Mental health and psychosocial wellbeing benefits from a sense of normalcy, facilitation of community mobilisation and self-help.

Many factors that adversely affect psychological health are related to the way assistance e.g. food security, shelter, water and sanitation, is provided.

Vulnerable groups, such as socially isolated and marginalized people and people living in institutions, require specific risk reduction, emergency response and recovery measures.

Measures to address risks to mental health and psychosocial wellbeing include:

• General basic services.
• Community supports.
• Psychological first aid.
• Embedding mental health care and psychosocial support within education, general health service delivery and primary healthcare.
• Integrated rather than standalone services.
• Access to specialist care and medication for people with severe mental disorders.
• Different paradigms of mental health and illness exist across the world.