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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
Task sharing
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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
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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
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
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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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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
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
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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
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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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Policy Brief: Young People Will Transform Global Mental Health

Produced by the Young Leaders for the Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development, this Policy Brief embodies the principles of Youth participation and calls policy makers to action with key recommendations to prioritise global action on mental health for young people.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
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Mental health of people detained within the justice system in Africa

This systematic review details mental health of people detained within the justice system in Africa and human rights abuses within these facilities.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
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Infographic: Health Systems Strengthening for Mental Health

This infographic highlights three tools for rights-based mental health system reform.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
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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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UNICEF Operational Guidelines: Community-based mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings

UNICEF Operational Guidelines on Community-based mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Three-tiered support for children and families.
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Health promotion
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Policy Brief: Mental Health and Human Rights

MHIN policy brief prepared for Human Rights Day 2018 observed every year on the 10th of December.
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Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
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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.
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Policy and advocacy
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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.
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Health promotion
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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National Mental Health Strategy of Ethiopia

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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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BMJ article: Including mental health among the new sustainable development goals The case is compelling

An Editorial from the BMJ written by Graham Thornicroft and Vikram Patel advocating for the inclusion of the inclusion of mental health on the post 2015 agenda.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
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ODI Global Mental Health from a Policy Perspective: A Context Analysis Report

This report characterises mental health as a policy issue, and draws upon the experience of different social movements across global health to provide lessons for this field.
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Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
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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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Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Investing in Mental Health: Evidence for Action

WHO report on the need to invest in mental health.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
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APPG Mental Health for Sustainable Development Report

This Mental Health report was published by the Global Health and Mental Health All-Party Parliamentary groups, and was prepared by Mary De Silva and Jonty Roland on the joint groups behalf.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
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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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Mapping and Understanding Exclusion in Europe

Mental Health Europe and the University of Kent-Tizard Centre launch a report looking at the state of mental health services across Europe.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
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WHO European Region Report: Mental health, human rights and standards of care

WHO/Europe has released a report assessing the quality of institutional care for adults with psychosocial and intellectual disabilities in the WHO European Region.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
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WHO Mental Health ATLAS 2017

The Mental Health Atlas 2017 acquires new importance as it is providing information and data on the progress towards the achievement of objectives and targets of the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2020.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
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Policy options on mental health: a WHO-Gulbenkian Mental Health Platform collaboration

This is the final report of the six-year collaboration between the WHO Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse and the Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform.
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Policy and advocacy
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Policy and legislation
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Trauma of a Generation Report - HAI

Research presented in this report is intended to bring visibility to the range of complex and traumatic life experiences faced by Central American youth.
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Evaluation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
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WFMH Report: Mental Health in the Workplace

"Mental Health in the Workplace” is the theme of World Mental Health Day 2017 and the World Federation for Mental Health has released a report to start the discussion on how we can define best practice in promoting mental health in the workplace.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Detection and diagnosis
Training, education and capacity building
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A blind spot on the global mental health map: A scoping review in Central and Eastern Europe

This paper argues that to date the Global Mental Health community has overlooked an important region of the global North, however, where attention is urgently needed.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Interventions and approaches to integrating HIV and mental health services: a systematic review

Existing evidence, although limited, suggest that integrating HIV and mental health services may be linked to improved patient and service delivery outcomes in diverse settings.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
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Between Borders Resource Repository

A comprehensive collection of reports and articles focused on MHPSS, human insecurity, and forced displacement.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Advocacy
Training, education and capacity building

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