title: Emergency mental health and psychosocial support for survivors of post-election violence in Eldoret, Kenya.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the design and delivery of emergency mental health and psychosocial support services for the survivors of Post-Election Violence in Eldoret, Kenya.
  
  
  METHODS
  A longitudinal intervention.
  
  
  METHODS
  The North Rift Valley region in Western Kenya.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 80,772 survivors received mental health and psychosocial support services.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Counselling and Psychological First Aid services were successfully offered to most survivors in the North Rift Valley region. Common issues addressed included looking for lost relatives, sudden traumatic death of relatives, anger at their attackers, feelings of revenge, fear of seeing the corpse, loss of all property and source of livelihood and denial.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is possible and necessary to integrate a mental health and psychosocial support intervention into a disaster response even in limited resource settings. Further studies are recommended to evaluate the effectiveness of this approach.
authors: Moi University School of Medicine, Department of Mental Health, P. O. Box 1493, Eldoret, Kenya.
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authors: L
authors: Atwoli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007630:Kenya; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011057:Politics; D012944:Social Support; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*