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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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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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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.

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Implementation

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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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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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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

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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

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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

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Prevention and promotion

Detection and diagnosis

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

Training, education and capacity building

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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.

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Research summaries and systematic reviews

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Prevention and promotion

Detection and diagnosis

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

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Infographic: Innovations implementing the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) Intervention Guide

Infographic of all innovations implementing the WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide

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Implementation

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Detection and diagnosis

Treatment, care and rehabilitation

Training, education and capacity building

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Global Mental Health: sharing and synthesizing knowledge for sustainable development

Global Mental Health: sharing and synthesizing knowledge for sustainable development.

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Policy and advocacy

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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.

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Policy and advocacy

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Advocacy

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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.

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Implementation

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Treatment, care and rehabilitation

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Community-based Rehabilitation for People With Disabilities in Low- and Middle-income Countries: A Systematic Review

A systematic review on the evidence about the impact of community-based rehabilitation on the lives of people with disabilities and their carers in LAMIC.

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Research summaries and systematic reviews

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Treatment, care and rehabilitation

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Facilitation Manual: Psychological First Aid during Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks

This manual is designed to orient helpers to offer psychological first aid (PFA) to people affected by an Ebola outbreak. PFA involves humane, supportive and practical assistance for people who are distressed, in ways that respect their dignity, culture and abilities.

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Training

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Training, education and capacity building

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