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Mental health and psychosocial support

Help for people and communities living with loss, violence and displacement, without stigma.

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Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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  1. Ahmed DR, Kamal SK, Mesbah SM et al. (2025). Systematic review of mental health problems and migration stressors among Kurdish migrants in western host countries.. Discov Ment Health. DOI 10.1007/s44192-025-00298-z
  2. Afrouz Zibaei (2018). Understanding the Mental Health Literacy in Kurdish Refugees. Mental Health & Human Resilience International Journal. DOI 10.23880/mhrij-16000124
  3. Ibrahim Mohammed, Hataw Ahmed Sharif, Jan Kizilhan et al. (2026). Reliability and validity of the Kurdish version of the patient health questionnaire-15 in a trauma-affected population. figshare. DOI 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.8411219.v1
  4. Hataw Sharif, Martin HAUTZINGER, Ibrahim Mohammed et al. (2025). Psychological Symptom Profiles and Hair Cortisol Levels Among Halabja Kurdish Trauma Survivors Three Decades Post-Exposure. Zenodo. DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17008334
  5. Mohammed I, Ahmed H, Hasin B et al. (2025). A study on long-term trauma-related mental health outcomes among Kurdish survivors of chemical attacks.. Front Psychiatry. DOI 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1693072

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01Fields

The A narrower topic within a discipline. this discipline covers.

  • Trauma and resilience
  • Community psychosocial support
  • Mental health literacy
  • Stigma and help-seeking

02Classification

Where the discipline sits in the international lists of fields.

03Courses

Proposed 1

A A record of what was studied and assessed in a course or pathway; it is not a certificate or a qualification. shows what was studied and assessed. It is not a certificate or a qualification.

04Communities of practice

  • Community of practice: Health, Protection and Humanitarian Coordination

    A A proposal only, which exists once the governing body the charter names decides. A group of practitioners of one field who work together on courses, standards and toolkits; the charter calls it a Standards area. on safeguarding, referral standards and humanitarian guidance.

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05Contribute to this field

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06Related service subsites

  • Development

    Social programmes, livelihoods and disaster preparedness for Kurdish communities.

07More in this department

  • Proposed

    Public health

    Protecting the health of populations, from refugee camps to the cities of the diaspora.

    0 courses5 fields

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    Epidemiology

    How disease spreads and why, measured through surveillance and statistics.

    0 courses4 fields

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    Global and humanitarian health

    Health care in displacement, camps and conflict, for mothers, children and everyone else.

    0 courses4 fields

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    Nutrition and dietetics

    What people eat, and how diet shapes the health of children and adults.

    0 courses3 fields

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    Occupational health and safety

    Safety at work, including for migrant and seasonal workers.

    0 courses3 fields

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APA

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. (2026). Mental health and psychosocial support. kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/mental-health-psychosocial-support/

Chicago

The Kurdish Cooperation Organization. 2026. “Mental Health and Psychosocial Support.” kurds.global. https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/mental-health-psychosocial-support/.

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	year = {2026},
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	title = {Mental health and psychosocial support},
	url = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/mental-health-psychosocial-support/},
	howpublished = {https://kurds.global/learn/disciplines/mental-health-psychosocial-support/},
}

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08Research and sources

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  1. Systematic review of mental health problems and migration stressors among Kurdish migrants in western host countries.

    Ahmed DR, Kamal SK, Mesbah SM et al. · 2025 · Discov Ment Health

    ArticleEurope PMCOpenAIREOpen access

  2. Understanding the Mental Health Literacy in Kurdish Refugees

    Afrouz Zibaei · 2018 · Mental Health & Human Resilience International Journal

    ArticleOpenAlexCrossrefOpenAIREOpen access

  3. Reliability and validity of the Kurdish version of the patient health questionnaire-15 in a trauma-affected population

    Ibrahim Mohammed, Hataw Ahmed Sharif, Jan Kizilhan et al. · 2026 · figshare

    OtherDataCiteDOAJOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  4. Psychological Symptom Profiles and Hair Cortisol Levels Among Halabja Kurdish Trauma Survivors Three Decades Post-Exposure

    Hataw Sharif, Martin HAUTZINGER, Ibrahim Mohammed et al. · 2025 · Zenodo

    DatasetDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  5. A study on long-term trauma-related mental health outcomes among Kurdish survivors of chemical attacks.

    Mohammed I, Ahmed H, Hasin B et al. · 2025 · Front Psychiatry

    ArticleEurope PMCDOAJOpen access

  6. dataset271/GLM_Analytic_Code: Analytic_Codes_A study on long-term trauma-related mental health outcomes among Kurdish survivors of chemical attacks

    Ibrahim · 2025 · Zenodo

    SoftwareDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  7. Kurdish Refugee Beliefs about Mental Health and Help-Seeking: A Community-Engaged Research Study in Tennessee

    Leah S. Branam, Ismail Yigit, Sipal Haji et al. · 2023 · International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

    ArticleOpenAIREOpen access

  8. Code for [ A study on long-term trauma-related mental health outcomes among Kurdish survivors of chemical attacks ]

    MOHAMMED IBRAHIMI · 2025 · Zenodo

    DatasetDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  9. The role of collective identifications in family processes of post-trauma reconstruction: An exploratory study with Kurdish refugee families and their diasporic community

    Ruth Kevers, Peter Rober, Lucia De Haene · 2017 · Kurdish Studies

    ArticleCrossref

  10. Dataset for: A study on long-term trauma-related mental health outcomes among Kurdish survivors of chemical attacks

    Ibrahim Mohammed · 2025 · Zenodo

    DatasetDataCiteOpen accessCC-BY-4.0

  11. “Thinking Too Much”: Psychological distress, sources of stress and coping strategies of resettled Afghan and Kurdish refugees

    C. M. R. Sulaiman-Hill, S. C. Thompson · 2012 · Journal of Muslim Mental Health

    ArticleCrossref

  12. The Role of Collective Identifications in Family Processes of Post-Trauma Reconstruction: an Exploratory Study of Kurdish Refugee Families and Their Diasporic Community

    Ruth Kevers, Peter Rober, Lucia De Haene · 2024 · Kurdish Studies Archive

    ChapterCrossrefCC-BY-4.0

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