Community-based approaches to MHPSS

The limits of operating within humanitarian contexts do not always allow for sufficient time and resources to be devoted to the participatory processes that are vital to establishing community-based approaches to mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS). Here, Nersisian et al talk about community-based approaches to MHPSS. A community-based approach to MHPSS is essential in supporting individuals' and communities' resilience and agency in displacement contexts; in providing ethical, culturally appropriate and sustainable MHPSS for people of varying backgrounds; and in addressing individual and community psychosocial well-being within the wider social, political and economic structures affecting displaced people's lives.