Anchoring Mental Health And Psychosocial Support In Humanitarian Responses: Consolidation Amidst Ongoing Challenges

Published in 2026 amid the ongoing civil war in Sudan and protracted crises in South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Somalia, Resilience in the Shadows addresses a significant gap in the MHPSS literature: the mental health of refugees and internally displaced populations within Africa, written from and for African and regional contexts rather than high-income resettlement settings. The book brings together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, and community practitioners — many of them working directly in the affected regions — to examine the psychological impact of forced displacement and, critically, the community and cultural resources that sustain resilience. Rather than centring deficit or pathology, the volume consistently asks: what are people already doing to survive and recover, and how can practitioners support and scale that?