- UN Declaration of Human Rights
- Inter-Agency Standing Committee Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings
- World Health Organization guide for Psychological First Aid (also available in French and Spanish)
- American Psychological Association Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists
- UN Istanbul Protocol on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
Telepsychotherapy Resources:
- American Psychological Association Guidelines for the Practice of Telepsychology
- Report from the Task Force on Telepsychotherapy (Division 29: American Psychological Association)
- American Telemedicine Association Practice Guidelines for Video-Based Online Mental Health Services
- Ohio Psychological Association Telepsychology Guidelines
- A review of telemental health in international and post-disaster settings
- TeleTherapy for PTSD Found Effective” (PsychCentral)
Additional Resources:
- Refugee Mental Health Resource Network An APA Interdivisional Project
- Online Resources for Working with Refugees, Victims of Torture, Detainees, & Asylum-Seekers (compiled by Ken Pope, PhD, ABPP)
- Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers by WHO, War Trauma Foundation and World Vision International
- UN Security Council Resolution 2175 (2014) to halt ‘increasingly common’ attacks on humanitarian workers
- Self-Care for Trauma Psychotherapists and Caregivers: Individual, Social, and Organizational Interventions (Meichenbaum)
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Indian Red Cross Society Disaster Mental Health and Psychosocial Care Manual (#6)
- Palestinian Code of Conduct for Psychosocial Interventions
- Headington Institute’s free Online Training Center for resources on stress, resilience, and humanitarian work
- Antares Foundation Guidelines for Good Practice when Managing Stress in Humanitarian Workers (available in English, Arabic, French, and Spanish)
- Psychosocial Accompaniment (Watkins, 2015)
- American Psychological Association Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress DisorderÂ
Newspaper and Magazine articles:
- “Guardian research suggests mental health crisis among aid workers” – Guardian, November 2015
- “For a Therapist in Afghanistan, Empathy Is Good Medicine” –New York Times, July 2015
- “A Crisis of Anxiety Among Aid Workers” – New York Times, March 2015
- “Beyond burnout” – New Internationalist magazine, May 2014
Books:
- Transforming societies after political violence: Truth, Reconciliation, and Mental Health
- Close Encounters: Stories from the Frontline of Human Rights Work in Nepal
- Help for the Helper: The Psychophysiology of Compassion Fatigue and Vicarious Trauma
- Collective Trauma,Collective Healing: Promoting Community Resilience in the Aftermath of Disaster
- Trauma and Recovery on War’s Border
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