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Why I Thank the Voices in My Head

This World Hearing Voices Day, Eleanor Longden tells the moving tale of her years-long journey back to mental health, and makes the case that it was through learning to listen to her voices that she was able to survive
Author(s): 
Eleanor Longden
Post date: 
14 Sep 2015
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Working in Humanitarian Settings as a Mental Health Professional

Dr Peter Hughes writes about his experiences and in turn, his admiration, for health professionals working in difficult and high-stress environments.
Author(s): 
Peter Hughes
Post date: 
28 Aug 2015
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How do you get youth to talk about mental health? Design a radio programme

Heather Gilberds, Project Manager of the GCC funded project called "An integrated approach to addressing the issue of youth depression" writes about how their team got young people in Malawi and Tanzania interested in mental health.
Author(s): 
Heather Gilberds
Post date: 
12 Aug 2015
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Creating Global Awareness for Autism

Author(s): 
Gauri Divan
Post date: 
4 Aug 2015
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Training Lay Health Workers: when etic meets emic

A blog by Urvita highlighting the resourcefulness of lay health workers in low resource settings and offering insights into training
Author(s): 
Urvita Bhatia
Post date: 
22 Jul 2015
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Global Health Workforce, Finances Remain Low for Mental Health

WHO’s Mental Health Atlas provides a comprehensive overview of mental health policies, plans and services worldwide. The fourth edition, with data from 171 countries shows dramatic differences in resources for mental health between high- and low- and middle-income countries.
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16 Jul 2015
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Supporting Families Facing Adversity : A neglected approach?

Laurie Charles argues that using a family systems approach is important when delivering therapy to an individual who has faced an adverse event or an extreme stressor.
Author(s): 
Laurie L. Charlés
Post date: 
10 Jul 2015
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Bridging the Human Resource Gap in Times of Imminent Need

WHO's Ken Carswell highlights the strengths of the newly released Mental Health Gap Action Programme Humanitarian Intervention Guide and some of the situations it has been implemented in recently.
Author(s): 
Ken Carswell
Post date: 
3 Jul 2015
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Partnering for Impact at Scale

Kulsum Khan, a Grand Challenges Canada summer student, sheds light on the key messages from the successful 3 day conference in Toronto, "Solving the Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health: Partnering for Impact at Scale", which brought together global innovators, researchers, partners and policymakers.
Author(s): 
Kulsum Khan
Post date: 
2 Jul 2015
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The Legacy of Torture and the Right to Rehabilitation

On this year's International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Leanne MacMillan, Director of IRCT, calls for action to make the right to rehabilitation for torture survivors a reality.
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26 Jun 2015
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Building Back Better from West Africa’s Ebola Outbreak

In this blog entry, Heather Pearson covers the mental health and psychosocial support technical consultation held in Monrovia, Liberia in June 2015. During this technical consultation, stakeholders from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea came together to discuss, learn and make plans to "Build Back Better" from the regional effects of the Ebola outbreak.
Author(s): 
Heather Pearson
Post date: 
24 Jun 2015
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Stigma and the Language of Mental Health in Mothers

In LMIC, mothers are often reluctant to admit anything that would cast criticism and shame on her and her family. Author Ayomide Adebayo suggests this is especially true for mental health problems during , arguing that we need to change the way we talk about mental health in pregnancy within our communities to change broader maternal mental health outcomes in LMIC.
Author(s): 
Ayomide Adebayo
Post date: 
22 Jun 2015
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How to Treat Maternal Depression in Rural Ghana

Philomina Amofah, Project Coordinator of a Grand Challenges Canada project in Ghana, writes about reduction of stigma and increase in knowledge about maternal depression through the project.
Author(s): 
Philomina Amofah
Post date: 
17 Jun 2015
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Addressing Maternal Mental Health Through the Antenatal Platform: A Missed Opportunity

Alexis Palfreyman writes about the importance of using antenatal care to identify and support women with CMDs
Author(s): 
Alexis Palfreyman
Post date: 
15 Jun 2015
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Why Maternal Mental Health Matters: A Case for Early Childhood Development

Aisha K Yousafzai discusses the importance of integrating maternal mental health into early childhood care and development programs
Author(s): 
Aisha Yousafzai
Post date: 
15 Jun 2015
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The Importance of Listening to Women

Jean Marie S. Place, Deborah Billings, Filipa deCastro, & Alyssa Ham share their survey results after speaking to women with postpartum depression in Mexico.
Post date: 
11 Jun 2015
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Swept under the carpet: The psychological side of maternal health

Carley Chavara talks about the hidden side of perinatal common mental health problems in the first post of the “Mental Health: The Missing Piece in Maternal Health" blog series.
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1 Jun 2015
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Mental Health: The Missing Piece in Maternal Health

The Mental Health Innovation Network and Maternal Health Task Force are launching a new blog series this summer on maternal mental health. We need your blog contributions by June 1, 2015!
Author(s): 
Katie Millar
Post date: 
15 May 2015
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“The Zero Hour” for Mental Health

A repost from the World Bank Group Investing in Health blog, Tim Evans, Patricio V. Marquez, and Shekhar Saxena advocate for political commitment, broad social engagement and international support for global mental health.
Author(s): 
Patricio Marquez
Post date: 
11 May 2015
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Making it happen: Experiences and learnings from the implementation of the PRIME Project

Dr. Rahul Shidhaye, Prinicipal Investigator of the EMERALD Project, shares his experiences and learnings from the implementation of the PRIME Project in Sehore district, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Post date: 
9 May 2015

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