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Bridging humanitarian and social action through mental health and psychosocial support: towards ethical and context-sensitive responses in a polarised world

According to the authors, humanitarian aid and social action remain artificially compartmentalised, and continue to operate within enduring colonial hier­archies. Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) can serve as a bridge – provided that approaches are decol­onised and power relations are genu­inely redistributed. Humanitarian action and social work are generally considered distinct fields. The former […]

Lourdes Carrasco Colom - Maria Bray