children's mental health

Movie Night: Mental Health in South Sudan

A long stay in hospital is stressful for anyone, but especially for children. Mental health specialist Margaret shares a creative approach from a UN camp in South Sudan...

10 Nov 2019 / 3 minute read

the msf team take the beach to reach a remote community in Papua New Guinea

Blogs Team

Five eye-witness stories from Doctors Without Borders - September 2019

From the Ebola crisis in the Congo to the remote corners of Papua New Guinea, our teams are working to save lives. On our blog they share what they're seeing, in order to bring you closer to crises that can feel very far away...

01 Oct 2019 / 5 minute read

Margaret Ngunang

Mental health specialist

The beauty of movement: Helping young minds in South Sudan

Hospital is a tough environment for any child, let alone those whose families have lost almost everything. Mental health specialist Margaret explains why, despite conflict, displacement and illness, it’s vital to provide opportunities for kids to simply be kids…

09 Sep 2019 / 6 minute read

Alison Fogg

Mental health specialist

“The love for your child is good”: Mental health and the Rohingya crisis

How do you care for people's mental health when the situation around them is so unstable? British mental health officer Alison Fogg shares her experience of treating Rohingya people inside the world's largest refugee camp.

25 Jul 2019 / 6 minute read

Kateřina Šrahůlková

Mental health specialist

"Imagine a safe place": Working as a psychologist with refugee children

In Jordan Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are working with families who are trying to rebuild their lives

01 Nov 2018 / 7 minute read

Marion Thimm

Mental health specialist

Mental health support for children in Syria: Poems of loss and displacement

"I still remember vividly the first time I saw seven-year-old Maida"

26 Mar 2018 / 4 minute read

Raimund Alber

Mental health specialist

My name is Mahmoud! I am 10 years old...

MSF psychologist Raimond shares the story of a brave young patient caught up in violent conflict, and how he has learned to cope with PTSD.

24 Mar 2017 / 1 minute read

A toy bunny probably most beloved staff member!

Minja Westerlund

Mental health specialist

Zimbabwe: The one they love the most

Minja is a psychologist working in an MSF project in Zimbabwe. Today she blogs about the the project's most popular member of staff...

07 Oct 2016 / 2 minute read

Charlotte

Mental health specialist

When language is no longer a barrier

S was only five months-old, the daughter of a fairly poor family who decided to leave their village after it was bombed several times...

28 Nov 2014 / 5 minute read

Syrian Arab Republic

Mental Health

Charlotte

Mental health specialist

How a kind lady racoon helps a kid racoon

I used a book that really helped my work with the children. It tells the story of a little racoon who is traumatised by something awful and frightening without actually specifying what the awful and frightening thing is so as to be universally applicable.

13 Nov 2014 / 3 minute read

Syrian Arab Republic

Mental Health