After working for years in psychiatric centres in Italy and France, Donatella joined Doctors Without Borders, a medical emergency organisation. During this time she worked in Kosovo after the 1999 conflict, on the West Bank during the Second Intifada, in Banda Aceh after the 2004 Tsunami, in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, in Italy with asylum seekers and in South Korea with refugees, in West Africa on HIV/AIDs, and in the Democratic Republic of Congo on sexual violence. Donatella’s talk will discuss the importance and explore the challenges of addressing mental health in conflict and natural disaster settings.