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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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The global burden of disease attributable to alcohol and drug use in 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

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
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Advocacy
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Systematic review of pathways to mental health care in Brazil

This review synthesizes qualitative and quantitative research about pathways to mental health care in Brazil.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Scale up of Services for Mental Health in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries

Systematic review of published and unpublished literature in English, Spanish and French, on evidence of scaling up mental health services in LMIC.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Considerations for Syrian Refugees in Turkey

This literature review examines the overall landscape and current mental health context for Syrian refugees in Turkey at a broad level.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Guinea-Conakry

Literature review on how to devise culturally-appropriate MHPSS interventions in Ebola-affected areas.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Desk Review: Ecuador earthquake / Revisión de Información: Terremoto de Ecuador 2016

Useful background information (in English and Spanish) on Ecuador and the effects of the earthquake from an MHPSS perspective.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Monitoring and evaluation of mental health and psychosocial support programs in humanitarian settings

This scoping review is an evaluation of monitoring and evaluation frameworks for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) programs in humanitarian settings.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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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.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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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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MHIN Research Summary: Psychological Treatments for the World

A MHIN summary for the systematic review entitled 'Psychological Treatments for the World: Lessons from Low- and Middle-Income Countries' (Singla et al., 2017).
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Task sharing
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Inclusion of people with psychosocial disability in low and middle income contexts: a practice review

A review to explore the literature and the experiences of three organisations that are working with people with psychosocial disability living in low- and middle-income countries – Afghanistan, India and Nepal.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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The Impact of Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Interventions on People Affected by Humanitarian Emergencies in LMIC

Systematic review drawing together primary research on the process of implementing MHPSS programmes, their receipt by affected populations, and their intended and unintended effects.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Community-based psychosocial interventions for people with schizophrenia in LMIC: systematic review and meta-analysis

A study evaluating the feasibility and effectiveness of community-based psychosocial interventions for schizophrenia.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Task sharing
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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mhGAP Intervention Guide: A systematic review of evidence from LMICs

A review to identify evidence to date for mhGAP-IG implementation in low- and middle-income countries.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Task sharing
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Understanding & Tackling The Gendered Drivers Of Poor Adolescent Mental Health

A paper written to stimulate discussion about the influence of gender and gender norms on mental health in adolescence.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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A blind spot on the global mental health map: A scoping review in Central and Eastern Europe

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.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Alcohol and substance use in humanitarian and post-conflict situations

This article presents an overview of the problem and existing assessment and intervention tools to address substance use in conflict and post-conflict situations and provides a set of recommendations to address this important public health matter.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Human rights
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Lancet Health in Humanitarian Crises series

The Lancet’s Health in Humanitarian Crises series focuses on how to improve the effectiveness of health responses in humanitarian crises.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Depression around the World

A collection of stories from 35 countries providing a range of views on depression in honour of World Health Day 2017.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO Report: Depression and Other Common Mental Disorders

This booklet provides latest available estimates of the prevalence of depression and other common mental disorders at the global and regional level.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
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.
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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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World Alzheimer Report 2016

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.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Putting the WISH Mental Health Report into Action

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.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Interventions for Common Perinatal Mental Disorders

A MHIN summary for a systematic review entitled 'Interventions for common perinatal mental disorders in women in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis' (Rahman et al, 2013).
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
Prevention and promotion
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
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Culture, Context and the Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Syrians

This report aims to provide information on the sociocultural background of the Syrian population as well as cultural aspects of mental health and psychosocial wellbeing relevant to care and support.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Human rights
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Influence of Initial Severity of Depression on Effectiveness of Low Intensity Interventions

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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Mental Healthwatch handbook: Improving mental health with your community

The handbook provides local Healthwatch with a useful tool to share and engage with partners across their local health and care community to bring about meaningful improvements for people using mental health services
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Questioning an Axiom: Better Prognosis for Schizophrenia in the Developing World?

Literature review and tabulation of data from 23 longitudinal studies of schizophrenia outcomes from 11 low- and middle-inome countries
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Community Mental Health Team Management in Severe Mental Illness: A Systematic Review

Systematic review of community mental health team management compared with other standard approaches in HIC.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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What is the Relevance of Mental Health to HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment Programs in Developing Countries?

Systematic review of the literature on the relationship between HIV and mental illness in LAMIC, and the relevance for HIV care and treatment programs.
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Research summaries and systematic reviews
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Policy and legislation
Treatment, care and rehabilitation

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