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One subject of the Academy, with its fields, courses and communities of practice.

Mental health and psychosocial support

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

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1
Faculty
Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences
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Sources

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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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Report an error What we are and are not

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.

SchemeCodeSteward
OECD Fields of Research and Development (FORD), Frascati Manual 2015, Table 2.23.3OECD
ISCED Fields of Education and Training 2013 (ISCED-F 2013)091UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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.

    Proposed

05Contribute to this field

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    Translator

    Translate courses and pages of this field into the languages of the community.

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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

  • Proposed

    Epidemiology

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

    0 courses4 fields

  • Proposed

    Global and humanitarian health

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

    0 courses4 fields

  • Proposed

    Nutrition and dietetics

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

    0 courses3 fields

  • Proposed

    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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	author = {{The Kurdish Cooperation Organization}},
	year = {2026},
	note = {Licence: CC BY 4.0},
	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

Recent and relevant work on this page’s subject, from approved open scholarly sources. Metadata and links only. Titles stay as published. Not yet reviewed.

  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

Sources, licences and fetch dates: Crossref (Metadata facts, any use; abstracts may be publisher-owned and are never shown), 2026-10-23; DataCite (CC0 1.0 (DataCite metadata)), 2026-10-23; DOAJ (Metadata CC0 1.0 (DOAJ); articles under their own open licences), 2026-10-23; Europe PMC (Metadata reusable; full text under each article’s licence), 2026-10-23; OpenAIRE (CC BY 4.0 (OpenAIRE Graph)), 2026-10-23; OpenAlex (CC0-1.0 data; metered API (free key)), 2026-10-23.

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