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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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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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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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Family Well-being Centers: Delivering Community-based Mental Health Support in Syria

Integrating MHPSS services at the community level in order to enhance service access for populations at risk of severe mental distress and to reduce the linked dual-stigma of mental health conditions and gender-based violence.
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Families and carers
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Iran National Suicide Prevention Program

A holistic and integrated program for including evidence-based suicide prevention approaches within policy and practice in Iran
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Adults
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Disability
Disorder: 
Self-harm/suicide
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Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) in Thailand

Lay workers providing evidence-based treatment to Burmese trauma survivors in Thailand.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Adults
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Self-harm/suicide
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EMERALD

Research consortium focused on mental health scale-up in low- and middle-income countries
Region: 
Africa
Asia
Disorder: 
All 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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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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School-based mental health and justice program for youth in India

A holistic program for young people integrating capacity-building for social justice on mental health within school-based settings.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
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The Friendship Bench

Trained and supervised lay health worker stationed on a “Friendship Bench” delivers problem-solving therapy.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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ImpleMentAll: Evidence-based tailored implementation strategies for eHealth

Development, application, and evaluation of tailored eHealth implementation strategies.
Region: 
Europe
Oceania
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
All disorders
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MHPSS Refugee Response in South Sudan

Integrated mental health and psychosocial support to refugee populations in South Sudan.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
All disorders
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PRIME - Uganda

Integrating mental health service delivery into primary health care system in Ethiopia through a health systems strengthening approach in partnership with researchers, ministries of health and non-governmental organisations.
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
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PRIME South Africa

Mental health system strengthening in partnership with researchers, Ministries of Health and non-governmental organisations
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
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PRIME - Nepal

Integrating mental health service delivery into primary health care system in Nepal through a health systems strengthening approach in partnership with researchers, ministries of health and non-governmental organisations.
Region: 
Asia
Disorder: 
All disorders
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PRIME India

Integrating mental health service delivery into primary health care system in India through a health systems strengthening approach in partnership with researchers, ministries of health and non-governmental organisations.
Region: 
Asia
Disorder: 
All disorders
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PRIME Ethiopia

Integrating mental health service delivery into primary health care system in Ethiopia through a health systems strengthening approach in partnership with researchers, ministries of health and non-governmental organisations.
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Healthy Activity Program (HAP)

The Healthy Activity Program is a lay-counsellor delivered treatment for severe depression.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Counselling for Alcohol Problems (CAP)

Evaluating a lay counsellor-delivered intervention for harmful drinking in men attending primary care settings.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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MooDFOOD - Multi-country cOllaborative project on the role of Diet, Food-related behavior, and Obesity in the prevention of Depression

The MooDFOOD consortium uses high quality data from longitudinal prospective European cohort studies combined with new data from surveys, short‐term experiments and a long‐term preventive intervention study.
Region: 
Europe
Population: 
Adults
Older adults
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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School Health Implementation Network in the Eastern Mediterranean Region (SHINE)

The adaptation and implementation of WHO’s School Mental Health Program through an online training platform and chat-bot for school teachers in Pakistan.
Region: 
Middle East
Asia
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Developing Integrated Practice Units for Mental Health Services in Pakistan

Integration of Mental Health Services within existing healthcare programs in both public and private provider settings.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Adults
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Partners in Health Lesotho Mental Health Integration Program

Mental health integration into primary care and services for MDRTB/HIV/AIDs in Lesotho.
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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Strengthening the Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Response for Disaster-Affected areas of Dominica

The programme aimed to improve the local capacity response to meet the MHPSS needs of Dominica’s disaster-affected populations.
Region: 
North America
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Nguvu - Reducing Partner Violence and Psychological Distress among Refugees in Tanzania

Development and pilot evaluation of an integrated intervention that targets IPV and its psycho-social health consequences in a refugee camp within a low-income setting.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Mind and Heart: Community-based group Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) for survivors of sexual violence

Adaptation of group Cognitive Processing Therapy to a low-income context with ongoing conflict.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Integration of mental health and psychosocial support services into primary healthcare in the Middle East

Training healthcare staff and paraprofessionals to provide mental healthcare and expand community and family supports
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Humanitarian and conflict health
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo: Integrating the MESH MH model in Malawi

Integration of an adapted Mentoring and Enhanced Supervision for Mental Health (MESH MH) model within healthcare settings in Neno, Malawi.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disability
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Women’s Circles: a co-designed, community-based group psychosocial intervention for marginalized women in Guatemala

Co-designed, community-led Women Circles nurture the innate strength of women and communities through a series of group activities that promote wellbeing, reduce stress, strengthen relationships, and support women in becoming agents of change.
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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