RAN HEALTH Papers

This paper summarises the main conclusions following the discussion on this observed fragmentation of ideologies. It describes the phenomenon and its complexity, as well as the ensuing challenges that practitioners currently face.

Personality disorders and mental illnesses present amongst radicalised individuals bring additional challenges to prevention of violent extremism (PVE) efforts.

This paper summarises the main conclusions following the discussion on training for mental health practitioners working in P/CVE. Consequently, this paper describes the reoccurring challenges practitioners face, the gaps in knowledge and the training content.

Recent years have seen a growing focus on the intersection between mental health and the field of
preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE).

A growing number of programmes and interventions aimed at preventing and countering violent extremism (P/CVE) programmes and interventions are being implemented across the European Union (EU).

In light of recent events such as the Christchurch attack, the Hanau shooting and the beheading of the teacher Samuel Paty near Paris, the threat of lone-actor violent extremism has grown within and outside the EU.

This paper summarises the discussion and recommendations on the role of mental health practitioners in DRR. This entails the differences between offenders and extremist offenders and the methods, approaches and therapy that have proven or were discussed as useful to other practitioners.

This overview paper is on the key themes of the RAN Mental Health working group (formerly Health & Social Care). These key themes are related to: Mental health profiles; Mental health and multi-agency working; And the professionalisation and support of the mental health professional in P/CVE.

This paper will first describe the challenges discussed by experts during the meeting. Based on this, first ideas and recommendation for practitioners, policymakers and research are presented.