Another meeting of psychologists working in the refugee context was held. The goal of the meeting was mapping of available services of mental health protection and psychosocial support in Serbia. The mapping has been conducted in collaboration with Consortium on…
In collaboration with the Ministry of Health and with the support from Kahane Foundation, we organised a professional training for psychologists working in the refugee context. During the regular working meetings of psychologists working with refugees, the need for building…
The second part of training, „ Referral mechanisms and psychological support “, has been completed in collaboration with the Ministry of labour, employment, veteran and social affairs. Great thanks to many educators, guardians and out reach social workers that expressed…
At the scientific conference Empirical Research in Psychology, our Marko Živanović and Maša Vukčević discussed different approaches to measuring secondary traumatization and presented the new measuring instrument they created. Thanks to organizers of the meeting and colleagues for participating!
With the support of Open Society Foundation, on 20 May 2021 PIN conducted a training “Working with asylum seekers who have experienced trauma – Multidisciplinary approach” aimed for legal representatives in the asylum procedure. The training was attended by legal…
The first part of the training on “Working with children with traumatic experiences” has been completed. In the coming period we are looking forward of meeting again when we will discuss mechanisms for early identification of difficulties in the field…
The first part of the training on “Working with children with traumatic experiences” has been completed. In the coming period we are looking forward of meeting again when we will discuss mechanisms for early identification of difficulties in the field…
In the past year, among other things, we have witnessed the great importance of maintaining uninterrupted communication in both the private and business parts of our life. For many, establishing and maintaining uninterrupted communication with their associates and beneficiaries is…
Dear colleagues and friends, we would like to thank you for six years of joint work, fight and joy! And a special thanks for everything we accomplished since our first beneficiary up to today, we owe to all of you…
Description: As a part of the project Psychosocial support to vulnerable groups during COVID19 pandemic, in scope of the project IRIS NETWORKing – CSOs for protection sensitive migration management”, supported by Iris Network, and funded by EU, PIN is opening…
Its our great pleasure to announce the beginning of the project “Building Inclusive Societies: exchanging innovative and good practices to empower local NGO’s working with migrants and refugees” together with Agora Aveiro, Social Science Works and Mentor Split. Main activities…
PIN became a member of The Global Mental Health Action Network! We are glad to be a part of a global community of mental health professionals working together on advocating for available support for mental health across the world!
The latest #STRIVE Global in Focus presents the Youth for Change project we conducted from August 2019 to October 2020, which aimed to build the #resilience of Serbian #youth through engagement, leadership and development of their cognitive and socio-emotional skills….
Why some young people show tendency to radical ideas? What makes them prone to justifying violence in order to achieve different goals? What kind of environment and what psychological traits lead young people to see the world as an evil…
As a part of EU funded regional project “SOCIETIES 2”, Association “Prostor”, in partnership with Psychosocial Innovation Network, and in collaboration with Caritas Serbia, is implementing a project “Together towards community”, aiming at improved quality of life of users of…
Working Group for Protection of Mental Health of Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Migrants held its first meeting in the year 2021 where we discussed availability of mental health protection services in the ongoing year, as well as current challenges in…
How does the asylum interview affect one’s mental health? How does mental health affect one’s testimony? Why is it important to understand the psychological condition of the applicant? Does compromised mental health jeopardizes the course and outcome of the refugee…
We are proud to announce the establishment of the first international Consortium on Refugees’ and Migrants’ Mental Health – CoReMH, focused primarily on countries on the transit route. We would like to thank to our colleagues from Turkey, Greece, Bosnia…
On the occasion of the World Mental Health, we organized a round table and discussed what was done over the last five years regarding improvement of protection of refugees’ mental health. We presented work of the Mental health Working group,…
It is our great pleasure to present the video created within the project “Youth for Change: Building the resilience of Serbian youth through engagement, leadership and development of their cognitive and social-emotional skills.” Youth leaders from Belgrade, Sjenica and Novi…