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La Red de Innovación en Salud Mental (MHIN), en colaboración con el Departamento de Salud Mental y Uso de Sustancias de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, hace un llamado a la presentación de experiencias globales de proveedores de salud mental y asistencia social involucrados en el apoyo de salud mental a las personas durante el brote de COVID-19, personas afectadas por el brote, o personas con afecciones de salud mental preexistentes o discapacidades psicosociales.

This blog discusses the treatment gap for depression via a case study from rural India and includes an infographic looking at recommendations for supporting people with psychological distress who are experiencing ongoing adversity.

This series of videos focuses on mental health and includes experts volunteering their time and expertise in exchange for the opportunity to present their ideas and share information on global mental health.

In 2019, Ember launched a call for grassroots mental health projects working in low and middle income countries to submit applications for a 12-month partnership to strengthen mental health innovation. 159 applications from projects in 48 countries were submitted, showcasing a wide range of perspectives, approaches, challenges and strengths. This announcement introduces the final seven projects selected and briefly describes the work they do in their countries.

Valentina Iemmi is a Research Fellow in the Department of Health Policy and PhD candidate in the Department of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. In this blog, she shares the results of her PhD research exploring the role of international actors investing in global mental health in low and middle income countries.

In this blog Joshua Abioseh Duncan writes about the Mental Health Coalition of Sierra Leone, an initiative that has brought meaningful engagement of people with lived experience of mental health conditions into discussions around policy and planning for mental health within the country as well as the capacity-building of mental health leadership. He shares the program's learning around what made their project successful and sustainable.

Dr. Crick Lund is a professor of Public Mental Health at the Alan J Flisher Centre for Public Mental Health at the University of Cape Town, as well as a professor of Global Mental Health and Development at the Centre for Global Mental Health. He is a panelist at the upcoming Mental Health in Africa conference, speaking to how to improve the public profile of mental health and buy-in from policy makers within the African continent and in this blog, he shares PRIME’s journey and lessons learned from implementation as well paving the way forward with ASSET.

In this blog, MHPSS Collaborative Senior Advisor, Carmen Valle tells us about how the organization has aligned their campaigning efforts towards this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day and World Mental Health Day

This blog from Meghana Devotta discusses Suicide Prevention India Foundation's use of Gatekeeper Training on India's youth - a WHO recommended suicide prevention strategy which aims to equip individuals with skills to be a first responder for someone in emotional distress and potentially suicidal.