Culture and mental health in Liberia
A primer
11 March 2017
| Technical document
Overview
This primer to “Culture and Mental Health in Liberia” has been designed to provide to interested agencies and practitioners an accessible summary of the relevant literature on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in the Liberia context. It also helps establish a “history of the present,” or a recent history of international and Liberian national activities and challenges in the MHPSS domain in Liberia.
The report builds upon the framework for a literature review set forth in the WHO-UNHCR (2012) publication Assessing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs and Resources: Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings, which includes a template for desk reviews to summarize MHPSS information about an emergency-affected region or country.