The psychosocial impacts resulting from crises such as the Corona pandemic or the flood disaster in 2021 were enormous. However, as of now there is a lack of research about psychosocial impacts and support in emergency settings. The first step of the project is to gain an overview of the form and extent of psychosocial stress of the population as well as the help-seeking behaviour regarding psychosocial support services. The latter will specifically examine the accessibility of services to heavily affected people. In addition, the topic of psychosocial support in emergency settings provided by aid organisations will be examined. Special attention will be given to the documentation and evaluation of psychosocial support operations. The results of the project will be summarised and made accessible via an interactive website.

Within the project, the German Red Cross (GRC) is focussing on its own psychosocial support services and its operational experience. One of the main goals is to draw upon and subsume the expertise of the entire GRC to create and test a standardised psychosocial support operation form. Such a form will contribute to ensuring the quality of psychosocial support interventions in future operations.