Resources

These resources are outputs from the Global ministerial Mental Health Summit that took place between the 9th and 10th of October in London. While the recommendations are for ministers, the declarations summarise the commitments that were made during the landmark event.

The action plan recognizes the essential role of mental health in achieving health for all people. It is based on a life-course approach, aims to achieve equity through universal health coverage and stresses the importance of prevention.

The report provides a global knowledge base on suicide and suicide attempts as well as actionable steps for countries based on their current resources and context to move forward in suicide prevention.

This resource was developed by members of the World Federation for Mental Health, Mental Health Innovation Network and NCD Alliance to support advocacy by global health advocates seeking integration of Mental Health into policy, processes and actions to prevent and control NCDs.

This series shares examples of innovative approaches that incorporate a gender perspective and the principles of public health and human rights into drug policy.

Global Mental Health: sharing and synthesizing knowledge for sustainable development.

Authored by Seth Mnookin (MIT), this report is a product of almost two years of activities of a Working group chaired by Arthur Kleinman (Harvard University Asia Centre). This report was first presented during the keynote panel of a World Bank Group/ World Health Organization high-level meeting on making mental health a global development priority.

Delaney Ruston's journey to uncover mental health stories in India, Africa, China, France and the United States.

This event looked at the burden of depression as well as a variety of national responses to it, bringing in cross-sector stakeholders as States are trying to tackle a problem that has become a leading cause of illness, in and out of the workplace.