Psychology Beyond Borders (PBB) is committed to
international
leadership in evidence-informed psychosocial preparedness, prevention
and response to disasters, armed conflict and terrorism.
As part
of this broad mission, Psychology Beyond Borders is committed to
enhancing understanding, policy and practice in four key areas:
Preparedness
Encouraging
global, national, community, family and individual preparedness for
disasters, armed conflict and terrorism.
Prevention
Designing
programs, facilitating research and encouraging policy initiatives to enhance cross-cultural understanding, peace-building and nonviolent
conflict resolution to enhance prevention of consequences of disasters,
armed conflict and terrorism.
Repetitive exposure to disaster
Encouraging
the design and evaluation of the most effective approaches to coping
with repeated and chronic exposure to disasters, armed conflict or
terrorism.
Resilience
Understanding
the risk and resilience profile of potentially vulnerable communities and societies and developing effective means for building societal
resilience in the face of disasters, armed conflict and
terrorism.
For all of these
areas, Psychology Beyond
Borders aims to contribute to the minimizing of
potential long-term psychosocial impacts of disasters, armed conflict
and terrorism.