--World Mental Health Report
World Health Organization (2022)
--Mental Health for Sustainable Development: A Topic Guide for Development Professionals
K4D Emerging Issues Report (2020)
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Training Programs and Courses
Doctoral Programs
Chicago School of Professional Psychology, International Psychology, online with concentrations in Organizations/Systems or Trauma Services.
Masters Programs
MSc Global Mental Health, London-based course taught jointly between the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and King's College London Institute of Psychiatry. Click here for the online prospectus.
MSc Global Mental Health: University of Glasgow, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences. Click here for the programme brochure.
International Masters in Mental Health Policies and Services, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas. Click here for the program brochure.
International Masters Degree, Primary Care Mental Health (2016-2018), NOVA University of Lisbon
Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology and Global Mental Health: William James College (formerly Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology). Click here for the program brochure.
MSc International Humanitarian Psychosocial Intervention, University of East London (online/distance learning approach)
(see also the database on MHPSS-related courses, accessed from MHPSS.net)
Courses
GMH: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program, Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma (on-site learning in Italy, and web-based learning). Certificates of completion are awarded by HPRT and the Harvard Medical School Department of Continuing Education.
Leadership in Mental Health Course, Sangath Centre and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine(Goa, India).
International Diploma in Mental Health Law and Human Rights, Indian Law Society and WHO. (distance learning program to accommodate working professionals across the globe)
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), with links for training in over 20 countries (e.g., in Asia: Cambodia, Hong Kong, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, etc.)
Note that there are individual courses taught as part of graduate studies programs: There are or have been specific GMH courses (GMH overviews), George Washington University (Dr. Eliot Sorel, Dr. Brandon Kohrt), Columbia University (Dr. Kathleen Pike), Fordham University (Dr. Andrew Rasmussen), and Johns Hopkins University (Dr. Judith Bass). Also note the ongoing special GMH seminars and additional courses as part of GMH programs at Columbia University, Yale University, University of Washington, University of Toronto, etc. and at schools of public health. There are a growing number of emphases in psychiatry programs on GMH that include options for training and experience. Psychology programs for the most part are not yet including these options.
Other Training Examples
Masterclass on Implementation Science, 1-2 June 2015, Kings College London
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Summer Institute in Mental Health Research, Online Course on Mental Health in Humanitarian Settings (8-26 June 2015), Dr. Wietse Tol
Centre for Global Mental Health Summer School, London, 14-17 September 2015
Global Perspectives on Mental Wellbeing--Knowledge Exchange/Summer School. A one-week course offered by the University of Glasgow and University of Rwanda, 15-19 June 2015, Kigali, Rwanda
Summer Institute in GMH and Psychosocial Support, Teachers College, Columbia University, 8-16 July 2015
Fordham University (Institute of International Affairs), International Medical Corps, HealthNet TPO, Mental Health in Complex Emergencies (20-30 September 2015), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
GMH Week+ Geneva: Connecting-contributing via a strategic week of events/activities (3-11 October 2013)
This is an example of some of the various activities done around World Mental Health Day (related to the Geneva area). The theme this year was Mental Health and Older Adults. We encourage other locations and organizations to organize various events around the time of the time of WMHD.
3-4 October: Webster University’s Psychology/Counselling Conference--Ties that Heal (existential, interpersonal, neurobiological pathways to healing)
3-4 October: Geneva colleagues will be joining with many others from around the world for the International Forum on Innovation in Mental Health, Lisbon (this is the first technical meeting of the Gulbenkian GMH Platform)
7 October: mhGAP Forum (focusing on the implementation of the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020
8 October: Working Consultation—Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Low Resource Countries (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, NGO Forum for Health, USAID Victims of Torture Fund, WHO Collaborating Center on Mental Health of the University of Geneva—Department of Psychiatry) click here for flyer
8 October: Knitting the Net (informal dinner event for developing GMH connections and sharing GMH reflections)
9 October: MHPSS in Emergencies: How Do the Existing Guidelines Help Practical Applications Across Sectors? (IASC event convened at the United Nations, focussing on the IASC 2007 MHPSS guidelines in emergency settings and subsequent materials for different users/settings)
10 October: Hidden Pictures part of the worldwide film screening and World Mental Health Day (Webster University, co-organised with the NGO Forum for Health; click here for more information on the Webster University screening and the poster for the Webster University screening; note that the theme this year for WMHD is Mental Health and Older Adults; click here to see the list of previous WMHD themes since the first one in 1992)
11 0ctober: Breaking the Chains of People with Mental Illness in Indonesia (film screening at WHO)