Mental Health & Wellbeing
A themed resource page from GISF that treats staff wellbeing as part of an organisation's duty of care. It collects guides, toolkits, papers, articles and tip sheets on stress, burnout, resilience, traumatic stress, mindfulness, psychological first aid and mental health and psychosocial support for aid workers. Security and HR staff in humanitarian and development NGOs use it to find guidance and tools.
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Global Interagency Security Forum (GISF) (n.d.). Mental Health & Wellbeing. https://gisf.ngo/themes/mental-health-wellbeing/
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