Invisible Injuries: Responding to the Mental Health and Psychosocial Impacts of Armed Conflict
May 25, 2010, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Location:
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd floor
1200 17th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
For the past decade, understanding of the severe impacts of armed conflict on mental health and well being has grown, but programming has lagged and the evaluation of the effectiveness of various interventions has been even further behind. Problems have also included inadequate attention to the varying needs of different populations and consequent 'one size fits all' approaches, failure to take into account of the experience of people with pre-existing mental health problems, lack of assessment of program outcomes, and lack of respect for the human rights of people with mental illness mistreated before the conflict.
This program will provide an overview of what we know about the mental health and psychosocial impacts of armed conflict. A panel will discuss implications for programming, policy, evaluation, and human rights, and how that current knowledge can be put into practice.
This event will feature the following speakers:
Columbia University
Judith Bass
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Eric Rosenthal
Mental Disability Rights International
Leonard Rubenstein, Moderator
U.S. Institute of Peace
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