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Explore key resources—from systematic reviews to policy briefs to training manuals—developed by MHIN or contributed by MHIN members working on real-world projects.

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Launch of SUCCEED Africa! Inclusive mental health research & care

This launch webinar was an opportunity to hear what SUCCEED will involve, why the emphasis on co-production and CBR matters, and how it will transform mental health research in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Health promotion
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Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
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Policy Brief: Stories from the field: Providing MHPSS Support during COVID-19

This briefing is a summary of lessons learnt from experiences of frontline practitioners in the field, who described innovative strategies they put in place to ensure mental health service continuation during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Technology
Training, education and capacity building
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Country Profiles: Recommendations for mental health across 8 countries

In partnership with Speak Your Mind, the Mental Health Innovation Network, produced a series of country profiles with locally-led, evidence-based recommendations for mental health across 8 countries.
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Evaluation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
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WHO Report: The impact of COVID-19 on MNS services

This WHO report of a survey completed by 130 countries during 2020 provides information about the extent of disruption to mental, neurological and substance use services due to COVID-19.
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Evaluation
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An Approach and Theory of Change to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

DFID's Position Paper and Theory of Change on Mental Health and Psychosocial Disabilities.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
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Briefing paper on COVID-19 and mental health: immediate and long-term impacts

This briefing paper provides a summary of the (emerging) body of evidence on two topics: the impact of Covid-19 on peoples’ mental health and wellbeing; and, conversely, the projected impact of mental health on the efficacy of Covid-19 prevention, treatment and control measures.
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Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Advocacy
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iSupport for Dementia

Training and support manual for carers of people with dementia.
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Training
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PPE For Your Mind: A Frontliner's Field Guide to Mental Health

PPE For Your Mind is specifically made to help make mental health healthier for all frontline workers and first responders.
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Training
Approach: 
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Report: Together for Children's Well-being and Learning

A report summary of proceedings, recommendations and best practices in the fields of MHPSS and Education in Emergencies.
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Health promotion
Approach: 
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Basic Psychosocial Skills- A Guide for COVID-19 Responders

This illustrated guide, developed by the IASC Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Reference Group (MHPSS RG), aims at building basic psychosocial skills among all essential workers responding to COVID-19 in all sectors.
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Training
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National and regional prevalence of PTSD in sub-Saharan Africa

This is a systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of PTSD from representative national and regional studies in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Human rights
Detection and diagnosis
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OCHA launches Global Humanitarian Response Plan prioritising MHPSS

The GHRP addresses the risks and impact of COVID-19 on the most vulnerable people in countries affected by humanitarian crises.
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Health promotion
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UN Secretary General Policy Brief: COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health

UN leads historic call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID-19.
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Health promotion
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My Hero is You, Storybook for Children on COVID-19

'My Hero is You' is a storybook written for children around the world affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Health promotion
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Addressing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs during the COVID-19 Outbreak

Briefing note on addressing mental health and psychosocial aspects of COVID-19 Outbreak- Version 1.5 by IASC.
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Health promotion
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Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Supporting children's wellbeing and learning during school closures

These brief tips are for fathers, mothers or other caring adults supporting the wellbeing and learning of girls and boys affected by COVID-19 school closures.
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Health promotion
Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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The Return on the Individual: A Visionary New Approach to Mental Health Investment

This report from Speak Your Mind shows how investing in mental health creates a ripple of positive effects that include, but go beyond the financial, to the individual and the social.
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Evaluation
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Mental Health Resources for coping during the COVID-19 Outbreak

A series of resources designed to provide support on strengthening mental health and psycho-social support during the COVID-19 response.
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Health promotion
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Theory of change for the delivery of talking therapies by lay workers to survivors of humanitarian crises in low-income and middle-income countries: protocol of a systematic review

A protocol for a systematic review reviewing the literature on lay talking therapies delivered by lay workers in low- and middle- income contexts affected by humanitarian crises.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Infographic: Innovations marking International Women's Day 2020

This infographic shares four innovations and two organisations marking International Women's Day 2020.
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Implementation
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Mental Health Starter Kit: Mariwala Health Initiative

Mental Health Matters is a Starter Kit for civil society organisations, development sector professionals and policy makers that illustrates how mental health is integral to, cuts across and influences development outcomes of health, education, livelihoods, disaster response and justice.
Page type: 
Health promotion
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
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Infographic: Monitoring and Evaluation for MHPSS in Emergencies

Displaying how to use the Field Test Version of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Reference Group's Common Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Framework for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS).
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Training
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Mental Health for Sustainable Development: A Topic Guide for Development Professionals

This topic guide is a primer for development professionals interested in learning about the basics of key issues in mental health.
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Evaluation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Sustainable development for global mental health

A large ecosystem of external actors for mental disorders already exists presenting opportunities for unlocking additional resources, though coordination of efforts is crucial, and the use of a sustainable and ethical approach is a moral imperative. Further research is needed to understand all external actors and the allocation of their contributions in different settings.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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The experiences of lay health workers trained in task-shifting psychological interventions

This is the first review of lay health workers experiences of receiving training to deliver low-intensity psychological interventions.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Evidence Review on Associations between Alcohol, Poor Mental Health and Intimate Partner Violence

An evidence review published by What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women looking at the associations between intimate partner violence, mental health and alcohol use.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO QualityRights Guidance & Training

The WHO Quality rights initiative has published 15 key training and guidance materials to transform these recommendations into practical on the ground solutions.
Page type: 
Evaluation
Approach: 
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO Resources: World Mental Health Day 2019 - Suicide prevention

The focus of this year’s World Mental Health Day, on 10 October, was suicide prevention. WHO used the opportunity of World Suicide Prevention Day on 10 September to launch, together with partners, a campaign asking people to prepare to take 40 seconds of action on World Mental Health Day and published a number of materials.
Page type: 
Evaluation
Approach: 
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
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WHO QualityRights Tool Kit

The WHO QualityRights tool kit provides countries with practical information and tools for assessing and improving quality and human rights standards in mental health and social care facilities.
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Evaluation
Approach: 
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Barriers and facilitators of mental health programmes in primary care in LMICs

This Review aims to improve the understanding of implementation of mental health programmes in primary health care for common mental health disorders in low-income and middle-income countries. Objectives were to identify barriers and facilitators to implementation, and to adopt a pre-existing framework for understanding implementation determinants to synthesise available evidence and identify research gaps.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews

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The Mental Health Innovation Network is jointly headquartered at:

The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse

World Health Organization

20 Avenue Appia
1211 Geneva 27
Switzerland

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Keppel Street
London
WC1E 7HT
UK

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