Innovations

Training for lay health workers and establishment of trauma treatment systems in post-conflict settings

Counseling and care by lay health workers for maternal depression and severe mental disorders

mhGAP training for lay health workers in Edawu to assess and manage mental health conditions and promote mental health awareness in the community.

Program that utilizes low-literacy, multicultural pictorial calendars to provide vital information on early child development.

Research consortium focused on mental health scale-up in low- and middle-income countries

Cross-cultural research programme to generate rigorous data on psychosis in India, Nigeria and Trinidad and use this to develop novel interventions.

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

Community-based, health center linked, and hospital- enriched approach to resilient mental health programming.

Use of participatory approaches involving people with lived experience to tackle public stigma

An intervention that is tailored to the needs of youth in Ghana and Zimbabwe.

Training service users as peer support workers to deliver at-home outpatient care

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.

We run self-care groups, make referrals to specialist services and raise awareness of mental health conditions amongst this community.