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November 1, 2007Bulletin of the World Health Organization49 citationsOpen Access

Inter-agency agreement on mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings

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PSPsychosocial Support in Emergency SettingsMOMark van OmmerenMWMike Wessells

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international agencies have now agreed on how to provide such support. The Inter-Agency Stand-ing Committee (IASC), established in response to United Nations General As-sembly Resolution 46/182, is a commit-tee of executive heads of United Nations agencies, intergovernmental organizations, Red Cross and Red Crescent agencies and consortia of nongovernmental organiza-tions responsible for global humanitarian policy. In 2005, the IASC established a task force to develop guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support in emergencies.The guidelines

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10db7dba20d9a181ee61b4https://doi.org/10.2471/blt.07.047894
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