World Health Organization: "Doing What Matters in Times of Stress" and Self-Help Plus (SH+)

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SELF-HELP PLUS (SH+) (2021)
A group-based stress management course for adults (World Health Organization)
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240035119

Overview
Self-Help Plus (SH+) is WHO’s 5-session stress management course for large groups of up to 30 people. It is delivered by supervised, non-specialist facilitators who complete a short training course and use pre-recorded audio and an illustrated guide (Doing What Matters in Times of Stress) to teach stress management skills. The course is suitable for adults who experiences stress, wherever they live and whatever their circumstances. It has been shown to reduce psychological distress and prevent the onset of mental disorders. The format of SH+ makes it well-suited for use alongside other mental health interventions, as a first step in a step.

Available in English, Arabic, Juba Arabic, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish, Ukrainian.

Doing What Matters in Times of Stress (2020)
An Illustrated Guide
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240003927
https://iris.who.int/handle/10665/331901

Overview
Doing What Matters in Times of Stress: An Illustrated Guide is a stress management guide for coping with adversity. The guide aims to equip people with practical skills to help cope with stress. A few minutes each day are enough to practice the self-help techniques. The guide can be used alone or with the accompanying audio exercises.
Informed by evidence and extensive field testing, the guide is for anyone who experiences stress, wherever they live and whatever their circumstances.

Available in Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Czech, Dari, English, Estonian, Farsi/Persian, Finnish, French, German, Georgian, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Juba Arabic, Korean, Lithuanian, Malay, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish, Tigrinya, Tongan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, Vietnamese.

How to Use WHO Self-help Plus Protocol
Webinar presented by Russ Harris and Claudette Foley
April 13, 2022
https://contextualscience.org/video/how_to_use_who_selfhelp_plus_protocol_webinar

Overview
This is a webinar on WHO's ACT protocol for refugees. We will answer Frequently Asked Questions about the protocol–also known as “Self-help Plus”-and explore how to implement it.