Resources

A large ecosystem of external actors for mental disorders already exists presenting opportunities for unlocking additional resources, though coordination of efforts is crucial, and the use of a sustainable and ethical approach is a moral imperative. Further research is needed to understand all external actors and the allocation of their contributions in different settings.

An evidence review published by What Works to Prevent Violence Against Women looking at the associations between intimate partner violence, mental health and alcohol use.

This article and accompanying policy brief identify “best practice” and “good practice” interventions that can feasibly be delivered in low- and middle-income countries, to aid the identification of resource efficiencies and allocation in LMICs.

This systematic review details new WHO prevalence estimates on depression, anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia in conflict-affected settings.

This systematic review details mental health of people detained within the justice system in Africa and human rights abuses within these facilities.

This systematic review identified few studies evaluating the impact of mental health treatments on the prevention or reduction of intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries despite epidemiological research suggesting that this would be a beneficial direction for research and intervention. The conclusion calls for further research in diverse settings and with diverse populations.

This systematic review used data from the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study (GBD) 2016 to calculate global and regional estimates of the prevalence of alcohol, amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, and opioid dependence, and to estimate global disease burden attributable to alcohol and drug use between 1990 and 2016

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.

Systematic review of published and unpublished literature in English, Spanish and French, on evidence of scaling up mental health services in LMIC.

The Community Informant Detection Tool (CIDT) is a procedure of pro-active case-finding of people with suspected mental health problems, which subsequently promotes help seeking. The CIDT consists of contextualized vignettes and associated pictures to facilitate recognition by lay people. The rationale behind the strategy is that briefly trained community members that are intimately familiar with the community, are especially well-placed and capable to identify people in need of care. Research into the accuracy of the CIDT confirms this.

International Medical Corps present this summary report on the psychosocial needs of Syrian refugee children living at Vasilika camp, in Greece.

This desk review summarizes existing information with regard to mental health and psychosocial wellbeing in Nepal