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Τετάρτη 19 Ιουλίου 2017

For Humanitarian Workers, Mental Health Needs Are Often Overlooked

July 19, 2017It's time to take mental well-being during complex emergencies seriously.In my family there was always a strong culture of suffering in silence. We were encouraged as children to ignore small injuries and illnesses, and to soldier on without complaint.I only realized the full extent of this embedded behavior when my elderly mother dislocated her shoulder and refused to go to the hospital for 24 hours, somehow believing that it would get better on its own.It has always been difficult to shake off this deeply ingrained sense that to ask for help is somehow weak. When, in a one year period, my son had a serious accident, my mother had a stroke, and I was diagnosed with cancer, it took me six months to realize that I needed to find a counsellor to help me through the mental effect...

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