts from our researchers and partners.
Newton's Law of Refuge
MIKE NICONCHUK
Our Head Researcher for Syrian Refugees, Mike Niconchuk, spotlights the challenges of integration, inertia and instability facing Syrians in Germany.
The Siege of Deir Ez-Zor
ADB HLAL
Adb gives a personal account of the hardships and hopes of daily life growing up in Filippiada refugee camp, Greece.
FEATURED REPORTS
More reports on our Resources page.
Save the Children (2017):
Self-Harm and Depression Rise Among Child Refugees One Year Into the EU-Turkey Deal
Clayton, S., Manning, C. M., Krygsman, K., & Speiser, M. (2017). Mental Health and Our Changing Climate: Impacts, Implications, and Guidance. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, and ecoAmerica.
Overseas Development Institute (2015): Psychological Resilience - State of Knowledge and Future Research Agendas.
book & film of the month
NO PLACE TO CALL HOME
JJ BOLA
No Place To Call Home is a tale of fleeing war in Congo and finding belonging and identity in Britian. It is ultimately a story of hope, resileince, and love.
No Place to Call Home is availabe to pre-order here.
Release date: June 22nd 2017.
HISTORY OF THE CAMP
THE NATIVE AND THE REFUGEE
History of the Camp is a vivid insight and testimony into daily life in Al-Arroub refugee camp, Hebron, West Bank.
The Native and The Refugee is a research platform by Matt Peterson & Malek Rasamny to investigate the experiences of Palestinian refugee camps and American Indian reservations.
IN THE NEWS
Sesame Street Plans Social-Emotional Learning Program for Refugee Children Syrian refugee children process trauma through art
Syrian Refugee Children Process Trauma Through Art
Assemblage: An Art Series on Identity, Memory, and Displacement
Refugee Mental Health Through the Lens of Neuroscience and Genetics
Our Brains on Conflict: Trauma, Healing and the Politics of Fear: An Interview with Mike Niconchuk
Dance, holographic technology, video and music by A Tribe Called Red combine to create a riveting and emotional performance in honour of missing and murdered Indigenous women.
A New Term to Describe the Pain Syrian Children Are Experiencing: "Human Devastation Syndrome"
Bosnia's War Childhood Museum Exhibits Mementoes of Children Who Lived Through the War
Changing Perceptions of Mental Health in the Gaza Strip
displacement, TRAUMA & HUMAN RIGHTS
Syrian Asylum Seeker Hangs Himself in Greece Amid Warnings Over Suicide Attempts by Trapped Refugees
Man found dead as refugee children as young as nine are found self-harming in camps
Freed from ISIS, Yazidi Women Remain Trapped by Trauma
There are not enough resources to provide long-term care to all of the survivors, who could take a lifetime to recover.
Young Afghans Returning From Europe Face Isolation and Fear Back Home
Nassim Majidi examines the difficulties faced by asylum seekers sent back from Europe to Afghanistan as they try to start new lives
Broken Men in Paradise
The world’s refugee crisis knows no more sinister
exercise in cruelty than Australia’s island prisons.-
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We look forward to working with you.
