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Table 3 MHPSS response activity outcomes of three most active mental health organizations

From: Building back better? Taking stock of the post-earthquake mental health and psychosocial response in Nepal

Activity type

Activity

Beneficiaries

Direct service provision

Psychological first aid (PFA)

66,175

Psychosocial Counselling or Supporta

69,987

Psychiatric treatment

363

Mental health services from trained primary health providerb

3655

Total

140,180

Capacity building

Training on providing psychological first aid

2098

New community psychosocial workersc

741

New psychosocial counsellorsd

56

Supplementary Training for Psychosocial Counsellors

66

Primary Health Care Providers (Prescribers) Trainede

642

Primary Health Care Providers (Non-Prescribers) Trainede

348

Female Community Health Volunteers and Auxiliary Nurse Midwivesf

2285

Total

6236

Awareness raising

Trainings/orientations for frontline workers and community leadersg

7018

Psychoeducation/orientation for general community membersh

131,701

Total

138,719

All activities

Total

285,135

  1. aIncludes individual, family, and group counselling and psychosocial support provided by psychosocial counsellors, community psychosocial workers, and other facilitators who had received training comparable to or longer than that of community psychosocial workers
  2. bRefers to number of people who received consultation, assessment, and management as needed for mental health problems from primary care workers trained in mental health (see ‘Capacity building’); data reported by only one organization for four districts in which it was working
  3. cTrainings ranged from 3 days (with follow-up module) to 20 days
  4. dThis is generally a 6-month course, with some variation in ratio of practical to theoretical content
  5. eTraining was based on mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (HIG) with some additional modules on psychosocial care
  6. fTrainings of several days focused on identification and referral and basic psychosocial support skills
  7. gIncludes trainings and orientations targeting teachers, traditional healers, frontline workers, police, local politicians, social mobilisers, protection actors, and various other health workers and community leaders
  8. hIncludes participants at community meetings and orientations and individuals who were directly provided psychoeducational paper materials