Native care is needed
"The Palestine-Global Mental Health Network […] urgently calls for: […] Prioritization of Mental Health Support: Comprehensive psychosocial support must be integrated into all humanitarian aid efforts to address the widespread psychological distress. This needs to be led by those Mental Health Providers within Gaza, such as GCMHN, who are placed to respond to the needs of the population they live among. Capacity building within Gaza which, as the report mentions, has 3,000 unemployed psychologists rather than interventions from outside trauma specialists, has the best chance of restoring agency and dignity, both vital components of mental wellbeing."
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/07/mobilizing-global-support-for-gazas-mental-health-emergency/ @psychology @socialpsych @health
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