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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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Using mhGAP-IG on mobile phones for frontline healthcare workers to manage depression in Kenya

Integrating e-medicine into routine practice to increase access to treatment for depression
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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A cluster randomized clinical trial of a stepped care intervention for depression in primary care (STEPCARE)

A randomized controlled trial for the treatment of depression in adults to compare an intervention with medical supervision to care as usual
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Spare the rod, help the child: reducing corporal punishment in Jamaican classrooms

A low-cost teacher-training programme to improve teachers’ classroom management skills called ‘The Irie Classrooms Toolbox’
Region: 
Central America and the Caribbean
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
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ATMIYATA: A community-led intervention in rural India

Use of mobile phones to provide guidance to community mobilizers on how to promote wellbeing, and to detect common mental disorders and mental illness.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Adults
Disorder: 
Psychosis/bipolar disorder
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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Smart care to expand the access to services of children with ASD in Vietnam

An integrated and scalable package based on web-based and mobile platforms to support children with autism spectrum disorder
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
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Participatory intervention to reduce maternal depression and under five child morbidity– A cluster randomized controlled trial

LTP-PLUS a low cost psychosocial intervention that involves task-shifting to non-specialists with minimal training in low-resource countries.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
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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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Mental Health Coalition – Sierra Leone

The founding and development of the first mental health coalition in Sierra Leone
Region: 
Africa
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Giving LIFE a chance

Development of a culturally appropriate psychosocial intervention to address mental health symptoms associated with suicidal thoughts and/or behaviour
Region: 
South America
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Families and carers
Disorder: 
Self-harm/suicide
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Integrating Mental Healthcare into General Healthcare in Aceh

Achieving sustainable community mental health services in a poor resource setting.
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Self-Help Groups for Mental Health

A network of self-help groups running in the Upper East Region of northern Ghana
Region: 
Africa
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Going Off, Growing Strong

A community-led program co-created with youth highly at-risk for suicide based on intergenerational healing through the transmission of Inuit skills
Region: 
North America
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Minority populations
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
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Improving mental health in Nicaraguan youth: A technology-enhanced, school-based program

Use of schools as a hub for mental health education and early intervention
Region: 
South America
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders
Alcohol/drug use disorders
Self-harm/suicide
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Targeting family violence through a network of mental health community services

Integration of a diverse range of psychosocial and psycho-educational interventions rendered by informal caregivers
Region: 
Central America and the Caribbean
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Families and carers
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental disorders
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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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Breaking the scale up ceiling: Application of a continuous quality improvement methodology

Application of a continuous quality improvement methodology for improved maternal depression & epilepsy care in Ghana.
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Depression/anxiety/stress-related 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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Adapting mental health interventions through employment in Sierra Leone

Evidence-based intervention to improve emotion-regulation and daily functioning as integrated into the World Bank-supported Youth Employment Scheme
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Disorder: 
Child behavioural and developmental 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
Region: 
Asia
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Using mobile mental health clinics to expand access to services in post conflict rural areas

Use of mobile clinics, service user owned pharmacies, and Psychological First Aid to increase access to mental health services
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
Epilepsy/seizures
Alcohol/drug use disorders
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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
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Scaling up the BasicNeeds Model through a social franchise approach

BasicNeeds Model for Mental Health and Development & The Social Franchise Business Model
Region: 
Africa
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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PRIME - Uganda

Integrating mental health service delivery into primary health care system in Uganda 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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Integrating MHPSS services in primary health care facilities in post-earthquake Nepal

A program that works with local partners to train general healthcare staff to provide mental health and psychosocial services
Region: 
Asia
Population: 
Maternal and neonatal health
Children and adolescents
Adults
Humanitarian and conflict health
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Facilitating MHPSS in the Ebola Virus Disease Crisis

A 3-part model strengthening governmental systems to provide decentralized MHPSS in the EVD outbreak
Region: 
Africa
Population: 
Children and adolescents
Adults
Families and carers
Minority populations
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Partnerships For Mental Health Development In Sub-Saharan Africa: COllaborative Shared care to IMprove Psychosis Outcome (COSIMPO)

A collaborative care program between Traditional/Faith Healers (TFH) and Primary Health Care Providers (PHCPs)
Region: 
Africa
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Latin America Treatment & Innovation Network in Mental Health — LATIN-MH

Using app-based technology to reduce depressive symptoms in people with co-morbid depression and hypertension/diabetes
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Humanitarian crisis and mental health reform in Lebanon

Successful establishment of a National Mental Health Programme through merging of humanitarian and development agendas
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)
Communicable diseases (e.g. HIV/AIDS, TB)
Disability
Disorder: 
All disorders
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Total Health Screening for Integrated Care

Primary care screening for depression and other NCDs with easily self-administered instrument
Region: 
Middle East
Asia
Europe
Population: 
Adults
Non-communicable diseases (e.g. cancer, diabetes, stroke)
Disorder: 
Depression/anxiety/stress-related disorders

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World Health Organization

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London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

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