Resources

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 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.

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Systematic review of published and unpublished literature in English, Spanish and French, on evidence of scaling up mental health services in LMIC.

This literature review examines the overall landscape and current mental health context for Syrian refugees in Turkey at a broad level.

This report details how to create opportunities and raise voices of adolescent girls in humanitarian settings.

A review to identify evidence to date for mhGAP-IG implementation in low- and middle-income countries.

A paper written to stimulate discussion about the influence of gender and gender norms on mental health in adolescence.

This report discusses how alcohol is a major obstacle to achieving 12 out of 17 Sustainable Development Goals.

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.

A collection of stories from 35 countries providing a range of views on depression in honour of World Health Day 2017.

Depression in pregnancy increases the risk of behavioural and emotional problems in children, says a new review published in The Lancet Psychiatry.

The report argues that current dementia healthcare services are over-specialised, and that a rebalancing is required with a more prominent role for primary and community care.

A visual summary of the Mental Health Report: 'Transforming Lives, Enhancing Communities' that was launched at the Qatar Foundation's World Innovation Summit for Health in Doha in December 2013.