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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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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
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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EQUIP: Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support

EQUIP: Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support is a joint WHO/UNICEF project to improve the competence of helpers and the consistency and quality of training and service delivery. The EQUIP platform makes freely available competency assessment tools and e-learning courses to support governments, training institutions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), both in humanitarian and development settings, to train and supervise the workforce to deliver effective psychological support for adults and children.
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Implementation
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Task sharing
Technology
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
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Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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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 Group Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) for Depression

With this new manual, part of WHO’s mhGAP programme, the WHO gives guidance on the use of interpersonal therapy (IPT) using a 8 session group protocol.
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Training
Approach: 
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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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Partners in Health Curriculum Toolkit

PIH's collection of tools to build community-based systems of mental health care.
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Implementation
Approach: 
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO toolkit for the care and support of people affected by Zika

This WHO Toolkit is for the care and support of people affected by the complications associated with Zika virus with the goal of enhancing country preparedness for Zika virus outbreaks.
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Implementation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Maternal depression and mental health in early childhood: an examination of underlying mechanisms in low-income and middle-income countries

Depression in pregnancy increases the risk of behavioural and emotional problems in children, says a new review published in The Lancet Psychiatry.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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The Psychosocial Impact of Humanitarian Crises - A Better Understanding for Better Interventions

In this document, we describe the different crises situations in which ACF intervenes: natural disasters, conflicts, totalitarianism and extremism. We introduce the specific psychosocial impact on communities, families and children for each crisis situation.
Page type: 
Implementation
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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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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Treatment and Prevention of Mental Disorders in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries

Review of the evidence on effectiveness of interventions for the treatment and prevention of selected mental disorders in LAMIC
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Interventions for Common Perinatal Mental Disorders in Women in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Systematic review of RCTs in LMIC assessing the benefit of interventions delivered by non-specialist workers for mothers and children.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Task sharing
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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