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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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The Kintampo Project

Training and supporting two new cadres of mental health worker to provide community-based detection, treatment, support
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
2692 reads
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Peter C. Alderman Trauma Clinics

Training for lay health workers and establishment of trauma treatment systems in post-conflict settings
Region: 
Africa
Asia
Population: 
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
2147 reads
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Aro Primary Care Mental Health Programme

Development and delivery of the mhGAP intervention package for five priority conditions at primary healthcare centres in Ogun State Nigeria
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
4063 reads
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AFFIRM (AFrica Focus on Intervention Research for Mental health)

Counseling and care by lay health workers for maternal depression and severe mental disorders
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Adults
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
2130 reads
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Kenya integrated intervention model for dialogue and screening to promote children's mental wellbeing (KIDS)

A primary school intervention delivered primarily by lay workers
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
2067 reads
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mhGAP Implementation in Edawu, Nigeria

mhGAP training for lay health workers in Edawu to assess and manage mental health conditions and promote mental health awareness in the community.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Disorder: 
All disorders
964 reads
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Mental Health Rehabilitation of Homeless Populations in Nigeria

The programme provides mental health rehabilitation for economically disadvantaged populations through accessible and affordable services in the community setting.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Minority populations
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
3210 reads
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Learning Through Play

Program that utilizes low-literacy, multicultural pictorial calendars to provide vital information on early child development.
Region: 
Africa
North America
South America
Asia
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
3408 reads
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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
3985 reads
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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
3329 reads
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Self-Help Plus (SH+): a guided multimedia psychosocial self-help package

A multimedia self-help package delivered by facilitators with minimal training.
Region: 
Africa
Middle East
Europe
Population: 
Adults
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
11086 reads
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INTernational REsearch Programme on Psychoses In Diverse settings (INTREPID)

Cross-cultural research programme to generate rigorous data on psychosis in India, Nigeria and Trinidad and use this to develop novel interventions.
Region: 
Africa
Asia
Population: 
Adults
Families and carers
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
876 reads
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Special Initiative for Mental Health

Multi-stakeholder endorsement of the systems-strengthening transformational implementation over 5-years in 12 countries
Region: 
Africa
Middle East
South America
Asia
Europe
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)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
896 reads
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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 with a focus on chronic care and maternal health
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders
All disorders
1632 reads
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Partners in Health Lesotho Mental Health Integration Program

Mental health integration into primary care, focusing on people with MDRTB and mothers & children through advanced training, mentorship and supervision.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders
3764 reads
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PIH: Linking Community and Facility-level Mental Health care in Liberia

Community-based, health center linked, and hospital- enriched approach to resilient mental health programming.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders
2761 reads
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Partners In Health Sierra Leone: Mental Health Program

Decentralized mental health care via community-based outreach and programming, psychiatric reform, and psychosocial reintegration processes.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders
171 reads
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Integrating mental health into primary care: expanding a community-based mentorship and enhanced supervision (MESH) model to address mental disorders in Rwanda.

Provision of affordable community-based mental health care in the primary health care system by trained non-specialists using MESH and Problem Management Plus (PM+) models.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
Dementia and other neurocognitive disorders
2342 reads
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Friendship Bench

Integrated mental health support into primary care for people with depression across Zimbabwe and beyond.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Self-harm/suicide
26184 reads
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Difu Simo Mental Health Awareness Campaign

Use of participatory approaches involving people with lived experience to tackle public stigma
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Families and carers
Disorder: 
All disorders
245 reads
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Strengthening Public Mental Health in Africa in Response to Covid-19

The project combines research and capacity development to support the MHPSS response to outbreaks and other public health emergencies in Africa.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Disability
3118 reads
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African Youth in Mind

An intervention that is tailored to the needs of youth in Ghana and Zimbabwe.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
707 reads
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MIND ME Africa

Pilot system generating routine process and outcome data in community and primary care settings
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
1444 reads
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HeartSounds Peer Support

Training service users as peer support workers to deliver at-home outpatient care
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
All disorders
2230 reads
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SPARK: SuPporting African communities to increase the Resilience and mental health of Kids with developmental disorders and their caregivers

Community-based identification of children with developmental disabilities and implementation of the WHO Caregiver Skills Training programme delivered by non-specialists.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Families and carers
Disability
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
791 reads
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StrongMinds

StrongMinds improves the mental health of low-income and marginalized women and adolescents in sub-Saharan Africa by providing free, group talk therapy delivered by lay community mental health workers.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
3893 reads
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Impact evaluation of unconditional cash transfers

Randomized Control Trial of GiveDirectly cash transfers among low-income populations to determine causality between poverty and psychological well-being
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Adults
Families and carers
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
1733 reads
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Open Hands

We run self-care groups, make referrals to specialist services and raise awareness of mental health conditions amongst this community.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Minority populations
Disorder: 
All disorders
1499 reads
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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
1358 reads
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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
4769 reads

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