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Courage in Congo: A psychosocial arts based program for girls at risk or survivors of sexual and gender-based violence

This blog discusses a psychosocial arts based program called Courage in Congo for girls at risk or survivors of sexual and gender-based violence.
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You can conquer the world if you’re alive: Radio as a tool to prevent suicide

Mallika Chaulagain from TPO Nepal discusses a radio program entitled 'You can conquer the world if you’re alive' which has been produced for the promotion of psychosocial support and prevention of suicide.
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What is the Mental Health Integration Toolkit and How to Use it - Learn here!

This blog was written by the Technical Advisory Group for the Mental Health Integration in Humanitarian Settings Toolkit, developed by International Medical Corps. The blog discusses what role the Toolkit will play for the future of mental health integration in humanitarian settings, how it works to close gaps in mental health service delivery and how the Toolkit can be utilized by the different target audiences at different stages of set up.
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Mental health in Nepal: Time to invest more on the sector

In this blog, Pragya Lamsal and Rita Gautam from CBM discuss the consequences of the 2015 Nepal Earthquake on the mental health of the population and the launch of the International Mental Health Conference (2018) as a platform to promote more cost-effective and efficient approached to mental health care in Nepal. The blog highlights Nepal's commitment in breaking the silence on mental health issues and details recommendations for the journey ahead to address the need of comprehensive mental health care in the country.
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Mental Health Resource Spotlight in Central and Eastern Europe

This blog written by Dan Chisholm from the World Health Organization discusses mental health resources and current state of care for people with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in Central and Eastern Europe.
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#WorldRefugeeDay 2018: Resource Round-Up showing we stand #WithRefugees!

For this year's World Refugee Day 2018 we have rounded up our #MHPSSMatters content addressing the mental health needs of refugees in order to mark the day.
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[Q&A Blog Series #MentalHealthAwareness Month] Mental Health Leadership in Egypt

This Q&A blog series for mental health awareness month is celebrating the theme of leadership in mental health around the world! The last Q&A blog in this series features an interview with Kate Ellis, Assistant Professor from the American University of Cairo to learn more about their annual flagship Leadership in Mental Health course to conclude our blog series and in anticipation of the upcoming Leadership Exchange in Stockholm.
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[Q&A Blog Series #MentalHealthAwareness Month] Mental Health Leadership in India

This Q&A blog series for mental health awareness month is celebrating the theme of leadership in mental health around the world! This Q&A blog was directed at Urvita Bhatia from Sangath to learn more about their annual flagship Leadership in Mental Health course as part of our blog series and in anticipation of the upcoming Leadership Exchange in Stockholm.
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[Q&A Blog Series #MentalHealthAwareness Month] Mental Health Leadership in Africa

This Q&A blog series for mental health awareness month is celebrating the theme of leadership in mental health around the world! This Q&A blog was directed at Fadahunsi Woye, project coordinator of the Mental Health Leadership and Advocacy Programme (mhLAP) in Nigeria to learn more about their mhLAP courses as part of our blog series and in anticipation of the upcoming Leadership Exchange in Stockholm.
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Compassion in the mountains

This blog recounts the author’s journey to an old age home deep within the Spiti Valley in North India. It describes his experience learning of the challenges facing elderly people who are often abandoned by their families, stripped of social support and left emotionally vulnerable as a result. His story narrates the good will of two young women who struggle against all odds to provide a home, hope and happiness to the elderly forgotten by their families.
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A Call for Global Mental Health at Harvard

This blog discusses the three-day event that is the first of its kind taking place at Harvard University.
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Promising practices in Arctic communities

To mark the launch of the RISING-SUN (Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups - Strengths United through Networks) toolkit, Roberto Delgado from the US National Institute of Mental Health highlights successful examples of programs developed by Arctic communities that have addressed underlying factors associated with suicide in their community.
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CGMH Photo Contest Winners: "What does wellbeing mean to you?"

On World Health Day 2017 the Centre for Global Mental Health (CGMH) launched a photo contest, themed: “What does wellbeing mean to you?”. This blog post announces the winners of that competition along with the winning images.
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Personal Growth: Lessons Learned from the Summer Institute

In this post, Global MINDS Fellow Paula Njeru reflects on her experience attending the Summer Institute 2018.
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Chitwan: The district of one-horned rhinos and PRIME

Mallika Chaulagain describes her experiences learning about PRIME as the TPO Nepal Communication, Outreach, and Research Uptake Officer.
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Opioid crisis: A global rethinking

Krithika Muthukumaran describes the global opioid dilemma through her dual lens of growing up in Chennai with a mother who is a palliative care physician, and experiencing the North American crisis after moving to Canada for her PhD.
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Leaving No One Behind – 5th Global Mental Health Summit

We sat down for a Q&A with the Principal Coordinator for MGMH Charlene Sunkel who is also the Program Manager for the South African Federation for Mental Health (SAFMH) where she told us more about the upcoming summit.
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The voice of affected people can contribute to priority-setting in NTD research

This blog, written by Julian Eaton and Muhammad Jidda Assakin from Nigeria, who has lived with lymphatic filariasis for over 20 years, captures Mr Jidda's messages about his journey, needs, and priorities, which made an important contribution to setting research priorities for mental health, stigma and NTDs at the 2017 Coalition for Operational Research on Neglected Tropical Diseases (COR-NTD) conference in Baltimore, US.
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The impact of mental health & psychosocial programmes for adults affected by humanitarian emergencies

To mark EvidenceAid's Humanitarian Evidence Week 2017 (#HEW2017), Kelly Dickson and Mukdarut Bangpan contribute to our #MHPSSMatters campaign by discussing their recent report on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programmes for people affected by humanitarian crises in low- and middle-income countries.
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A dream come true: Testimony from an "epileptic"

One of MHIN Africa’s Knowledge Exchange volunteer assistants, a registered nurse licensed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Uganda, shares with us his brave wife’s journey with epilepsy and how she overcame the challenges of social stigma through perseverance and resilience to finish her university education and become a land surveyor.
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