Conflict-driven internal displacement has an acute impact on the health of those who are forced to flee as internally displaced persons (IDPs). Nowhere is that negative impact more evident than in the prevalence of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental health problems that appear to affect male and female IDPs in different ways. How, then, can health policy and interventions respond to the crisis of mental health in these underserved IDP populations? In this webinar, two presentations by leading HIDN researchers share important findings on IDP mental health that ask us to consider how interventions can best respond to this emergency.
By Refugee Law Initiative | Jun 21, 2025
Held on 14-15 March 2024, this online conference marked the culmination of five years of increasing international engagement with the pressing challenge of ‘solutions’ to internal displacement. It provided a forum for researchers, practitioners, policy-makers and st...