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Managing Stress in Humanitarian Aid Workers - Guidelines for Good Practice. English [PDF 559.2 kB]
Gestion du Stress chez les Travailleurs Humanitaires - Guide de Bonnes Pratiques. Français [PDF 1.8 MB]
Gestión del Estrés en Trabajadores Humanitarios - Guía de Buenas Prácticas. Español [PDF 1.7 MB]

Managing stress in humanitarian workers - Guidelines for Good Practice, Arabic version [PDF 2.7 MB]

Risk Reduction Document in English [PDF 49.8 kB]
Stratégies de Réduction des Risques en Français [PDF 58.8 kB]
Propuesta de Sistema para la Reducción de Riesgos en Español [PDF 54.9 kB]

Podcasts on Stress Management for Emergency Responders

Psycho social support

Support in situations of ongoing stress:

• Personal debriefings on stress management of international and national staff
• Advice and recommendations on how to handle ongoing stress in your teams on management level
• Prevention of burnout and Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome in situations of ongoing stress
• Advice in setting up of care systems for international and national staff

Support after critical incidents (at location or immediately after return):

• Emotional debriefing of international and national staff (individuals and groups)
• Advice and recommendation to managing staff and headquarters in handling individuals and teams after critical incidents

Therapy:

• Therapeutic assessment
• Short-term therapy after traumatic incidents
• Specialised referral system for long term therapy