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The database of innovations catalogues comprehensive summaries of mental health programs and research projects around the world.

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Punto de Encuentro

Salud mental integral y apoyo socio cultural a la población vulnerable de Barrios de Rosario
Region: 
South America
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disorder: 
All disorders
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mhGAP Implementation in Kashmir

mhGAP training for health professionals including interactive sessions, role play and group discussions.
Region: 
Asia
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Addressing alcohol misuse and mental health comorbidities in humanitarian settings

Problem Management Plus And Alcohol (PM+A) is a brief transdiagnostic intervention addressing alcohol misuse and mental health comorbidities among conflict-affected populations.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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Mental Health and Wellbeing on Campus

Improving the provision of mental health support services in two Kenyan universities.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disability
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
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Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions (EASE): a psychological intervention for young adolescents and their caregivers

EASE is a group psychological intervention delivered by non-specialist providers to improve the mental health of adolescents.
Region: 
Africa
Middle East
Asia
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
All disorders
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The HAPPINESS Project

Training non-specialist health workers through the mhGAP Intervention Guide 2.0 and using tele-medicine to connect them to specialists.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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Cuéntame: Asistencia Psicológica no Profesional Remota para personal de PLA ante la Pandemia por Covid-19

Aplicación de un programa de asistencia psicológica no profesional remota para mitigar los efectos psicológicos en el personal de PLA en Ecuador.
Region: 
South America
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Problem Management Plus (PM+)

Developing and testing a WHO brief, face-to-face, low-intensity, transdiagnostic psychological intervention.
Region: 
Africa
Asia
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Integrating Mental Health in Primary Care Centres in Pakistan

Integrating mental health services in primary and maternal care centres through a task-sharing approach.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Adults
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Congenital Zika Syndrome Parent Support

A participatory intervention with a psychosocial component to empower caregivers of children with Congenital Zika Syndrome.
Region: 
South America
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Families and carers
Disability
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
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Wellbeing and Resilience (WebR): Healing-centered peacebuilding

Healing-centered peacebuilding using a trauma-informed lens with communities and institutions.
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Círculos de Mujeres: una intervención psicosocial grupal, co-diseñada y basada en un modelo comunitario para mujeres marginadas en Guatemala

Los Círculos de Mujeres, diseñados conjuntamente y liderados por la comunidad, nutren la fuerza innata de las mujeres y las comunidades a través de una serie de actividades grupales que promueven el bienestar, reducen el estrés, fortalecen las relaciones y apoyan a las mujeres para convertirse en agentes de cambio.
Region: 
Central America and the Caribbean
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Adults
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Allillanchu: integración de la salud mental en los servicios de atención primaria de salud

Distribución de tareas para la detección de trastornos mentales, a través de la tecnología y la capacitación a medida de los proveedores de la atención primaria de salud.
Region: 
South America
Population: 
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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Mainstreaming of Psychosocial Support in the Education Sector

Programme to integrate psychosocial support in the education sector.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Community Systemic Approach (Abordagem Sistêmica Comunitária)

A methodology to strengthen communities, by addressing the bio-psycho-social-spiritual dimensions of individuals.
Region: 
South America
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Psychosocial Support for Syrian and Iraqi Refugees and Internally Displaced People

To develop capacities, integrate MHPSS in other sectors, foster staff-care and exchange in the Middle East.
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Suicide Prevention in Tunisia

The development of a programme to better understand the causality of suicidal behaviour within Tunisia and to define a prevention strategy to integrate within the national strategy as a priority action.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disorder: 
Self-harm/suicide
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Strengthening Psychosocial support service for Transformation among the Congolese refugees in Uganda (SPOT)

Programme to strengthen psychosocial support services for among the Congolese refugees in Uganda.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Community-based Mental health and Psychosocial Integration in Nepal

Integrating mental health and psychosocial services within primary health care facilities and community.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Training primary care physicians to use the mhGAP-IG in Tunisia

Delivering weekly mhGAP-based training sessions with primary care physicians in Tunisia.
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Building youth resilience and mental health in India (Nae Disha)

An 18-module group intervention with young people implemented by peer-facilitators.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Holistic Community Care for Parenthood (HCCP)

A holistic provision of mental health interventions for mothers, fathers and their children.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Child, Adolescent and Family Services (CAFS)

Promotion of better mental health awareness and support in Sri Lanka.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Families and carers
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Developing Qatar’s First Mental Health Attitudes and Awareness Measure

The Attitudes and Awareness Survey will allow the Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) to measure change over time as activities are undertaken to increase awareness and reduce stigma about mental health.
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Adults
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Disorder: 
All disorders
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The National Integrated Parenting Skills Training Program

A training program for parents based on Parent Management Training (PMT) principles and aims to equip parents with the skills and confidence they need to be self-sufficient and manage family issues independently.
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Families and carers
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
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Towards an Effective Integration of Mental Health in Primary Care in Kuwait

The mental health integration approach aims to ensure citizens with comprehensive, specialized and high-quality mental health care within primary care.
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Community-based Sociotherapy Adapted for Refugees (COSTAR)

Using an adapted Community-based Sociotherapy approach to reduce depressive symptomology in Congolese refugees.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Fortalecimiento de la respuesta de la salud mental y psicosocial para las zonas afectadas por el desastre de México

El programa tenia como objetivo mejorar la capacidad de respuesta local para cubrir las necesidades en salud mental y apoyo psicosocial de las poblaciones afectadas por el desastre en México.
Region: 
Central America and the Caribbean
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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WHO mhGAP Implementation in Saudi Arabia: Integrating Mental Health in Primary Health Care

Empowering primary health care staff to better diagnose mental health conditions and developing an effective and innovative patient interview approach for quick and easy diagnosis of and dealing with mental health conditions.
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Integrating MHPSS into Primary Health Care Centers in Lebanon

The programme delivers collaborative stepped-care mental health services a through a supportive network of specialists at 27 PHC centers across Lebanon.
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
All disorders

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