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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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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
1803 reads
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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
2958 reads
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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
1033 reads
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Programa Nacional de Diagnóstico y Tratamiento de la Depresión (PNDTD)

Integración nacional de la detección y el tratamiento de la depresión en atención primaria
Region: 
South America
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
2214 reads
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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
845 reads
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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
1710 reads
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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
1302 reads
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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
3153 reads
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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
1793 reads
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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
1095 reads
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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
1494 reads
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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
3988 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 in Neno, Malawi.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disability
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
1356 reads
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Increasing Access to Integrated Mental Health Care: A Community-Based Approach, Utilizing mHealth

A mHealth screening platform to mass screen and provide counseling treatment to individuals with depression and/or anxiety through CMHWs.
Region: 
Asia
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
2189 reads
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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
1846 reads
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TrustCircle: Helping Improve Emotional Resiliency and Well-Being for All

TrustCircle utilizes peer-centered mHealth & AI technology to improve emotional resiliency & well-being for all with focus on prevention & early intervention.
Region: 
Africa
Middle East
North America
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Asia
Europe
Oceania
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
5057 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
3187 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
2895 reads
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RISING SUN - Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups – Strengths United through Networks Toolkit

The RISING SUN toolkit was the culmination of a community-based and consensus-building process to identify common outcomes and their measures for evaluating suicide prevention efforts across the circumpolar North.
Region: 
North America
Asia
Europe
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Families and carers
Minority populations
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
1796 reads
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Mental Health Integrated Disaster Preparedness (MHIDP) in Nepal and Haiti

An integrated disaster preparedness model incorporating preparedness and mental health in a combined community-based intervention.
Region: 
North America
Asia
Population: 
Adults
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
703 reads
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QualityRights Lebanon

To pilot an innovative QualityRights intervention in private facilities providing mental health services.
Region: 
Middle East
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
794 reads
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Tree of Life: Recovery and Building Relationships in Acute Wards

The Tree of Life programme uses collective narrative based group therapy to promote recovery in service users based in adult acute in-patient wards.
Region: 
Europe
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
All disorders
4187 reads
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Establishing mental health and psychosocial support services during the Ebola virus disease outbreak in Sierra Leone

A nurse-led approach within a non-specialist setting was a successful model for delivering mental health and psychosocial support services during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Older adults
Families and carers
Humanitarian and conflict health
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Disorder: 
All disorders
1731 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
853 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
10451 reads
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Thinking Healthy Pilot in Peru

A WHO intervention implemented as a pilot between the Socio En Salud (Partners in Health) Maternal Health and Mental Health Programs.
Region: 
North America
South America
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
1073 reads
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Protected Home (Hogar Protegido) in Carabayllo

Implementation of residential support or ‘Hogar Protegido’ (the first ‘protected home’ in Lima) for people with chronic mental illness.
Region: 
North America
South America
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
798 reads
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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
2519 reads
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QualityRights Gujarat

To introduce and scale up an innovative QualityRights intervention in mental health facilities.
Region: 
Asia
Disorder: 
All disorders
2397 reads
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Improving Access to Care: Go-To Educator Program

Educator training to provide the knowledge and tools to increase early identification and treatment access for adolescents.
Region: 
North America
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
1466 reads

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World Health Organization

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