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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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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
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Policy and legislation
Technology
Training, education and capacity building
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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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Advocacy
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Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Global Mental Health Policy Influence Toolkit

A set of tools to help you maximise your policy influence.
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National Mental Health Strategy of Ethiopia

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Dignity in Mental Health (World Federation for Mental Health)

World Federation for Mental Health 2015 campaign material for this year's World Mental Health Day theme "Dignity in Mental Health".
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Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Mental health action plan 2013 - 2020

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.
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Prevention and promotion
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Trauma and young people: Moving toward trauma-informed services and systems

The report recommends government, services and young people collaborate to develop better identification, assessment, support and treatment of trauma within mental health systems.
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Leave No One Behind: Including All People with Disabilities in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

CBM Australia examines groups within the disability community at heightened risk of being left behind in development efforts – including people with psychosocial disabilities.
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Drug dependence treatment in China: A policy analysis

This IDPC briefing paper provides an analysis of the current drug treatment system in China and offers recommendations for ensuring its effectiveness.
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Human rights
Advocacy
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Gender and drug policy: Exploring global innovative approaches to drug policy and incarceration

This series shares examples of innovative approaches that incorporate a gender perspective and the principles of public health and human rights into drug policy.
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Human rights
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Strengthening the Case for Investing in Canada’s Mental Health System: Economic Considerations

This report highlights nine important Canadian studies that underscore the cost offsets of investing in evidence-based approaches.
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Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Investing in mental health in low-income countries

A policy brief and discussion paper on how to make investing in mental health services realistic and manageable for low income country governments.
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Policy and advocacy
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Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Mental Health Among Displaced People and Refugees

Technical note from the World Bank Group, making the case for action to meet the mental health needs of displaced people and refugees
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Human rights
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Mapping the global mental health research funding system

A new RAND research report mapping worldwide mental health research funding.
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Advocacy
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Out of the Shadows: Summary Report

Report of the proceedings of the April 2016 World Bank/WHO event 'Out of the Shadows: Making mental health a global development priority'
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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World report on ageing and health

This WHO report reviews and recommends changes in the way health policies for ageing populations are formulated and services are provided.
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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How can mental health care be improved in India?

Explanation of how mental health care can be improved, and the coverage of services expanded to the greater population in India
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Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Integrating the response to mental disorders and other chronic diseases in health care systems

This thematic paper reviews the links between mental disorders and other chronic diseases as well as service delivery programmes that have integrated the treatment of mental disorders with other chronic diseases.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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WISH 2013 Mental Health Report: "Transforming Lives, Enhancing Communities"

The WISH Mental Health Report: 'Transforming Lives, Enhancing Communities' was launched at the Qatar Foundation's World Innovation Summit for Health in Doha in December 2013.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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mhGAP: Mental Health Care in Low Resource Settings - Video

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Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WISH 2015 Dementia Report: A Call to Action - The Global Response to Dementia Through Policy Innovation

This report outlines key issues in understanding dementia and the need to tackle the burden globally.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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WISH 2015 Mental Health Report: Healthy Young Minds - Transforming the Mental Health of Children

This report sets out major changes which need to be made worldwide to address the issues with mental health problems in children
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Litigating the right to community living for people with mental disabilities: A handbook for lawyers

This handbook offers a pool of legal arguments and strategies for getting people out of institutional settings, getting support for them to live in the community, and tackling abuse, exploitation, torture and ill-treatment.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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WFMH 'Living with Schizophrenia' Report

A report by The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) on “Living with Schizophrenia”
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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mhGAP in Ethiopia: Proof of Concept

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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Task sharing
Training, education and capacity building
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Mental Health Matters: Social Inclusion of Youth with Mental Health Conditions Report

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Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Guide to Writing a Policy Brief

Presentation on how to write a policy brief
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Training, education and capacity building
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Eight Key Elements for Social Marketing Interventions

The benchmark criteria are eight key elements that are included in successful social marketing interventions.
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Policy and advocacy
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Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Tedtalk: Mental Health for All by Involving All

Vikram Patel discusses promising approaches to dealing with human resource shortages.
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Policy and advocacy
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Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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