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Published by the World Health Organization in 2011 under the title
Psychological first aid: Guide for field workers
© World Health Organization 2011
The Director General of the World Health Organization has granted translation
and publication rights to an edition in Sinhala to The Good Practice Group,
which is solely responsible for the Sinhala editions
pfa guide
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© The Good Practice Group 2013
The Good Practice Group
Strategic Actions in Mental Health & Psychosocial Support
Contributors to Sinhala Translation:
Translators : Nilanga Abeysinghe and Shantha Kulathunga;
Reviewers: Evangeline Ekanayake, Gayathri Jayasooriya, Devika Shyamalee
Aththanagoda, Hashini Silva, Kapila Rasnayaka, Kusala Wettasinghe, Wimal
Nishantha, Dr.Rasanjalee Hettiarachchi, Ananda Galappatti
For feedback or questions on technical aspects of this publication, please
contact:
• Dr Mark van Ommeren, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse,
World Health Organization, 20 Avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland
(email: vanommerenm@who.int, tel: + 41-22-791-2111);
• Dr Leslie Snider, Senior Programme Advisor, War Trauma Foundation,
Nienoord 5, 1112 XE Diemen, the Netherlands
(email: l.snider@wartrauma.nl, tel: +31-20-6438538).
• Alison Schafer, Senior Program Advisor, Mental Health and Psychosocial
Support, Humanitarian and Emergency Affairs Team, World Vision Australia.
1 Vision Drive, Burwood East, Victoria, 3151, Australia
(email: alison.schafer@worldvision.com.au, tel: +61-3-9287-2233)
This document provides technical guidance to implement the WHO Mental
Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP).
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