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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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PPE For Your Mind: A Frontliner's Field Guide to Mental Health

PPE For Your Mind is specifically made to help make mental health healthier for all frontline workers and first responders.
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Training
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Advocacy
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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Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
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Prevention and promotion
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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WHO Preventing suicide: a community engagement toolkit (2018)

This toolkit follows on from the World Health Organization (WHO) report Preventing suicide: a global imperative (WHO, 2014) by providing practical steps for engaging communities in suicide prevention activities.
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Training
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Training, education and capacity building
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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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mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG)

WHO and UNHCR present a new guide to mental, neurological and substance use conditions in humanitarian emergencies
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Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Theory of Change for Complex Mental Health Interventions - A Practical Guide

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Training
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Training, education and capacity building
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Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers

A guide developed thought international consensus on how to support people in the immediate aftermath of extremely stressful events in LAMIC
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Training
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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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Thinking Healthy- A manual for psychological management of perinatal depression

The Thinking Health manual outlines an evidence-based approach describing how community health workers can reduce prenatal depression through evidence-based cognitive-behavioural techniques recommended by the mhGAP programme.
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Training
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Task sharing
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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IASC: 4Ws in MHPSS Manual

4Ws tools are used in many areas of aid to map activities conducted across large geographical areas.
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Implementation
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Operational Guidance on Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Programming for Refugee Operations

Operational guidance on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support which provides a practical orientation and tools for UNHCR country operations.
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Training
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings

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Implementation
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Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Toolkit for the Integration of Mental Health

This Toolkit aims to support the understanding and implementation of integrated mental health programs in humanitarian settings. It clearly outlines the steps for integrated mental health programs, and includes key guidance and resources that strengthen the integration process among non-governmental implementing agencies, donors, and governments. You can also find International Medical Corps' Toolkit within the 'Collaborations' feature on MHIN.
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The Friendship Bench Training Manual

The Friendship Bench Training Manual offers a brief psychological intervention addressing kufungisisa (Depression) in primary care clinics in Zimbabwe.
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Implementation
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Task sharing
Training, education and capacity building
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RISE Manual for community-based rehabilitation workers

A manual for community-based rehabilitation workers, who will be working with people with schizophrenia.
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Training
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Task sharing
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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Promoting Positive Environments for Women and Girls: Guidelines for Women and Girls Friendly Spaces in South Sudan

Guidelines on how positive environments and spaces for women and girls can best be established and managed in the context of South Sudan.
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Training
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Prevention and promotion
Training, education and capacity building
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Theory of Change Toolkit

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Training
Approach: 
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO Guidelines for identification and management of substance use and substance use disorders in pregnancy

Guidelines with recommendations to assist women who are pregnant, or have recently had a child, and who use alcohol or drugs or who have a substance use disorder.
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Implementation
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Task sharing
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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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
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Psychological First Aid: Supporting people following crisis events

This is a flyer describing Psychological First Aid: supporting people following crisis events.
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Training
Approach: 
Training, education and capacity building
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Social entrepreneurship and mental health in low- and middle-income countries

A practical guide for people developing interventions to address mental illness and its consequences for individuals, families and communities in low- and middle-income countries.
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Training
Approach: 
Empowerment and service user involvement
Training, education and capacity building
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Psychosocial support in the context of Zika virus

This document describes guidance for a supportive response by healthcare providers (e.g. physicians, nurses), focusing primarily on women affected by Zika virus infection during pregnancy and their families, for their mental health and psychosocial needs.
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Training
Approach: 
Training, education and capacity building
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MHIN presentation on developing a Theory of Change framework

How to develop, refine and evaluate a Theory of Change framework for a complex intervention
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Implementation
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Training, education and capacity building
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Suicide First Aid Guidelines - Sri Lanka

These guidelines are designed to help members of the public in the Sri Lanka to provide first aid to someone who is at risk of suicide. The role of the first aider is to assist the person until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
Page type: 
Training
Approach: 
Training, education and capacity building
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PRIME mhGAP in Ethiopia (Video)

PRIME Ethiopia's implementation of mhGAP - a brief documentary
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Implementation
Approach: 
Task sharing
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Mental Health Awareness through mhGAP (Video)

Mental health awareness seminar highlighting mhGAP implementation in Uganda.
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Implementation
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Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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Psychosocial Innovation In Post-War Sri Lanka

A book on a project that highlights how psychosocial project delivery in a post-conflict country incorporates relational understandings in its training of mental health workers
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Implementation
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Ebola Virus Disease Outbreaks

This guide provides information to strengthen preparedness and response plans with regards to the mental health and psychosocial consequences of an Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak
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Training
Approach: 
Training, education and capacity building
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Suicide First Aid Guidelines - India

These guidelines are designed to help members of the public in India to provide first aid to someone who is at risk of suicide. The role of the first aider is to assist the person until appropriate professional help is received or the crisis resolves.
Page type: 
Training
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
Training, education and capacity building

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