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Mental Health Awareness Month: Healing the invisible wounds of crisis Traumatic events, like the recent earthquakes in Syria and Türkiye, take a heavy toll on the mental health of survivors. Here’s how we meet urgent psychological needs following a crisis with a practice called Psychological First Aid: First, we look for survivors in distress and connect them with services that meet their immediate needs. 'The aim is to stabilize people: Moving them to a safe place to avoid further harm and ensuring they have food, water, shelter, and the medications they need. Then we focus on the trauma.' Dr. Bashar Ghassan, MSF Psychiatrist, Syria We give them space to process their emotions, and listen to their experiences with open ears, eyes, and hearts. “My job is to help them to
safely feel these emotions, then stabilize them until they can go to another safer place where they can relax.” Marina Popova, MSF Psychologist, Ukraine We empower them with tools and techniques to help them cope with their experience, now and in the future. 'Working with Onnie gives them a chance to break down barriers so that they can open up to therapists and feel confident to talk about the difficult situations they have experienced.' Alicia de la Rosa, MSF Psychologist, Mexico Invisible wounds, no matter how deep, can heal. We know because Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) makes it happen every day in more than 70 countries around the world. Thank you for supporting this lifesaving work

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