Our Mission
Psychology Beyond Borders (PBB) is an international non-profit, non-government organization committed to
assisting communities and individuals impacted by natural disasters, incidents of terrorism and armed conflict. In order to achieve its mission, PBB engages in the following key activities:
- Psychosocial Service Delivery. Providing evidence-informed psychosocial services to address intermediate and longer-term needs in communities impacted by traumatic events.
- Research. Conducting rigorous research (including evaluation) of various psychosocial approaches used to manage preparedness and response to disaster, terrorism, and armed conflict in order to determine which are most helpful.
- Education and Training. Offering education about the most effective strategies in psychosocial practice, programs, and policy; offering training as a way to build sustainable and self-reliant communities.
- Public Policy Development. Providing policy-makers with evidence-informed recommendations for public policy related to prevention, preparedness, and response to disasters, terrorism, and armed conflict.
- Building Collaborative Networks. Engaging and collaborating with experts from around the world - practitioners, researchers, public policy-makers and their advisors, and educators from multiple disciplines - in sharing knowledge about the most effective strategies for addressing the psychosocial impact of disasters, terrorism, and armed conflict.
Psychology Beyond Borders' overarching goal is to contribute to
the alleviation of human suffering.