Psy-pour-Haiti is a non-profit association, begun in 2010 to promote mental health, through both prevention and restoration.
The purposes and goals
Our first goal is to help people recognise mental health needs. As in many places where living conditions make subsistance and survival the primary focus, mental health needs are minimised or set aside.
When mental health needs (whether daily or exceptional) are recognised, it is possible to help people discover tools to foster optimal mental health which already exist around them.
These tools do not need to cost money, nor do they require consulting mental health specialists.
Our goals are to foster optimal mental health by helping people utilise these low-cost or no-cost tools and to be able to easily pass them on to others, thus multiplying the benefits.
We aim not to work for Haïtians and their mental health but rather WITH Haïtians towards improving mental health.
How do we do this?
Courses are offered in basic concepts in mental health to raise awareness, diminish ¨tabous¨ concerning mental health, and to increase understanding of mental health needs, including appropriate responses.
Conferences are given in community training centers, churches, social clubs, hospitals.
Individuals and teams are trained to educate others and to respond to basic mental health needs.
University courses are offered to acquaint psychology/sociology students with the concept of ‘emotional literacy’ which is a tool for preventing violence.
Local resources, and mental health specialists are identified and contacts made available to those in need.
Mentoring programs are established for children at risk following the Big Brother/Big Sister models which have been used with success for over 40 years.
Health professionals are offered specialised training to encourage them to include mental health needs in primary care.
Our activites (past and present)
How do we do this?
Courses are offered in basic concepts in mental health to raise awareness, diminish ¨tabous¨ concerning mental health, and to increase understanding of mental health needs, including appropriate responses.
Conferences are given in community training centers, churches, social clubs, hospitals.
Individuals and teams are trained to educate others and to respond to basic mental health needs.
University courses are offered to acquaint psychology/sociology students with the concept of ‘emotional literacy’ which is a tool for preventing violence.
Local resources, and mental health specialists are identified and contacts made available to those in need.
Mentoring programs are established for children at risk following the Big Brother/Big Sister models which have been used with success for over 40 years.
Health professionals are offered specialised training to encourage them to include mental health needs in primary care.
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IBAN : CH90 8080 8005 4870 2590 5
Bank : Raiffeisen Nyon-La Vallée, Avenue Alfred-Cortot 14, CH-1260 Nyon (Switzerland)
Legal address : 1260 Nyon