Mental Health - Finals

• Mental health and psychosocial support - composite term used to describe any type of local or outside support that aims to protect or promote psychosocial well-being and/or prevent or treat mental disorder. (MHPSS)
• Aid agencies - agencies outside the health sector that tend to speak of supporting psychosocial well-being.
• Health sector agencies - agencies that tend to speak of mental health, yet historically have also used the terms psychosocial rehabilitation and psychosocial treatment to describe non-biological interventions for people with mental disorders.
• MHPSS - composite term that serves to unite a broad group of actors, and underscore the need for diverse, complementary approaches in providing appropriate supports.
• Pre-existing social problems (Pre-emergency) - social problem that involves the discrimination of those in extreme poverty, marginalized groups, etc.
• Emergency-induced social problems - social problem that involves family separation, social network disruption, gender-based violence, etc.
• Humanitarian aid-induced social problem - social problems that involve undermining of community structures or traditional support systems
• Pre-existing social problems - social problems that involve severe mental disorder, and alcohol abuse
• Emergency-induced psychological problems - problems that involve grief, non-pathological distress, depression, anxiety disorders such as PTSD
• Humanitarian aid-related psychological problems - problems that involve anxiety due to a lack of information about food distribution
• Resilience - the ability to cope relatively well in situations of adversity
• Supportive social resources - examples of this type of resources include families, local government officers, community leaders, traditional healers
• Economic resources -examples of this type of resources include savings, land, crops, and animals
• Educational resources - examples of this type of resources include schools and teachers
• Health resources - examples of this type of resources include health posts and staff
• Religious and spiritual resources - examples of this type of resources include religious leaders, local healers, practices of prayer and worship
• Basic services and security - 1st layer / bottom of the multi-layered support pyramid
• Family and community supports - 2nd layer of the multi-layered support pyramid
• Focused care - 3rd layer of the multi-layered support pyramid
• Specialized care - 4th layer of the multi-layered support pyramid