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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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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.
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Advocacy
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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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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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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.
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Health promotion
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
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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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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.
Page type: 
Implementation
Approach: 
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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UNICEF (2018) MHPSS in Emergencies Advocacy Brief

UNICEF promotes a holistic, community-based approach to child protection programming and further describes its approach, through an Advocacy Brief on MHPSS in Emergencies.
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Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Advocacy
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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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An Invisible Crisis: Exploring Mental Health Needs in the Syrian and Iraqi Crisis

Médecins du Monde (MdM) marked World Mental Health Day (October 10th) with their latest publication highlighting the MHPSS needs of people affected by the protracted Syrian and Iraqi crises. The report offers recommendations and solutions for next steps.
Page type: 
Health promotion
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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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.
Page type: 
Training
Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Nepal Earthquake 2015: Desk Review of Existing Information with Relevance to MHPSS

This desk review summarizes existing information with regard to mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in Nepal
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Building Back Better

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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
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Toolkit for the Integration of Mental Health

This Toolkit aims to support the understanding and implementation of integrated mental health programs in humanitarian settings. It clearly outlines the steps for integrated mental health programs, and includes key guidance and resources that strengthen the integration process among non-governmental implementing agencies, donors, and governments. You can also find International Medical Corps' Toolkit within the 'Collaborations' feature on MHIN.
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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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Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Report: A safe place to shine

This report details how to create opportunities and raise voices of adolescent girls in humanitarian settings.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Technology
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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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.
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Drug policy in Africa: Health and human rights

This IDPC advocacy note attempts to provide a non-exhaustive overview of how current drug policies in Africa violate universal human rights.
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Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Advocacy
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Between Borders Resource Repository

A comprehensive collection of reports and articles focused on MHPSS, human insecurity, and forced displacement.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
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
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Human rights
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building
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Implementation of WHO Quality Rights assessment In Kabul Mental Health Hospital

Report assessing the quality of mental health services and human rights conditions in the Kabul Mental Health Hospital, using the WHO QualityRights Toolkit, with recommendations for development of an improvement plan.
Page type: 
Evaluation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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"Our hearts have gone dark”: The mental health impact of South Sudan’s conflict

Amnesty International documents the psychological impact of the war's atrocities on survivors and witnesses.
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Human rights
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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Promoting rights and community living for children with psychosocial disabilities

Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Advocacy
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WHO global disability action plan 2014–2021: Better health for all people with disability

The Disability Action Plan 2014-2021 is based on the recommendations of the WHO and World Bank World report on disability and in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It was developed in consultation with Member States, United Nations organizations and national and international partners including organizations of people with disabilities.
Page type: 
Implementation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO/World Bank World Report on Disability

The first ever world report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank in 2011, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Advocacy
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Human Rights Watch World Report 2014

World Report 2014 is Human Rights Watch’s 24th annual review of human rights practices around the globe. It summarizes key human rights issues in more than 90 countries and territories worldwide, drawing on events through November 2013.
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Human rights
Advocacy
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings: Linking Practice and Research

Systematic review of practice, funding, and interventions for mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in humanitarian settings.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Advocacy
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