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The Comprehensive Guideline on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Disaster Settings

Published on 15 September 2025
Operational guidance system for psychosocial crisis managers and mental health professionals to support high-quality interventions in disasters.
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The Comprehensive Guideline on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in Disaster Settings

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Juen, Barbara; Warger, Ruth; Nindl, Sandra; Siller, Heidi; Lindenthal, Michael J.; Huttner, Elisabeth; Ajdukovic, Dean; Bakic, Helena; Olff, Miranda; Thormar, Sigridur
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The comprehensive guidelines on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in disaster settings is one outcome of the OPSIC Project (Operationalising Psychosocial Support In Crisis), a European Union project funded by the European Union Seventh Framework Programme.

One of the aims of the OPSIC Project was to create an operational guidance system (COMPASS) which could be used by psychosocial crisis managers and mental health professionals in order to provide high quality mental health and psychosocial support programming and interventions in the context of disasters. (Version May 2016).

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Hazard types

Multi-hazard

DRM Phases

Recovery Response

Geographic focus

all Europe/EU

Sectors

Education & Training