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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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EQUIP: Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support

EQUIP: Ensuring Quality in Psychological Support is a joint WHO/UNICEF project to improve the competence of helpers and the consistency and quality of training and service delivery. The EQUIP platform makes freely available competency assessment tools and e-learning courses to support governments, training institutions, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), both in humanitarian and development settings, to train and supervise the workforce to deliver effective psychological support for adults and children.
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Implementation
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Task sharing
Technology
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Mental Health for Sustainable Development: A Topic Guide for Development Professionals

This topic guide is a primer for development professionals interested in learning about the basics of key issues in mental health.
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Evaluation
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
Prevention and promotion
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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WHO QualityRights Guidance & Training

The WHO Quality rights initiative has published 15 key training and guidance materials to transform these recommendations into practical on the ground solutions.
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Evaluation
Approach: 
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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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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UNICEF Operational Guidelines: Community-based mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings

UNICEF Operational Guidelines on Community-based mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: Three-tiered support for children and families.
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Health promotion
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Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Task sharing
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
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Prevention and promotion
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An Invisible Crisis: Exploring Mental Health Needs in the Syrian and Iraqi Crisis

Médecins du Monde (MdM) marked World Mental Health Day (October 10th) with their latest publication highlighting the MHPSS needs of people affected by the protracted Syrian and Iraqi crises. The report offers recommendations and solutions for next steps.
Page type: 
Health promotion
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Guidelines for a faith-sensitive approach in humanitarian response

Guidance on faith-sensitive approaches for mental health and psychosocial programming in humanitarian contexts.
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Health promotion
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Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
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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Implementation
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Assessing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs and Resources: Toolkit for Humanitarian Settings

Page type: 
Screening/diagnostic tools
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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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.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
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
Approach: 
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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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.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Helping the Helpers: 50 Resources for Humanitarian Workers

50 resources for wellbeing and effectiveness in the humanitarian sector.
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Health promotion
Approach: 
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.
Page type: 
Implementation
Approach: 
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.
Page type: 
Research summaries and systematic reviews
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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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.
Page type: 
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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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
Page type: 
Implementation
Approach: 
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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Implementation of WHO Quality Rights assessment In Kabul Mental Health Hospital

Report assessing the quality of mental health services and human rights conditions in the Kabul Mental Health Hospital, using the WHO QualityRights Toolkit, with recommendations for development of an improvement plan.
Page type: 
Evaluation
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Human rights
Empowerment and service user involvement
Advocacy
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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WHO - Channelling hope – interview with psychosocial health worker E. Dash Karbar

Meet E. Dash Karbar Sr, a psychosocial worker working in Island Clinic Ebola Treatment Unit
Page type: 
Implementation
Approach: 
Task sharing
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
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WFMH 'Living with Schizophrenia' Report

A report by The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) on “Living with Schizophrenia”
Page type: 
Policy and advocacy
Approach: 
Policy and legislation
Empowerment and service user involvement
Prevention and promotion
Detection and diagnosis
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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OpenLearn - Introduction to Mental Health Module

Non-Communicable Diseases, Emergency Care and Mental Health Module: Introduction to Mental Health
Page type: 
Training
Approach: 
Treatment, care and rehabilitation
Training, education and capacity building
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World Health Organization

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