Resources

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.

MHIN policy brief prepared for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting at Davos 2019.

MHIN policy brief prepared for Human Rights Day 2018 observed every year on the 10th of December.

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.

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.

Useful background information (in English and Spanish) on Ecuador and the effects of the earthquake from an MHPSS perspective.

The report recommends government, services and young people collaborate to develop better identification, assessment, support and treatment of trauma within mental health systems.

A MHIN summary for the systematic review entitled 'Psychological Treatments for the World: Lessons from Low- and Middle-Income Countries' (Singla et al., 2017).

This IDPC advocacy note attempts to provide a non-exhaustive overview of how current drug policies in Africa violate universal human rights.

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

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.

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.

Guidelines on how positive environments and spaces for women and girls can best be established and managed in the context of South Sudan.

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