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Mental Health activities in Batken, Kyrgyzstan

Mental health

Where we work, we may see people with a mental illness or confronting distressing situations, such as violence, loss or displacement.

Mental health support can be crucial to help people cope. People seek help for many reasons - the agonising loss of a child in an earthquake, the trauma of violence, or surviving a dangerous journey. People may feel stressed or anxious due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. Our teams can provide mental health and psychosocial support through group sessions or individual consultations. MSF’s mental health care aims primarily to reduce people’s symptoms and improve their ability to manage a difficult time so they can get on with their lives.

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Mental health

Quick facts about mental health

3 Tips for Managing Stress & Anxiety During COVID-19 - ENG
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3 tips for managing stress and anxiety during COVID-19

Coronavirus COVID-19: three tips to manage stress

The coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic is taking its toll on people all over the world, including on their mental health. MSF teams are providing psychological support to people during the pandemic in countries worldwide. Here are three tips to help you manage any stress or anxiety you may be feeling.

 
Occupied Minds_ Mustafa Suliman
Palestine

'What they see during the day, they dream at night.”

Voices from the Field 27 Nov 2015
 
Medical and mental healthcare for people displaced by violence in the Lake Chad area.
Lake Chad Crisis

“The only certainty is that people will remain uprooted and continue to live in fear”

Voices from the Field 23 Nov 2015
 
Iraq

Crisis Update – October 2015

Crisis Update 11 Nov 2015
 
East Ukraine Conflict, Donetsk, FEB 2015
Ukraine

MSF strongly refutes false allegations levelled in the media by the Humanitarian Committee of the Donetsk People’s Republic

Statement 26 Oct 2015
 
Palestine

MSF attends five times more patients than in regular activities after peak in violence

Project Update 22 Oct 2015
 
Refugee children of Kos
Mediterranean migration

“Refugees sleeping on the streets of Kos tell me, ‘At home we had war, but at least we had dignity’”

Voices from the Field 18 Sep 2015
 
Colombia

MSF provides medical and mental health care on the border with Venezuela

Project Update 17 Sep 2015
 
Serbia

MSF reinforces activities after Hungary border closure

Project Update 17 Sep 2015
 
MSF psychologist Gaia Quaranta
Mediterranean migration

“We heal the invisible wounds”

Voices from the Field 16 Sep 2015
fieldresearch.msf.org

We produce important research based on our field experience. So far, we have published articles in over 100 peer-reviewed journals. These articles have often changed clinical practice and have been used for humanitarian advocacy. Read all our Mental Health-related articles on our dedicated Field Research website.

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East Ukraine- October 2017
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