psychological care

At our Tongolo project in the Central African Republic, survivors of sexual violence can find both physical care and psychological support. Mental health specialist Gisela Silva Gonzalez takes us inside this important and powerful place.

23 Feb 2021 / 5 minute read

Blogs Team

Seven powerful personal stories about mental health from Doctors Without Borders

As we mark World Mental Health Day 2020, read some of the most moving and meaningful mental health stories from our frontline staff

07 Oct 2020 / 6 minute read

Marilen Osinalde

Mental health specialist

Mental health in Palestine: “It shows strength to ask for help”

Psychologist Marilen Osinalde explains how mental trauma can build-up, and the hope that can be found in seeking support

28 Sep 2020 / 6 minute read

Maria, a resident of Optyne village in eastern Ukraine

Iveta Polochová

Communications

Ukraine: "I won't leave, my son and husband are buried here"

Parts of the world seem to forget there is a conflict in eastern Ukraine. After five years, traumas and tragedies are still affecting people. This article was written in memory of Maria, who lived in the Ukrainian frontline village, Opytne, which MSF press officer Iveta and her colleague Zdeněk visited earlier this year.

23 Dec 2019 / 5 minute read

Stefanie

Medical team leader

"We are humbled by their courage": Treating psychological trauma at sea

When people are pulled to safety by search and rescue teams in the Mediterranean, many carry invisible psychological wounds from the trauma that forced them to flee Libya. Stefanie, who leads MSF's medical team on board the Ocean Viking, shares their story...

27 Aug 2019 / 5 minute read

Natasha Reyes

Philippines: the Marawi City crisis

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the violence in Marawi City, a regional capital in the south of the Philippines. Dr Natasha Reyes blogs about MSF's emergency response...

04 Oct 2017 / 4 minute read

Georgina Woolveridge

Doctor

Surviving sexual violence in Bangladesh: "An endless battle"

Dr Georgina Woolveridge recently spent six months working in Kamrangirchar, a slum area on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. She describes some of the factors fuelling violence in the overcrowded slum.

04 Apr 2017 / 3 minute read

Georgina Woolveridge

Doctor

Surviving sexual violence in Bangladesh: "She's one of millions"

Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) cares for survivors of sexual violence in Kamrangirchar, an overcrowded slum on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka. Dr Georgina Woolveridge recalls some of the women she met in her six months working in the slum clinic.

30 Mar 2017 / 4 minute read

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