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Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Framework for Establishing Evidence-Based Standards

This chapter addresses the elements—therapeutic activities, techniques, or strategies—that make up psychosocial interventions. Most if not all evidence-based, manualized psychosocial interventions are ...
UNHCR

Mental health and psychosocial support

Refugees face harsh conditions that put their mental health under significant stress. While many of them show remarkable resilience, some need extra support to rebuild their lives. UNHCR’s Mental ...
Psychology Today

New Mental Health Guidelines from the World Health Organization

The World Health Organization recently released its 2023 diagnostic and treatment guide to mental, neurological, and substance use disorders. Last updated in 2016, adopted in more than 100 countries ...
UNHCR

A critical step toward saving lives: helping humanitarian workers respond to substance use with empathy and care

Sudanese refugees arrive at Kiryandongo Reception Center, Uganda, in April 2025. Providing refuge to over 100,000 refugees, the Kiryandongo settlement is facing growing pressure on essential services ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Psychosocial Interventions for Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Framework for Establishing Evidence-Based Standards

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...