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Innovations

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

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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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UPSIDES - Using Peer Support In Developing Empowering Mental Health Services

To build evidence for and strengthen peer support interventions for people with severe mental illness.
Region: 
Africa
Asia
Europe
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Partners In Health Liberia Mental Health Program

Implementation of PIH’s grassroots, community-based mental health programming.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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Mental Health Literacy for Students and Educators: The Mental Health & High School Curriculum Guide

An embedded curriculum resource delivered to students by trained teachers.
Region: 
Africa
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Europe
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
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Putting a telepsychiatrist in communities in the Union of Comoros

Integration of screening and core services packages into routine primary healthcare to increase evidence-based care
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
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Cell Phones and Psychosis: A pilot study connecting traditional healers and bio-medical staff in rural Tanzania

Utilizing mobile devices to bridge the gap between two vastly different models of care in the treatment of psychosis
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
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World Health Organization

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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