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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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HBGI Lived Experience Council Report: Transforming the Way We Work, Integrating Lived Experience into Organizations and Services

This report aims to support organizations and services looking to integrate lived experience in their work by outlining why you should integrate lived experience, how to do it effectively (including examples of what HBGI does well and has learned from), and reflections on the tangible impact lived experience has had on HBGI.
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Implementation
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Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Time for united action on depression: a Lancet-World Pyschiatric Association Commission

Lancet-World Pyschiatric Association Commission report on Time for united action on depression
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Global Youth Mental Health Survey

Generation Mental Health has developed a survey to learn further about how young people (aged 15-35) are making decisions in mental health advocacy. This survey aims to connect with current and aspiring advocates to understand their needs, gaps, and challenges. The survey report will be made publicly available so that organizations working on youth mental health around the world can further develop their initiatives.
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Evaluation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Technology
Prevention and promotion
Training, education and capacity building
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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
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Advocacy
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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.
Page type: 
Health promotion
Approach: 
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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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
Approach: 
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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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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Policy Brief: Mental health for global prosperity

MHIN policy brief prepared for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos 2019.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Humanitarian Hands-on Tool (HHoT)

A smartphone app, HHoT, provides step-by-step guidance on how to implement a disability inclusive emergency response. Launched in 2018 the HHoT app also includes specific guidance on the inclusion of people with psycho-social disabilities.
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Implementation
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Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Task sharing
Technology
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit: Declarations and Recommendations

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.
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
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WHO Preventing suicide: a community engagement toolkit Pilot version 1.0 (2016)

This toolkit is a step-by-step guide for communities to engage in suicide prevention activities, acknowledging the critical role communities can play in preventing suicide.
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Training
Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO ATLAS-SU 2010: Global report on substance use disorders

World Health Organization first report on resources currently in use to better prevent and treat alcohol and illicit drug use disorders.
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Evaluation
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Global Mental Health: sharing and synthesizing knowledge for sustainable development

Global Mental Health: sharing and synthesizing knowledge for sustainable development.
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Advocacy
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Out of the Shadows: Making mental health a global development priority

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.
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Advocacy
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'Living with a black dog' video

“Living with a black dog” is a guide for partners, carers and sufferers of depression
Page type: 
Health promotion
Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Worldwide: Evidence for Action

Review of evidence on prevalence, risk and protective factors, and prevention and treatment of child and adolescent mental health problems in LMIC.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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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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