2025
O’Donnell, K. & Lewis O’Donnell, M. Wellbeing for all people and the planet: Into the global fray as mental health professionals. Christian Psychology Around the World. Number 24, December 2025 (pp. 84-103). (pre-published version HERE with links in-text and in the reference section)
--World Mental Health Today (Sept 2025) WHO. This report updates the data chapter in the WHO 2022 World Mental Health Report (64 pages).
--Scaling Mental Health Access: Case Studies and Practices for Public Sector Integration. Daisy Rosales and Su Balasubramanian, Catalyst Now Mental Health Collaboration (January 2025)
--Mental Health Atlas 2024: (Sept 2025) "The WHO Mental Health Atlas is a critical instrument to hold governments accountable and accelerate change. Shining a spotlight on the state of mental health systems worldwide makes it clear where progress is lagging and where urgent action is needed. The Atlas gives advocates, policymakers, and communities the evidence they need to demand more substantial investments, fairer access, and more humane policies..."
--July 2025 announcement--GMH Action Network's Mental Health Open ---"a journal featuring Open Access, Open Peer Review, and Open Data"
--Foundational Helping Skills Training Manual: A Competency-Based Approach for Training Helpers to Support Adults (2025), WHO and UNICEF
--Guidance on Mental Health Policy and Strategic Action Plans: Five Modules (2025) WHO--watch the launch event HERE using this passcode: xm=1dZ@L (March 2025)
--7th Global Mental Health Summit, Cape Town, South Africa, 10-12 November 2025
--Launch of the WHO Guidance on Policy and Strategic Actions to Protect and Promote Mental Health Across Government Sectors, taking place on Tuesday, 25 November 2025, from 13:00 to 14:30 CET. Tuesday, 25 November 2025 (13:00 to 14:30 CET)--"For the first time, WHO has set out concrete policy directives and strategic actions to protect and promote mental health across government sectors. The guidance covers 10 sectors - from education, justice and employment to housing, environment and interior - helping countries embed mental health in national policies and plans of these sectors, address the social and structural drivers that shape mental health, and put participation, equity and human rights at the centre of government policy and strategies." Note--WHO Guidance on MH Policy and Action Plans--Five Modules (2025)
--World Mental Health Day (10 October 2025)
Theme: Access to Services: Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies--Toolkit from WFMH
--Church Mental Health Summit "This 1-day, virtual Summit on October 10 brings industry leaders, pastors, and clinicians from around the globe together to offer practical and engaging sessions. Our goal is to strengthen you as you support those who struggle with mental health."
--Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit
Doha, Qatar, 30 September-1 October 2025 (#6)
Theme: Transforming MH through Investment, Innovation, and Digital Solutions
--Mental Health at the High-Level Political Forum and Beyond. (14 July 2025) "This virtual side event, cosponsored by the American Psychological Association, the Global Psychology Alliance, the Permanent Missions to the United Nations from Mexico and Qatar, and the World Health Organization, will address the importance of mental health at the United Nations (UN) High-Level Political Forum as well as how [it] aligns with other ongoing efforts to mainstream and advance mental health within the UN system."
--Psychology Day at the United Nations (25 June 2025) "From Crisis to Growth: Psychological Contributions to Building Global Resilience"
--Division 52: International Psychology (American Psychological Association) has been renamed to Division 52: Society for Global Psychology!
Book Series: Behavioral Science in the Global Arena, Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN). New authors and ideas are welcome for upcoming chapters/volumes (colleagues and graduate students in mental health and other sectors). Contact Dr. Elaine Congress, the co-editor of this book series congress@fordham.edu.
2024
--Multi-Sectoral MHPSS Assessment Toolkit (May 2024) draft version for field testing throughout 2024 developed by IASC MHPSS Thematic Group on Mapping and Assessments (co-chaired by WHO and MHPSS.net) in collaboration with UN agencies (UNICEF, UNHCR and UNFPA)-webinar overview 31 July 2024
--Work Stress of Humanitarian Delegates. Raymond Saner and Lichia Saner Yiu with Nathan Eyasu and Kagan Rowland CSEND, Geneva. Applied Psychology Around the World | Vol 6, 2 (July 2024)
--The Effects of Stress on International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) Delegates. Raymond Saner and Lichia Saner Yiu with Nathan Eyasu, and Kagan Rowland (23 April 2024). Humanitarian Encyclopedia, Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies.
--See also Module One: Introduction to Stress, Resilience, and Self-Care. Kelly O’Donnell and Heidi Pidkoke (2017). In Confronting Stress and Trauma: A Resource Kit for Personnel Dealing with Violent Conflicts and Natural Disasters; (pp. 25-63). University of Worcester in association with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. For a short overview of this topic see Unbreakable? Recognizing Humanitarian Stress and Trauma, Global Geneva (Oct-Nov 2017). Note also the UN System Workplace Mental Health and Well-being Strategy: 2024 and beyond Strategy.
--The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Transforming Mental Health Implementation Research (March 2024)
--UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on NCDs and Mental Health (September 2024) and the Summit of the Future
--World Mental Health Day 10 October 2024
Theme--"It is Time to Prioritize Mental Health in the Workplace” (more information in route)
--3rd Global Mental Health Advocacy Forum (17-19 July 2024) Global Mental Health Action Network—virtual--Register HERE “DAY ONE: We will address stigma and discrimination in mental health, exploring creative strategies to tackle these pressing issues...DAY TWO: We will explore the power of storytelling to combat mental health stigma."
--The Lancet Psychiatry Commission on Transforming Mental Health Implementation Research (March 2024)
2023
--2023 Global Mental Health Conference: Research Without Borders--register online. October 30–November 1, 2023 Location: Hybrid--NIH Campus, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland USA and Virtual
--Financing Mental Health: The Current Situation and Ways Forward (October 2023). United for GMH (20 pages)
--2023 Global Mental Health Conference: Research Without Borders--register online. October 30–November 1, 2023 Location: Hybrid--NIH Campus, Natcher Auditorium, Bethesda, Maryland USA and Virtual
--World Humanitarian Day 19 August 2023 (WHD)--To commemorate this special day we are featuring a foundational work by Raymond Saner, "Manifestation of Stress and Its Impact on the Humanitarian Work of the ICRC Delegate." Political Psychology, Vol. 11, No. 4, December 1990, pp. 757-765. Very relevant and worth reading! See the WHD website for more information including the short video overview and the section with stories from survivors marking the 20th anniversary of the attack on the UN in Baghdad.
--Mental Health in Complex Emergencies Course (30 August-15 December 2023). The course "is designed for professionals in mental health and social work, staff in humanitarian health and protection programs and volunteers who wish to learn how to establish, enhance, or integrate mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) into humanitarian programmes...[It] course covers prevention, preparedness and response strategies that can be used with communities affected by diverse humanitarian emergencies, including conflict, post conflict, and disaster settings, and with refugees or internally displaced populations."
--Save the Date: World Mental Health Day (10 October 2023) "Mental health is a universal human right"
--16th Annul Psychology Day at the United Nations. "Psychological Contributions to Global Peace, Conflict Resolution and Equity." Thursday April 27, 2023-- 10 AM to 2 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST). Organized by the Psychology Coalition of NGOs having consultative status with the UN ECOSOC (PCUN)
--Internationalizing the Psychology Curriculum: How and Why? An excellent 75 minute webinar with several presenters, 21 April 2023, organized by APA Division 52 and PCUN. Recording HERE and power points HERE.
See also Anthony Marsella's foundational article on this topic (2001).
--Integrating Mental Health into HIV and TB Programmes. "The new 5-year strategy from the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria—The Global Fund Strategy (2023–2028)—includes mental health for the first time. This means the 2023-2025 allocation period is a critical moment to ensure Global Fund grants support context specific interventions for mental health."
--GMH--Global Mental Health: Working Across Sectors for People and Planet Wellbeing. Regent University, School of Psychology and Counseling, GMH doctoral course (2 March 2024)
--Are You a "Non"? Respecting Colleagues-Balancing Influence. Global Integration Update (October 2023)
--Internationalization of Psychology: Indicators, Challenges, Benefits and Risks (opening editorial-overview) by Claudia Zuniga and Merry Bullock-- Trends in Psychology (September 2023) special issue on Internationalization in Psychology
--UN General Assembly Resolution on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (3 July 2023)
--Grant Rich and Kelly O’Donnell (2023). Global Mental Health. In Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. Ed. Dana S. Dunn. New York: Oxford University Press. Note--The pre-copyedited version of this article is on the GMH-Map website. "This module features resources representing key GMH developments and directions, organized into 11 sections.."
--Global Mental Health course--School of Psychology and Counseling, Regent University (18 February 2023). Video of the first half of the class (password: +$EH?B1z) moderated by Dr. Emily Hervey (course instructor)--three guest presenters share their professional and faith-based backgrounds and perspectives on GMH: Dr. Julian Eaton (UK--04'30"-22'30"), Dr. Smyrna Khalaf (Lebanon--23'-30'), and Dr. Kelly O'Donnell (USA--30'45"-49'30). Global MH-Psyc-MHPSS in the Missio Dei: Seven Foundations-Directions (Kelly's powerpoint)
--O’Donnell, K., Lewis O’Donnell, M., Eaton, J., & Valle-Trabadelo, C. (February, 2023). Supporting our graduate training programs--Collaborating with our international colleagues: Special presentations on global mental health/global psychology International Psychology Bulletin 27(1). APA Division 52, International Psychology.
--Top 20 Priority Questions for MHPSS Research in Humanitarian Settings--priorities 2021-2030 Phuong Tao Le & Wietse Tol (2023)
--Resisting Despair and Disillusion: Will It Get Worse Before It Gets Worse? Global Integration Update (January 2023)
--Going Global: How Psychologists Can Meet a World of Need (2023), edited by Craig Shealy, Merry Bullock, and Shagufa Kapadia, American Psychological Association; see the TOC and Introduction
2022
--World Health Organization Guidelines on Mental Health at Work along with the WHO-ILO Mental Health at Work: Policy Brief---published on 28 September 2022. "WHO’s first-ever global guidelines on mental health at work provide evidence-based recommendations to improve mental health at work by supporting those who live with, or without, a mental health condition to participate and thrive at work. With an estimated 60% of the world in work, these guidelines provide much needed recommendations for employers, workers and stakeholders responsible for the health, safety and well-being of working people."
--“Moving Human Rights to the Forefront of Psychology. Summary of the Final Report of the APA Task Force on Human Rights" American Psychologist (May-June 2022). It is guided by the “Five Connections Framework to Psychology” and especially in view of international human rights instruments. Here is a link to the Final Report itself.
--Climate Change and Mental Health webinar recording with summary notes and references (27 April 2022) United for Global Mental Health--"Mental Health for All" webinar series
Four "International Psychology" Events and Webinars
“Promoting International Psychology--The United Nations and Beyond.” 5 March 2022, 15:30-16:50 EST. This is a panel presentation with 13 colleagues and is part of the Eastern Psychological Association Conference in New York. It also includes a book-signing with editors of two volumes in a new international book series, Behavioral Science in the Global Arena, from the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations (PCUN). This is an in-person event and all are welcome. Organized by PCUN et al.
"Student Mental Health during Covid-19." 30 March 2022, 11:30 EST (elementary school, high school, and university students--USA context primarily). Registration. Organized by PCUN et al.
"Responding to Gender-Based Violence--Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers." 7 April 2022, 17:00-18:15 EST. Registration. Organized by PCUN et al. 15th annual Psychology Day at the United Nations.
4. “Building Hope--Psychological Contributions to a Roadmap for Climate Action.” 21 April 2022, 11:00--14:00 EST. Registration. Organized by PCUN et al.
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--Harvard Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate. Program Harvard Medical School Intensive Online Training In Principles and Practices in Global Mental Health. April 25-May 6, 2022
--WHO QualityRights e-Training --Launch 12 April 2022 launch event HERE
--Teaching International Psychology (addressing global concerns and excelling as leaders). APA Division 52--International Psychology. 18 Jan. 2022. Recording available HERE. Featuring professors and graduates from the International Psychology Department at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
--Human Rights--Why They Matter for the Psychology Profession. International Council of Psychologists. Dr. Nora Sveaasa, University of Oslo and Dr. Michael Wessells, Columbia University. 27 Jan. 2022, 9:30 ET
More from 2022-2024
--WHO Mental Health Newsletter (October 2024)
--United for GMH Newsletter (September 2024)
--GMH Action Network Newsletter (September 2024)
--MHIN Newsletter (September 2024)
--Multi-Sectoral MHPSS Assessment Toolkit (May 2024) draft version for field testing throughout 2024 developed by IASC MHPSS Thematic Group on Mapping and Assessments (co-chaired by WHO and MHPSS.net) in collaboration with UN agencies (UNICEF, UNHCR and UNFPA)-webinar overview 31 July 2024
--Work Stress of Humanitarian Delegates. Raymond Saner and Lichia Saner Yiu with Nathan Eyasu and Kagan Rowland CSEND, Geneva. Applied Psychology Around the World | Volume 6, Issue 2 (July 2024)
--The Effects of Stress on International Committee of The Red Cross (ICRC) Delegates. Raymond Saner and Lichia Saner Yiu with Nathan Eyasu, and Kagan Rowland (23 April 2024). Humanitarian Encyclopedia, Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies.
--See also Module One: Introduction to Stress, Resilience, and Self-Care. Kelly O’Donnell and Heidi Pidkoke (2017). In Confronting Stress and Trauma: A Resource Kit for Personnel Dealing with Violent Conflicts and Natural Disasters; (pp. 25-63). University of Worcester in association with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research. For a short overview of this topic see Unbreakable? Recognizing Humanitarian Stress and Trauma, Global Geneva (October-November 2017). Note also the UN System Workplace Mental Health and Well-being Strategy: 2024 and beyond Strategy.
--GMH--Global Mental Health: Working Across Sectors for People and Planet Wellbeing. Regent University, School of Psychology and Counseling, GMH doctoral course (2 March 2024)
--Are You a "Non"? Respecting Colleagues-Balancing Influence. Global Integration Update (October 2023)
--Internationalization of Psychology: Indicators, Challenges, Benefits and Risks (opening editorial-overview) by Claudia Zuniga and Merry Bullock-- Trends in Psychology (September 2023) special issue on Internationalization in Psychology
--Grant Rich and Kelly O’Donnell (2023). Global Mental Health. In Oxford Bibliographies in Psychology. Ed. Dana S. Dunn. New York: Oxford University Press. Note--The pre-copyedited version of this article is on the GMH-Map website. "This module features resources representing key GMH developments and directions, organized into 11 sections. Due to GMH’s overlapping and broad range of topics, many more sections could also include: history, climate/environment, corruption, universal health coverage, multi-dimensional poverty, trauma, implementation science, social determinants of health, mental health and psychosocial support, substance use and addictions, national and regional overviews, etc. Note that many of these topics are addressed in the chapters of the edited books included in the References and Texts section."
--Mental Health Newsletter, WHO (June 2023)
--Global Mental Health 1, School of Psychology and Counseling, Regent University (18 February 2023). Video of the first half of the class (50 minutes, password is: +$EH?B1z) moderated by Dr. Emily Hervey (course instructor) in which the three guest presenters share about their professional and faith-based backgrounds and perspectives on GMH: Dr. Julian Eaton (UK--04'30"-22'30"), Dr. Smyrna Khalaf (Lebanon--23'-30'), and Dr. Kelly O'Donnell (USA--30'45"-49'30). Global MH-Psyc-MHPSS in the Missio Dei: Seven Foundations-Directions (Kelly's powerpoint)
--O’Donnell, K., Lewis O’Donnell, M., Eaton, J., & Valle-Trabadelo, C. (February, 2023). Supporting our graduate training programs--Collaborating with our international colleagues: Special presentations on global mental health/global psychology (GMH-Psyc). International Psychology Bulletin 27(1). APA Division 52, International Psychology.
--Top 20 Priortiy Questons for MHPSS Research in Huanitarian Settings (priorities for 2021-2030)
Phuong Tao Le and Wietse Tol (2023)
--Resisting Despair and Disillusion: Will It Get Worse Before It Gets Worse? Global Integration Update (January 2023)
--Going Global: How Psychologists Can Meet a World of Need (2023), edited by Craig Shealy, Merry Bullock, and Shagufa Kapadia, American Psychological Association; see the pdf of the TOC and Introduction
----IASC Handbook, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Coordination (December 2022)
--11 November 2022: Global Mental Health Care Course, Regent University:
1. The IASC MHPSS Reference Group: History and How It Works, Carmen Valle-Trabadelo; Links for the video (17 minutes), powerpoint, reading list-resources
2. GMH Overview, Update, and Directions, Michele and Kelly O'Donnell; Link for the powerpoint
--18 October 2022: GMH Overview, Updates, and Directions: Sustainable Development-Survival-Destruction? Kelly O'Donnell, Fordham University, Social Psychology and Clinical Psychology Seminar and Psychology Coalition at the UN Forum (powerpoint HERE; 22 minute video HERE)
--World Mental Health Day 10 October 2022--Make Mental Health and Wellbeing for All a Global Priority. See the September Newsletter by GMH Action Network for a list of several GMH-related events and webinars happening around the time of WMHD-10 October Here are three examples:
--October 10 2022: The Lancet Commission on Ending Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health Report.
--October 10 2022: Generational Perspective Dialogue #GPD22, Awesome Mind Speaks
--October 13-14 2022: Global Mental Health Summit 2022 (the 4th, held this year in Rome)
Special issue of the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology (August 2022) focusing on the last 50 years--articles available for free download. TOC HERE
Global Integrity Day, 9 June 2022--Integrity and Corruption in the Health Sector (The theme includes mental health.) "Moral health for a more whole world." Launched in 2020, Global Integrity Day is a positive day to reflect, teach, and collaborate on ways to integrate integrity in all we do throughout the entire year. It is a strategic day to promote a) cultivating lifestyles, cultures, and systems of integrity from the individual through the international levels; b) joining together to understand and address the causes and consequences of corruption in its many forms; and c) working towards just and equitable societies with wellbeing for all people and for the planet.
Behavioural Sciences for Better Health Initiative, WHO (May 2022). “This Report by the WHO Director-General “provides an overview and update on some of the work being performed by the organization in this area and outlines the way forward for WHO and Member States to create synergies and finding ways to better integrate behavioural sciences into their work.” See the designated website section for more information, projects, and resources. Note also the Behavioral Science Report (2021) by the UN Innovation Network.
2020-2021
--WHO Mental Health Forum Report (December 2021)
--WHO Mental Health Newsletter (16 December 2021)
--International Psychology (APA Division 52), Student Committee 2021 Summary
-2-4 June 2021: United Nations General Assembly Special Session Against Corruption: "Challenges and measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation" (10:00-13:00 and 15:18:00 EST, everyday; livestreamed and archived on UN Web TV). Also: watch the 80 minute High-Level Supporting Event with Civil Society and WHO presenters, 3 June 13:30-15:00: Addressing Corruption in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Livestreamed on UN Web TV and video archived HERE. Also note the Political Declaration was unanimously adopted on day one (18 pages; note "integrity" is included 19 times): "Our common commitment to effectively addressing challenges and implementing measures to prevent and combat corruption and strengthen international cooperation."
--World Health Day (7 April): Building a Fairer, Healthier World. Global Integration Update, April 2021
--"Covid Care" Reflections and Resources--Member Care Associates and Various Sources. "Covid care: Promoting and maintaining mental health, resilience, and wellbeing for all persons and peoples (ranging from informal to formal services, guidance and policies, local through global) during the multi-faceted challenges of COVID-19 and beyond." Latest upload (June): Covid Resources--Grief and Bereavement, Dr. Camille Wortman et al., Stony Brook University.
--COVID-19 and the Need for Action on Mental Health. UN Policy Brief, 13 May 2020. 17 pages including an Executive Summary. Video message/text by Antonio Guterres on the launch of the UN Brief on COVID-19 and Mental Health, 13 May 2020, (2 minutes 45 seconds). See also the UN’s feature story in its global/health sections (13 May 2020): “UN leads call to protect most vulnerable from mental health crisis during and after COVID.”--A Planetary State of Mind--MH and Climate webinar, NGO Committee on MH (11 November 2021)
--United for GMH 2021 Summary Report
--Global Humanitarian Overview 2022, UN OCHA and Geneva launch video-webinar on 2 December 2021
--IASC Mapping of Good Practice in the Implementation of Humanitarian-Development Peace Nexus Approaches: Synthesis Report (December 2021). Watch the webinar-discussion about the Report HERE.
--The Ignored Pandemic--How Corruption in Healthcare Sevice Delivery Thratens Universal Health Coverage, Transparency International (March 2019) and the December 2020 update reating this ignored pandemic to COVID 19.
--Planet SOS: The UN Climate Conference
Global Integration Update (November 2021)
--Psychology Students at the United Nations (webinar)
Psychology Coalition at the UN, APA Div. 52 (28 .10.21)
--Mental Health and Wellbeing for All
Global Integration Update (October 2021)
--WHO Mental Health Atlas 2020 (October 2021)
--State of the World's Children. On My Mind: Promoting, protecting and caring for children’s mental health. (October 2021) UNICEF
--GMH: Three Strategic Events (5-12 October 2021). 7 power point slides--what's up and why its important: GMH Ministerial Summit (registration here), World Mental Health Day, WHO MH Forum.
--Countdown Global Mental Health 2030, just launched-- "...a monitoring and accountability mechanism that uses a broad and integrated set of indicators to monitor progress for mental health...This free and accessible dashboard...has been developed to inform action...so that everyone everywhere is able to exercise their right to the highest attainable level of mental health.” (quote from United for GMH website)
--Addressing Mental Health in Global Contexts. 21 October 2021. Organized by Fordham University--International Social Development Seminar and Psi Chi--and the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations. Note: Link for the recording HERE. Power point/notes by Kelly and Michele O'Donnell here: GMH for Sustainable Development.
--Climate Change, Mental Health, and Disability--Examples of Practical Inclusive Practices CBM (October 2021)
--GMH: Three Strategic Events (5-12 October 2021). 7 power point slides--what's up and why its important: GMH Ministerial Summit (registration here), World Mental Health Day, WHO MH Forum.
--Countdown Global Mental Health 2030, "...a monitoring and accountability mechanism that uses a broad and integrated set of indicators to monitor progress for mental health...This free and accessible dashboard...has been developed to inform action...so that everyone everywhere is able to exercise their right to the highest attainable level of mental health.” (quote from United for GMH)
--Addressing Mental Health in Global Contexts. 21 October 2021. Organized by Fordham University--International Social Development Seminar and Psi Chi--and the Psychology Coalition at the United Nations. Note: Link for the recording HERE. Power point/notes by Kelly and Michele O'Donnell here: GMH for Sustainable Development.
--WHO Guidance and Technical Packages on community mental health services: Promoting Person-Centred and Rights-Based Approaches. See also WHO's QualityRights Initiative.
TACFLE, The Australian Centre for Lived Experience, “provides trained Mad informed-lived experience support and leadership through peer support, coaching, navigation, mentoring, supervision, co-counselling, research, training, education and consultancy.”
--WHO Guidance and Technical Packages on community mental health services: Promoting Person-Centred and Rights-Based Approaches. See also WHO's QualityRights Initiative.
--WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan, 2013-2030 (update and published 21 September 2021)
--Global Psychology Alliance, formed in 2019 and currently including over 60 psychology organizations from around the world. See also: International Union of Psychological Science, International Council of Psychologists, and the Psychology Coalition at the UN.
--Climate--Conflict--Corruption: Safeguarding ALL People and the ENTIRE Planet, Global Integration Update (July 2021)
--Global Alcohol Action Plan 2022-2030 (First draft, July 2021). WHO
--Global Integrity Day, 9 June 2021. Theme for this year: Corruption and Poverty. Visit the site to watch the video of the Spotlight Event on 9 June. This is a growing, global initiative to reflect, teach, and collaborate on ways to integrate integrity in all we do throughout the entire year: a) cultivating lifestyles of integrity from the individual through the international levels; b) joining together to address the causes and consequences of corruption in its many forms; and c) working for just and equitable societies marked with wellbeing for all persons/peoples and for the planet #GlobalIntegrityDay
--Global Insights Newsletter (May 2021). Office of International Affairs, American Psychological Association. "Engaging APA members and the public in the critical role of psychology globally through stories and perspectives from around the world."
--One Bad Dream. (April 2021). A film spotlighting intermittent explosive disorder, done by two student advocates for mental health.
--GMH: Collaborating for Sustainable Development and Wellbeing (April 2021). O'Donnell, K., Eaton, J., & Lewis O'Donnell, M. A revised version of this article will appear in the forthcoming volume (in press): E.P. Congress, H. Takooshian, & S. Osborn (Eds.), Behavioral Science and Health in the Global Arena--Volume Two. Information Age Publishing. Note: Updated materials are in the Special News-Featured Highlights section, GMH-Map website.
--Aliev, AA., Roberts, T., Magzumova, S. et al. Widespread collapse, glimpses of revival: a scoping review of mental health policy and service development in Central Asia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-021-02064-2
--Harvard Global Mental Health: Trauma and Recovery Certificate Program. Harvard Medical School Intensive Online Training. Principles and Practices in Global Mental Health. 19-30 April 2021
--GMH Summer Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University. Topics: Group Interpersonal Psychotherapy, WHO Humanitarian Intervention Guide, Disability Policy/Advocacy. 26 April-2 May 2021
--Finance's Role in Improving Mental Health (April 2021). Policy paper prepared by GMH Action Network for the Spring Meetings--World Bank Group and IMF.
--Psychology Day at the United Nations (15 April 2021). Building Back Better: Mental Health in a Post-Pandemic World. Psychology Coalition at the United Nations
--Forced Migration Review (March 2021). Special Issue on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support, etc.
--Global Trends: Perspectives and Priorities from the Sectors. Global Integration Update (March 2021)
--COVID-19 mental health impact and responses in low-income and middle-income countries: reimagining global mental health. Kola, L., et al. (25 authors). The Lancet Psychiatry.(February 2021)
---Resolution on APA, Psychology, and Human Rights. American Psychological Association (February 2021)
--State of the Planet: Our Suicidal War on Nature. Global Integration Update (January 2021)
--Embrace: Multicultural Mental Health (website). "These resources have been translated into a range of languages for those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds to access."
2020
Genocide: Bearing Witness... "We can't just Pontius Pilate 800,000 people."
Global Integration Update (December 2020)
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MHPSS for Children in Humanitarian Settings: An Updated Review of Evidence and Practice
(November, 2020) UNICEF et al.
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Living in Chains: Shackling of People with Psychosocial Disabilities Worldwide
Human Rights Watch Report (October 2020)
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World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2020
Mental Health for All: Greater Investment-Greater Access World Federation for Mental Health
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Wellbeing for All: Global Mental Health--Developments and Directions Presentation 7 October 2020, Argentina Mental Health Association Conference
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Investing in Mental Health--Briefing for the UN General Assembly GMH Action Network, September 2020
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"The world must change the way mental health challenges are addressed." Dainius Puras, Remarks 6 July 2020 to the UNCHR, Annual Report--UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Physical-Mental Health.
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Understanding and Utilizing Principles of International Psychology. Karen Brown, Joyce Yip Green, Deanza Spaulding. Eye on Psi Chi, Summer 2020, 24/4
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GMH Advocacy Roadmap 2020-2021. Global Mental Health Action Network. (2020).
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Engaging in Humanity Care: Stress, Trauma, and Humanitarian Work. Kelly O'Donnell, Heidi Pidcoke, Michele Lewis O'Donnell. Christian Psychology Around the World (Issue 14, May 2020, pp. 153-167)
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Stories from the Sectors: Desperate Journeys, Embodying Change, Awake at Night
Global Integration Updates (March 2020)
See migration updates/stories in The New Humanitarian
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Wellbeing for Who? Global Reports from Seven Sectors
Global Integration Update (February 2020)
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Mental Health for Sustainable Development:
A Topic Guide for Development Professionals
Ryan, Iemmi, Hanna, Loryman, Eaton;
K4D Emerging Issues Report (Jan. 2020)
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No Turning Back for the World Community:
The Int. Conference on Mental Health-Psychosocial Support in Crisis Situations
Global Insights, Office of International Affairs, American Psychological Association, (28 January 2020).
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Shaping Our Future Together: UN75--2020 and Beyond. Global Integration Update (January 2020)
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Urgent Health Challenges for the Next Decade. WHO, 13 January 2020
Peace, Justice, Inclusion and Strong Institutions: SDG 16+
Global Integration Update (December 2019)
Note: SDG 16+, with its broad emphasis on good governance and healthy societies,
is an enabler and accelerator for all 17 SDGs, with inter-linkages to at least 28 other Targets in the SDGs.
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Global Humanity Summit Annual Synthesis Report 2019
Sustaining the Ambition--Delivering Change (December 2019)
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IASC Guidelines on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
(12 November 2019)
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New materials by QualityRights for training, guidance, and transformation
World Health Organization (12 November 2019)
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Helping Well in Humanitarian Settings
Reflections and Resources--International MHPSS Conference
Global Integration Update, November 2019
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Monitor on Psychology, APA (October 2019)
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World Mental Health Day: Suicide Prevention (WMHD, 10 October)
World Federation for Mental Health et al.
Click HERE for the list of WMHDs (1992-2019).
For a fuller description of WMHD history click HERE.
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Conferences:
--International MHPSS Conference (Ministerial Summit), Amsterdam (7-8 October 2019)
Livestream and archives HERE.
--MH Forum, WHO Geneva (14-15 October 2019)
Plenaries to be livestreamed.
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--10th Anniversary Conference: Global Mental Health Research Without Borders (summary)
NIMH Center for Global Mental Health Research, USA (8-9 April 2019)
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Mental Health for All--Me Too!
Global Integration Update, October 2019
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New website (October 2019):
Movement for Global Mental Health
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Progress Reports--Sustainable Development Goals
Global Integration Update, August 2019
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GMH: What's Up? Recent Developments and Directions
Global Insights, Office of International Affairs, American Psychological Association (June 2019)
The above link is for a short version for APA. Click HERE for the full version. Click HERE for the overview version.
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Global Action Plans: Healing Our Globe-ails?
Global Integration Update, June 2019
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Universal Health Coverage (overview and updates)
Global Integration Update, March 2019
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Doctors Without Borders
Online recruitment session for psychologists and psychiatrists, 27 February
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GMH: Time for the Children (satellite symposium)
10th Annual Consortium of Universities for Global Health, Chicago, 7 March
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Rebalancing Power in GMH (symposium)
Centre for GMH/LSHTM, Fracartita Int., CBM Int., London, 22 March
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GMH Research Without Borders (conference--10th anniversary)
National Institute for Mental Health Bethesda, MD USA, 8-9 April
Featured Highlights 2018
Mental Health as a Human Right
APA-UN reps highlight MH's important place in the UN's UDHR
Psychology International, December 2018
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United for GMH (website/organization)
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Universal Health and Mental Health for All
Conference, Malta, 12-14 December (see the Malta Universal MH Declaration)
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Health for Peace: Contributions from Peace Psychology
Geneva Peace Week 2018: Building Peace in a Turbulent World
(Kelly O'Donnell, Video 7 November 2018, UN Geneva)
Declaration on Achieving Equality for Mental Health in the 21st Century
Summary Conclusions, Global Ministerial Mental Health Summit, 10 October 2018
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Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development
The Lancet, Special Issue, October 2018
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Wellbeing and Mental Health: New Materials-Milestones for Our World and Work
(Global Integration Update, October 2018)
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World Suicide Prevention Day (10 September 2018)
See weblog entries and core resources posted by Dr. Julian Eaton
Mental Health Innovation Network and NCD Alliance
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Where There is No Psychiatrist: A Mental Health Care Manual (second edition, 2018)
(see more "muli-sectoral mental health" resources in the Global Integration Update August 2018)
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Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies
Humanitarian Exchange, HPN/ODI, July 2018
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Toolkit for the Integration of Mental Health into General Healthcare in Humanitarian Settings
International Medical Corps (2018)
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The End of Epidemics (book and related resources)
Global Integratation--Special News Update (June 2018)
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Linking Mental Health and NCD Alliance Campaign Priorities
for the 2018 United Nations High-Level Meeting on NCDs
NCD Alliance (28 June 2018) #enoughNCDs #NCDs #MentalHealth #HLM3
(see also the Zero Draft of the Political Declaration (8 June 2018) containing core references to mental health)
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Innovations in International Psychology Summit
(7-8 August 2018, San Francisco, USA)
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Alliance of Champions for Mental Health and Wellbeing
(launched 20 May 2018 at the WHO World Health Assembly)
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Handouts from Peace Psychology and Geneva Peace Week: Connecting Colleagues for Global Relevance
(presentation, University of Notre Dame, 9-11 March 2018; note: include peace psychology as a core part of GMH)
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Six GMH Seminars (January-April 2018)
Columbia University GMH Program, New York
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Framework Convention on Global Health
Update on the proposal and the new Alliance
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Fifth Global Mental Health Summit: "Leaving No One Behind"
Movement for Global Mental Health, 8-9 February, Johannesburg, RSA
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15 QualityRights Capacity Building and Guidance Tools
World Health Organization (final versions to be available in mid-2018)
mhGAP Forum 2017: Mental Health Capacity Building Within Countries
WHO, October 2017
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Resolution on Mental Health and Human Rights
United Nations Human Rights Council, September 2017 (A/HCR/36/L.25)
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Helping the Helpers: 50 Resources for Humanitarian Workers and Organizations
Global Integration Update October 2017
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The Future of Mental Health in the World
23 November 2017, 14:00—16:30; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Auditorium 3; Lisbon, Portugal. Presenters: Shekhar Saxena (WHO), Devora Kestel (PAHO), Crick Lund (University of Cape Town), Khalid Saeed (WHO Regional Office for Eastern Region), Thara, Rangaswami (Schizophrenia Research Center, Chennai), Jose Miguel Caldas de Almeida (Lisbon Institute of GMH).
Livestream: https://livestream.com/fcglive/20171123OFuturodaSaudeMental
For more information: http://www.lisboninstitutegmh.org/
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World Mental Health Day, 10 October 2017--materials
Theme: Mental Health in the Workplace
World Federation for Mental Health---WMHD: 25 Years (list of themes)
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M.A. program in Humanitarian and Disaster Leadership
Recently launched at Wheaton College Graduate School, USA.
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29 June 2017
Mental Health: A Forgotten Facet of Healthcare
(special issue on MH/GMH)
Medicus Mundi Switzerland, Bulletin 141
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GMH-related Events 2017: Conferences and Training
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Cochrane Global Mental Health (CGMH)--Established to support the production, dissemination and implementation of systematic reviews relevant to mental health in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs)..."
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Integrity and Accountability for United Nations Staff
UN Special. Part One (3/17) and Part Two (4/17) pdf version HERE
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Special section on GMH (five "editorials")
Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences
(December 2016; pdfs available online for download)
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mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental neurological and substance use disorders innon-specialized settings (version 2.0, WHO, 2016)
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Sustainable Global Mental Health Development, power point, World Mental Health Day Event, 5 October 2016 Ecuemenical Centre, Geneva
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Global Mental Health: Sharing and Synthesizing Knowledge for Sustainable Development, Global Mental Health, September, 2016 (article)
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Primary Care Mental Health (2016-2018), International Masters Degree
NOVA University of Lisbon
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UN Human Rights Council, Resolution on Mental Health and Human Rights
(1 July 2016) co-sponsored by 60+ countries
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Out of the Shadows: Making Mental Health A Global Development Priority
World Bank and WHO, 13-14 April 2016, Washington DC
http://www.who.int/mental_health/WB_WHO_meeting_2016.pdf?ua=1
Update 19 April 2016--Read/watch the MHIN summary:
http://us3.campaign-archive1.com/?u=4ff265012d662decac4dc3737&id=e7646413e5&e=921730b376
One Humanity: Shared Responsibility,
UN (Feb 2016--humanitarian action/change, World Humanitarian Summit)
3-24 May: https://www.worldhumanitariansummit.org/key-documents#round-tables-linking
7 January 2016--Health, Education, Development. and Security--some reflections by Dr. Eliot Sorel
Overviews, News, and Views
September 2015 Psychology International (includes examples of psychology in the global context as well as a review of the two-volume compendium of Psychology Serving Humanity); June 2015 Psychology International (includes short articles on psychology in Latin America, GMH materials/resources update, review of the edited GMH text by Patel, Minas, Cohen, and Prince, etc.)
Bi-weekly news bulletin from the APA Office of International Affairs with information about opportunities for international engagement in mental health (www.apa.org/international). For more information or to send information to include: sasonganyi@apa.org.
Transcultural Psychiatry (Dec. 2014)--Special journal issue on GMH; free access to the opening editorial, 12 pages with reflections on contributions from GMH and concerns about GMH
Advocacy and Programmes
#FundaMentalSDG is an initiative aiming to include [as of September 2015] specific mental health indicators in the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development. Go to the website for more information and to watch the short and moving advocacy video on mental health by Robin Hammond:
Reports and Resolutions
UN Human Rights Council, Resolution on Mental Health and Human Rights (1 July 2016), co-sponsored by 60+ countries
Mental Health Atlas 2014, World Health Organization (2015) “This new edition of Mental Health Atlas…is providing much of the baseline data against which progress towards the objectives and targets of the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 is to be measured.” (website). Click here to access the press release and podcast which overview the findings (on the Mental Health Innovation Network website).
World Development Report 2015: Mind, Society, and Behavior (World Bank, Dec 2014).."Development policies based on new insights into how people actually think and make decisions will help governments and civil society achieve development goals more effectively. A richer and more accurate understanding of human behavior can make it easier to tackle such difficult development challenges as increasing productivity, breaking the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next, and acting on climate change...." (from official Press Release)
Books and Journals
The Palgrave Handbook of Sociocultural Perspectives on Global Mental Health (2017), by Ross White, Sumeet Jain, David Orr, and Ursula Read.
Global Mental Health: Anthropological Perspectives (2015), edited by Brandon Kohrt and Emily Mendenhall, Left Coast Press.
Re-Visioning Psychiatry:Cultural Phenomenology, Critical Neuroscience, and Global Mental Health (2015), edited by Laurence Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson, and Constance Cummings)
Global Mental Health, is an open access journal from Cambridge University Press which "aims to publish papers that apply the global point of view to mental health research...seeks to cultivate the emerging field of [GMH], and to provide a forum for the publication of the new perspectives and paradigms developing from it." Four categories of papers to be included: Interventions, Etiology, Policy and Systems, Training and Learning.
Videos and Films (2013-2014)
Living with a Black Dog (animated, creative video to support those who help others with depression; a companion video to I Had a Black Dog)
Condemned is a powerful (and disturbing but hopefully motivating) four minute video focusing on mental disabilities in Africa countries in crisis. It won second place in the Contemporary Issues category of the 2014 World Press Photo Awards. Done by Robin Hammond.
Hidden Pictures Project. The first short video features the work of Vikram Patel in India, recruiting/training community members to provide basic counseling.
Breaking the Chains (Indonesia, Erminia Colucci)
Humanitarian and MHPSS
mhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide: Clinical Management of Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Conditions in Humanitarian Emergencies, WHO and UNHC, (2015).
Humanitarian Effectiveness and Staff Wellbeing, webinar organized by Humanitarian Professionals in Assistance and Protection, 30 July 2015. (audio and powerpoint available online, opening 30 minute presentation by Dr. Alastair Ager, Columbia University)
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Advocacy Document, IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (July 2015) This brief advocacy document was submitted recently to the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS). The focus is on how MHPSS contributes to the four themes of the WHS: 'Humanitarian Effectiveness', 'Reducing vulnerability and managing risk', 'Transformation through Innovation' and 'Serving the needs of people in conflict'. The main messages: “MHPSS should be integrated into all humanitarian responses. All people affected by disasters, conflict and chronic adversities should have access to appropriate MHPSS to restore day-to-day functioning and recovery.” The WHS will be held in Istanbul 23-34 May 2016.
Training and Events
Primary Care Mental Health (2016-2018), International Masters Degree, NOVA University of Lisbon
MSc International Humanitarian Psychosocial Intervention, University of East London (online/distance learning approach)
Database on MHPSS-related courses (accessed from MHPSS.net)
Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation, National Institutes for Health (USA) and AcademyHealth 15 December of Mental Health, Washington DC
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.
GMH Week Geneva, 5-10 October 2015
(some of the events happening in Geneva in advance of World Mental Health Day,10 October)
6 October: Presentations on MH in Humanitarian Settings (5 Oct), MH in Priority Health Programmes (WHO)
7 October: Mental Health and NCDs--The UN 2030 Agenda (NGO Forum for Health)
8-9 October: mhGAP Forum (World Health Organization)
GMH Overview Article and Powerpoint
GMH: Tracking and Trekking Across Sectors, Kelly and Michele O'Donnell
Short version--Psychology International, June 2015
Full version--Click here (10 pages)
Power point--GMH: Tracking and Trekking Across Sectors
(William James College, Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health, USA, 26 June 2015)
United Nations Sustainable Development Process
Transforming Our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
(1 August 2015)
Global Sustainable Development Report
(June 2015, unedited version)
Restoring Humanity; Global Voices Calling for Action
(Synthesis Report, World Humanitarian Summit., September 2015)
June 2015 Psychology International (includes short articles on psychology in Latin America, GMH materials/resources update, review of the edited GMH text by Patel, Minas, Cohen, and Prince, etc.
April 2015 Summary of GMH orientation materials ,from GMH-Map
Bi-weekly news bulletin from the APA Office of International Affairs with information about opportunities for international engagement in mental health (www.apa.org/international). For more information or to send information to include: sasonganyi@apa.org.
Transcultural Psychiatry (Dec. 2014)--Special journal issue on GMH; free access to the opening editorial, 12 pages with reflections on contributions from GMH and concerns about GMH http://tps.sagepub.com/content/51/6.toc
Mental Health in Development Work: Compassionate Societies--This 12 page booklet by HimalPartner and Digni provides a good overview of GMH. It has an artistic feel to it, includes positive images from Nepal, and is easy to read, compelling, and oriented towards the importance of MH in development work. Available in Norwegian and now also in English.
Tracking and Trekking with GMH! Presents seven core GMH categories for connecting and contributing to GMH. Featured is a listing of several GMH gatherings (conferences/events) 2013-current, many with links to power point/video presentations. (article en route, June 2015)
GMH: Strategies for Staying Current, Kelly O'Donnell, Psychology International, March 2014, Vol. 25, No. 1 Click here for full version of the article (this Psychology International issue has many articles related to GMH/international psychology)
GMH newsletters (free online and usually archived on organisations’ websites)
Some GMH websites (click here) see also listing at: http://in2mentalhealth.com/
Global Mental Health: A Resource Primer for Exploring the Domain; International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation, 2012, Volume 1, Issue 3) ;Kelly O'Donnell. Note: This is the foundational research article for the initial development of the GMH-Map website.
Access to the World of Psychology (Psychology International, March 2012--brief article on broadening psychology globally)
Responding to the critiques about GMH: See Point 4 in the "Persepectives" section on this website
Responding to critiques about GMH--see part four in the Perspectives section of this website
GMH and its Discontents (a summary of conference/workshop at McGill University in July 2012 on GMH: Bridging the Perspectives of Cultural Psychology and Public Health)
Advocacy and Programmes
#FundaMentalSDG is an initiative aiming to include a specific mental health target in the post-2015 agenda. It is committed to the belief that there can be no health without mental health, and that there can be no substantial development without includiang mental health into the post-2015 agenda. For more information and to watch the short and moving advocacy video on mental health by Robin Hammond: http://www.fundamentalsdg.org
Joint statement on the inclusion of health and mental health in the sustainable development goals; NGO Committee on Mental Health (New York) and NGO Forum for Health (Geneva), 10 September 2014
Including Mental Health among the New Sustainable Development Goals, British Medical Journal, 20 August 2014, by Thornicroft and Patel.
United Nations General Assembly Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals. Policy Brief 4: Recommendations on Human Rights. (Helpful update/perspectives on the macro picture/efforts for development, justice, and wellbeing for all.)
Position Statement on Mental Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Movement for Global Mental Health, September 2013)
WHO Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 (final version, 27 May 2013)
WHO QualityRights Project--Toolkit launched 15 June 2012 (goals: improve the quality and human rights conditions in mental health and social care facilities; empower civil society organization to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities)
European Commission Joint Action on Mental Health and Well-Being
Reports and Resolutions
Mental Health Atlas 2014, World Health Organization (2015) “This new edition of Mental Health Atlas…is providing much of the baseline data against which progress towards the objectives and targets of the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 is to be measured.” (website). Click here to access the press release and podcast which overview the findings (on the Mental Health Innovation Network website).
(World Bank, Dec 2014).."Development policies based on new insights into how people actually think and make decisions will help governments and civil society achieve development goals more effectively. A richer and more accurate understanding of human behavior can make it easier to tackle such difficult development challenges as increasing productivity, breaking the cycle of poverty from one generation to the next, and acting on climate change...." (from official Press Release)
--Preventing Suicide: A Global Imperative (WHO report, September 2014)
--See also the 5 minute video on suicide and the Suicide Fact Sheet
Suicide resources (links on WHO MH website)
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/suicide-prevention-report/en/
Making mental health count: The social and economic costs of neglecting mental health care (July 2014, OECD; available for free online download).
Investing in Mental Health: Evidence for Action (WHO, September 2013, 36 pages)
WHO Resolution 134 R8 (24 January 2014). Contributing to social and economic development: Sustainable action across sectors to improve health and health equity (follow-up of the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion) http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_R8-en.pdf ["Recognizing that a number of mental disorders can be prevented and that mental health can be promoted in the health sector and in sectors outside health and that global support is necessary for national and local work on mental health and development, including through the Mental Health Action Plan and the WHO MINDbank;"]
The Human Development Report 2013--The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World. This is the annual report from the UN Development Program. The Overview section is easy to review, especially in light of busy schedules!
Books and Journals
Global Mental Health: Anthropological Perspectives (2015), edited by Brandon Kohrt and Emily Mendenhall, Left Coast Press.
Re-Visioning Psychiatry:Cultural Phenomenology, Critical Neuroscience, and Global Mental Health (2015), edited by Laurence Kirmayer, Robert Lemelson, and Constance Cummings)
Global Mental Health, new open access journal from Cambridge University Press; "aims to publish papers that apply the global point of view to mental health research...seeks to cultivate the emerging field of [GMH], and to provide a forum for the publication of the new perspectives and paradigms developing from it." Four categories of papers to be included: Interventions, Etiology, Policy and Systems, Training and Learning. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=GMH
Proceedings of the 30th International Congress of Psychology
Psychology Serving Humanity (volume one): Majority World Psychology
Psychology Serving Humanity(volume two): Western Psychology
Special issue.of Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work, and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict
Currently there are at least eigh recent GMH edited volumes, full of materials useful for practice, policy, health systems, advocacy, training, etc. Some examples are: GMH: Trauma and Recovery (2011, edited by Richard Mollica); 21st Century GMH (2012, edited by Eliot Sorel); and GMH: Principles and Practice (2013, edited by Vikram Patel, Harry Minas, Alex Cohen, and Martin Prince), Public Mental Health: Global Perspectives (2013, edited by Lee Knifton and Neil Quinn), and Improving Mental Health Care: The Global Challenge (2013, edited by Graham Thornicroft, Mirella Rugeri, and David Goldberg)
Global Mental Health Special Issue, International Health (March 2013--three of the 11 GMH articles are available online for free, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
Global Member Care: (volume 2): Crossing Sectors for Serving Humanity. This 400+ page book is filled with cutting edge resources to help us keep current with our globalizing world and to further develop the global field of member care. It encourages us to connect and contribute to various international sectors (e.g., humanitarian/development, health/mental health, human resources/human rights) on behalf of mission/aid workers and humanity. Edited by Kelly and Michele O'Donnell--Click here for the full description (with links to Table of Contents and Endorsements). Click here to order the book from the publisher at the special rate. Electronic version available on Amazon
Mental Health: Breaking Down Barriers (10 articles). This is the special theme of the March-April 2013 issue of Health Progress (Volume 94, number 2, Catholic Health Association of the United States).
Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health (five-part series of articles in PLOS Medicine focusing on integrating mental health into other health care platforms, emerging from the 2012 NIMH workshop "Grand Challenges in GMH"; open access online)
Harvard Review of Psychiatry special issue on GMH ( January-Febraury 2012, eight articles)
MHPSS and Humanitarian
Stress Management in Peace Operations, 2015, Maren Rößler and Cord Wiesenthal. ("This study is based on interviews with German civilian experts in international peace missions by the EU, OSZE, and UN and those responsible for human resources in these organizations. The authors Maren Rößler and Cord Wiesenthal investigated which cumulative stress factors in peace missions influence the well-being and motivation of the staff involved and how the stress they experience can be managed by the institutions. The results show that internal factors connected to the mission cause the most stress, but that advice offered by the institutions is primarily focused on the external circumstances relevant to safety concerns.")
Humanitarian Effectiveness and Staff Wellbeing, webinar organized by Humanitarian Professionals in Assistance and Protection, 30 July 2015. (audio and powerpoint available online, opening 30 minute presentation by Dr. Alastair Ager, Columbia University)
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Advocacy Document, IASC Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (July 2015) This brief advocacy document was submitted recently to the World Humanitarian Summit (WHS). The focus is on how MHPSS contributes to the four themes of the WHS: 'Humanitarian Effectiveness', 'Reducing vulnerability and managing risk', 'Transformation through Innovation' and 'Serving the needs of people in conflict'. The main messages: “MHPSS should be integrated into all humanitarian responses. All people affected by disasters, conflict and chronic adversities should have access to appropriate MHPSS to restore day-to-day functioning and recovery.” The WHS will be held in Istanbul 23-34 May 2016.
Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work, and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict : http://www.interventionjournal.com/Special issue on “New Frontiers in Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing in Low Resource and Conflict Affected Settings" (Volume 12:2—December 2014). Note that previous issues are available online starting one year prior to the current issue. http://journals.lww.com/interventionjnl/Fulltext/2014/12001/Rethinking_mental_health_care___bridging_the.3.aspx
The Core Humanitarian Standard (second version 2014, eight commitments) "...supports humanitarian actors to apply fundamental humanitarian and human rights principles, improve the quality and effectiveness of assistance, and bring greater accountability to communities and people affected by disaster." Consultative input was done until mid-September 2014. See the website for more information and updates.
Building Back Better: Sustainable Mental Health Care after Emergencies
(WHO publication launched in Geneva on International Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2013; three broad emphases: crises as opportunities to develop mental health care, 10 national case examples, lessons learnt). Click here to view the powerpoint for Building Back Better (presented the August launch, WHO Geneva)
UNHCR's Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Staff (2013)
UNHCR's Mental health and Psychosocial Support for Persons of Concern (2013)
McKay, L. (2009) Family matters: Self-care for family membersof humanitarian workers. Pasadena, CA: Headington Institute. (online training module)
McKay, L. (2011). Building resilient managers in humanitarianorganizations: Strengthening key organizational structures and personal skillsthat promote resilience in challenging environments. London: People In Aid.
Training
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. Contact: http://global-perspectives-on-mental-wellbeing.eventbrite.co.uk
Challenges in Integrating GMH and Cultural Psychiatry, Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture webinar online, 2 March 2015
Columbia University, Global Mental Health Program, Seminar Series on GMH (topic 9 March 2015: GMH and Poverty)
Yale University, GMH Program, Department of Psychiatry
Two International Courses on Mental Health (MH Law and HR-- India; MH Policy and Services--Portugal)
GMH-Geneva and CART model (proposal for GMH net-hubs--why not set up these informal groups in strategic locations?).
International Knowledge Exchange Network for Mental Health
Click here for more training programmes and opportunities
Websites
Mental Health Innovation Network (this site facilitates and shares progress in the development, evaluation, scaling up, promotion, intervention, and treatment for mental disorders around the world; its three emphases are innovations, resources, and community)
WHO MINDbank Online Platform (launched on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2013 and on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;. This tool "brings together a range of country and international resources, covering mental health, substance abuse, disability, general health, human rights and development. These include policies, strategies, laws, and service standards." It is part of the WHO QualityRights Project and supports the WHO Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020).
For more GMH websites, click here.
Conferences and Events
Crossing Boundaries: Meeting the Needs of Refugee Communities Around the Globe, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (William James College), 26 June 2015, Newton, Massachusetts USA (jill_bloom@mspp.edu).. Organised by the Center for Multicultural and Global Mental Health [example of one of the presentations--Powerpoint--GMH: Tracking and Trekking Across Sectors]
Culture and GMH Conference, Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture, 23-25 April 2015, Providence, Rhode Island USA
2 October 2014--Integrating Physical and Mental Health to Promote Well-Being; commemorating World Mental Health Day; NGO Committee on Mental Health; in New York. Update: Click here to see the summary/comments by the Discussant (Kelly O'Donnell).
10 October 2014--Mental Health: New Challenges in the Americas; webinar (English, Spanish) commemorating WMHD; PAHO, WHO, George Washington University, OECD; in DC
GMH: Staying Updated-Crossing Sectors, Spring Conversation Series, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University. Tuesday 6 May, presenter: Dr. Kelly O'Donnell Click here for the power point presentation.
GMH and NGOs: Working Together Well! (short version of power point-plenary session, HimalPartner GMH Seminar, Oslo, 7 March 2014)
Gathering on Mental Health and the Church (Orange County, California, USA 28 March 2014) NAMI, Catholics, and Evangelicals seriously connect on behalf of mental health with an estimated 10,000 people participating in person/online. See the article: Can Churches Separate Mental Illness and Shame? Also see: more reflections by a plenarist; NAMI news; the Event website
GMH Forum: Sustainable Development through Global Action--The Case for Investing in Mental Health (hosted by the Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London--27,28 September 2013)
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 (in, around, and related to Geneva). Click here to see the various events (point 5 in the training section of this website).
GMH: A Resource Map for Connecting and Contributing (keynote/powerpoint presentation at the Nordic WHO Simulation Conference, Copenhagen, 7 August 2013--a GMH overview including six short video links; click here for the handouts)
Help to Alleviate the Global Burden of Trauma
New Responses to a Challenge for Governments, UN Agencies and Civil Society
6-8 June 2013 Geneva, in/around the Centre International de Conférences Genève
Click here to view the program
EMDR with Survivors of Mass Disaster and the WHO Global Mental Health-Action Plan; Special side event on the occasion of the 66th World Health Assembly; Tuesday 21 May 2013, 12:00-13:30; United Nations Geneva—NGO Resource and Service Centre; Main presenter: Dr. Isabel Fernandez
Videos and Film
Living with a Black Dog (animated, creative video to support those who help others with depression; a companion video to I Had a Black Dog)http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/suicide-prevention-report/en/
Condemned is a powerful (and disturbing but hopefully motivating) four minute video focusing on mental disabilities in Africa countries in crisis. It won second place in the Contemporary Issues category of the 2014 World Press Photo Awards. Done by Robin Hammond. http://www.robinhammond.co.uk/
Hidden Pictures Project. The first short video features the work of Vikram Patel in India, recruiting/training community members to provide basic counseling.
Breaking the Chains (Indonesia, Erminia Colucci)
Mental Health in Liberia (psychoscial scars, post war trauma, PBS 2011)
Like a Death Sentence (MH in Ghana, Human Rights Watch, 2012)
WHO GMH and the MH Action Plan (five minute video; more videos are on the WHO website in the Mental Health-->Media Center section)
Humanitarian Effectiveness and Staff Wellbeing, webinar organized by Humanitarian Professionals in Assistance and Protection, 30 July 2015. (audio and powerpoint available online, opening 30 minute presentation by Dr. Alastair Ager, Columbia University)
Stress Management in Peace Operations, 2015, Maren Rößler and Cord Wiesenthal. ("This study is based on interviews with German civilian experts in international peace missions by the EU, OSZE, and UN and those responsible for human resources in these organizations. The authors Maren Rößler and Cord Wiesenthal investigated which cumulative stress factors in peace missions influence the well-being and motivation of the staff involved and how the stress they experience can be managed by the institutions. The results show that internal factors connected to the mission cause the most stress, but that advice offered by the institutions is primarily focused on the external circumstances relevant to safety concerns.")
Crossing Boundaries: Meeting the Needs of Refugee Communities Around the Globe, Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (William James College), 26 June 2015, Newton, Massachusetts USA (jill_bloom@mspp.edu).. Organised by the GMH Program at MSPP [example of one of thee presentations--powerpoint on GMH: Tracking and Trekking Across Sectors]
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. Contact: http://global-perspectives-on-mental-wellbeing.eventbrite.co.uk
(April 2015): Bi-weekly news bulletin from the APA Office of International Affairs with information about opportunities for international engagement in mental health (www.apa.org/international). For more information or to send information to include: sasonganyi@apa.org.
Transcultural Psychiatry (Dec. 2014)--Special journal issue on GMH; free access to the opening editorial, 12 pages with reflections on contributions from GMH and concerns about GMH http://tps.sagepub.com/content/51/6.toc
2015 launch--Global Mental Health, new open access journal from Cambridge University Press; "aims to publish papers that apply the global point of view to mental health research...seeks to cultivate the emerging field of [GMH], and to provide a forum for the publication of the new perspectives and paradigms developing from it." Four categories of papers to be included: Interventions, Etiology, Policy and Systems, Training and Learning. http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=GMH.
Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work, and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict : http://www.interventionjournal.com/Special issue on “New Frontiers in Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing in Low Resource and Conflict Affected Settings" (Volume 12:2—December 2014). Note that previous issues are available online starting one year prior to the current issue.
#FundaMentalSDG is an initiative aiming to include a specific mental health target in the post-2015 agenda. We are committed to the belief that there can be no health without mental health, and that there can be no substantial development without including mental health into the post-2015 agenda. For more information and to get involved: http://www.fundamentalsdg.org
Suicide and depression resources (links on WHO website):
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/suicide-prevention-report/en/
--Preventing Suicide: A Global Imperative (WHO report, September 2014)
--See also the 5 minute video on suicide and the Suicide Fact Sheet
--Living with a Black Dog (animated, creative video to support those who help others with depression; a companion video to I Had a Black Dog)
Update of core resource materials for GMH orientation (GMH-Map project)
Tracking and Trekking with GMH! Presents seven core GMH categories for connecting and contributing to GMH. Featured is a listing of 13 GMH gatherings (conferences/events) 2013-2014, many with links to power point/video presentations.
Mental Health Innovation Network (this site facilitates and shares progress in the development, evaluation, scaling up, promotion, intervention, and treatment for mental disorders around the world; its three emphases are innovations, resources, and community)
Responding to the critiques about GMH: See Point 4 in the "Persepectives" section on this website.
Just published(July 2014): Making mental health count: The social and economic costs of neglecting mental health care (2014, OECD; available for free online download). See also: Investing in Mental Health: Evidence for Action (WHO, September 2013, 36 pages)
GMH: Staying Updated-Crossing Sectors, Spring Conversation Series, O'Neill Institute, Georgetown University. Tuesday 6 May, 13:30-14:30 EST; presenter: Dr. Kelly O'Donnell (Listen live: US/Canada Toll free: 1-866-244-8528 International Toll: 1-719-457-0816 Password: 292140). Click here for the power point presentation. More details here: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/oneillinstitute/news/KellyODonnell2014.cfm#
GMH: Strategies for Staying Updated, Kelly O'Donnell, Psychology International, March 2014, Vol. 25, No. 1 Click here for full version of the article (this Psychology International issue has many articles related to GMH/international psychology)
GMH and NGOs: Working Together Well! (short version of power point-plenary session, HimalPartner GMH Seminar, Oslo, 7 March 2014)
Gathering on Mental Health and the Church (Orange County, California, USA 28 March 2014) NAMI, Catholics, and Evangelicals seriously connect on behalf of mental health with an estimated 10,000 people participating in person/online. See the article: Can Churches Separate Mental Illness and Shame? Also see: more reflections by a plenarist; NAMI news; the Event website
GMH-Map Resource Update: March 2014 ( core materials for GMH orientation)
Hidden Pictures Project. The first short video features the work of Vikram Patel in India, recruiting and training community members to provide basic counseling.
Currently there are at least five GMH edited volumes, full of materials useful for practice, policy, health systems, advocacy, training, etc. These are: GMH: Trauma and Recovery (2011, edited by Richard Mollica); 21st Century GMH (2012, edited by Eliot Sorel); and GMH: Principles and Practice (2013, edited by Vikram Patel, Harry Minas, Alex Cohen, and Martin Prince), Public Mental Health: Global Perspectives (2013, edited by Lee Knifton and Neil Quinn), and Improving Mental Health Care: The Global Challenge (2013, edited by Graham Thornicroft, Mirella Rugeri, and David Goldberg)
The special GMH issue from Intervention: International Journal of Mental Health, Psychosocial Work, and Counselling in Areas of Armed Conflict and Psychology Serving Humanity: Proceedings of the 30th International Congress of Psychology (Volume One: Majority World Psychology; Volume Two: Western Psychology).
WHO Resolution 134 R8 (24 January 2014). Contributing to social and economic development: Sustainable action across sectors to improve health and health equity (follow-up of the 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion) http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_R8-en.pdf ["Recognizing that a number of mental disorders can be prevented and that mental health can be promoted in the health sector and in sectors outside health and that global support is necessary for national and local work on mental health and development, including through the Mental Health Action Plan and the WHO MINDbank;"]
WHO MINDbank Online Platform (launched on the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2013 and on the occasion of the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;. This tool "brings together a range of country and international resources, covering mental health, substance abuse, disability, general health, human rights and development. These include policies, strategies, laws, and service standards." It is part of the WHO QualityRights Project and supports the WHO Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020).
The Core Humanitarian Standard (draft from 9 December 2013 "...supports humanitarian actors to apply fundamental humanitarian and human rights principles, improve the quality and effectiveness of assistance, and bring greater accountability to communities and people affected by disaster." Consultative input is requested through March 2014. For more information: mgarrard@hapinternational.org)
International Council of Nurses. (2007). Occupational health and safety management programme for nurses. Geneva: Author. ["Nurses are the principal group of health care personnel providing primary health care at all levels and maintaining links between individuals, families, communities and the rest of the health care system. Working with other members of the health care team and other sectors or on their own, nurses explore new and better ways of keeping well, or improving health and preventing disease and disability. Nurses improve equity and access to health care and add quality to outcome of care." page 7] http://www.icn.ch/images/stories/documents/publications/guidelines/guideline_occupationalhealth.pdf
Position Statement on Mental Health in the Post-2015 Development Agenda (Movement for Global Mental Health, September 2013)
GMH Week+ Geneva: Connecting-contributing via a strategic week of events/activities (3-11 October 2013):
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 th 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)
UNHCR's MHPSS for Staff and for Persons of Concern (two reports, 2013)
Investing in Mental Health: Evidence for Action (WHO, September 2013, 36 pages)
GMH Forum: Sustainable Development through Global Action--The Case for Investing in Mental Health (hosted by the Centre for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London--27,28 September 2013)
Building Back Better: Sustainable Mental Health Care after Emergencies (WHO publication launched in Geneva on International Humanitarian Day, 19 August 2013; three broad emphases: crises as opportunities to develop mental health care, 10 national case examples, lessons learnt). Click here to view the powerpoint for Building Back Better (presented at the August launch, WHO Geneva)
GMH: A Resource Map for Connecting and Contributing (keynote/powerpoint presentation at the Nordic WHO Simulation Conference, Copenhagen, 7 August 2013--a GMH overview including six short video links; click here for the handouts)
Two International Courses on Mental Health (MH Law and HR-- India; MH Policy and Services--Portugal)
Some Core Resources for GMH Orientation (updated)
WHO Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 (final version, 27 May 2013)
Grand Challenges in Global Mental Health (five-part series of articles in PLOS Medicine focusing on integrating mental health into other health care platforms, emerging from the 2012 NIMH workshop "Grand Challenges in GMH"; open access online)
EMDR with Survivors of Mass Disaster and the WHO Global Mental Health-Action Plan
[Special side event on the occasion of the 66th World Health Assembly
Tuesday 21 May 2013, 12:00-13:30; United Nations Geneva—NGO Resource and Service Centre]
HELP TO ALLEVIATE THE GLOBAL BURDEN OF TRAUMA:
New Responses to a Challenge for Governments, UN Agencies and Civil Society
6-8 June 2013 Geneva, in/around the Centre International de Conférences Genève
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Note: EMDR was recently recommended by WHO as a new treatment option for trauma, in addition to cognitive behaviour therapy.
Mental Health: Breaking Down Barriers (10 articles). This is the special theme of the March-April 2013 issue of Health Progress (Volume 94, number 2, Catholic Health Association of the United States).
Global Mental Health Special Issue, International Health (March 2013--three of the 11 GMH articles are available online for free, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)
The Human Development Report 2013--The Rise of the South: Human Progress in a Diverse World. This is the annual report from the UN Development Program. The Overview section is easy to review, especially in light of busy schedules!
The World in Denial? Global Mental Health Matters (conference, 26-27 March in London, Royal Society of Medicine)
Flourishing (MCA Resource Update, February 2013, with perspectives/resources from Positive Psychology on happiness/well-being)
New Action Plan Could be a Turning Point in GMH (GlobalPost, 28 Janaury 2013)
a. Brief summary of the WHO-Executive Board meeting on the GMH-Action Plan, 22 January 2013 b. Highlights by WHO of the comments from the Executive Board meeting
Hidden Pictures: The Underexposed World of GMH (trailer for a film on the human faces/realities of GMH--coming winter 2013)
Like a Death Sentence (Human Rights Watch, on the negative aspects of HR and MH in Ghana--simple report and full version plus brief video, 2 October 2012)
No Health Without Mental Health: Lessons Unlearned (an article consisting of five cogent paragraphs in the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, January 2013--91: 3-3A)
Inter-Agency Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programmes in Humanitarian Crises (UNICEF et al.)
Primary Care, Mental Health and Public Health Integration: The Catalytic Role of Communication/Information Technology --10-13 April 2013, WPA Regional Congress , Bucharest
"Employable Idealism"--Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology
Update and reflections on the WHO mhGAP Forum, 10 October 2012
20+ Years of World Mental Health Days (1992-2012)
Examples of important UN resources 2012 (CONGO)
Special post: "The ‘zero draft’ Global Mental Health Action Plan 2013-2020 (English and French) is now ready for review and comments. TheAction Plan was requested by the 65th World Health Assembly in Resolution WHA65.4 on The global burden of mental disorders and the need for a comprehensive, coordinated response from health and social sectors at the country level."
Special post: Mental Health and Psychosocial Support for Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
(WHO et al, 2012, eight page summary)
Special post: Global Mental Health: A Resource Primer for Exploring the Domain
(International Perspectives in Psychology: Resarch, Practice, Consultation, 2012, Volume 1, Issue 3). Note: This is the foundational research article for the intial development of the GMH-Map website.
Special post: 21st Century Global Mental Health,
(Edited by Eliot Sorel and available September 2012 from Jones and Bartlett Learning)
Note: This is the first text of its kind in the GMH domain, intended for graduate public health students, educators, and practitioners.
Special post: World Mental Health Day 2012--Depression: A Global Epidemic
Note: See also the Listing of WMHD Themes from 1992-2012.
1. Here are some suggestions for newsletters-updates:
Movement for Global Mental Health (monthly)
Centre for Global Mental Health (monthly)
mhGAP, World Health Organization (twice a year)
World Federation for Mental Health (quarterly--website being redone Nov. 2013)
Psychology International--Office of International Affairs, APA (3-6 times/year)
2. Some recent materials (2011-2012):
Training:
Masters degree programmes in Global Mental Health (starting August/September 2012):
1. King's College London and University of London (GMH)
2. University of Glasgow (GMH)
3. Univeridade Nova de Lisbao, Faculty of Medical Sciences, MH Department (Mental Health Policy and Services)
4. Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology (Counseling Psychology/GMH)
Research:
**Grand Challenges for Global Mental Health, (July 2011)
Pamela Collins et al, NIMH et al, Nature, Volume 475, 7 July 2011, pp. 27-30
**The Global Economic Burden of Non-communicable Diseases (September 2011--with a significant emphasis on MH)
World Economic Forum and Harvard School of Public Health
**Research Priorities for Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Settings (September 2011)
Tol et al, PLoS Medicine
**2011 Mental Health Atlas (October 2011)
World Health Organisation
**Lancet series on Global Mental Health (October 2011, four comments and six papers in this 2nd special sissue on GMH)
**Special issue on GMH (January-Febraury 2012, eight articles)
Harvard Review of Psychiatry
**Global Mental Health: A Resource Primer for Exploring the Domain
(International Perspectives in Psychology: Resarch, Practice, Consultation (2012, Voluume 1, Issue 3)
(Note: This is the foundational research article for the intial development of the GMH-Map website).
**PLoS Medicine series/call for GMH case studies to illustrate how GMH is practiced in a variety of contexts in view of public health and clinical approaches.
Practice:
**Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers (2011)
World Health Organisation, War Trauma Foundation, World Vision International
** Access to the World of Psychology (Psychology International, March 2012)
**GMH--Finding Your Niches and Networks (Psychology International, March 2012)
**Global Mental Health: A Resource Map for Connecting and Contributing (Psychology International, July 2011) Kelly O'Donnell, Psychology International, 22(2), pp. 4-6.
**Twelve Critical Issues for Mental Health Professionals Working with Ethno-Culturally Diverse Populations (October 2011)
Anthony Marsella, Psychology International, 22(3), pp. 7-10.
**GMH and its Discontents (a summary of conference/workshop at McGill University in July 2012 on GMH: Bridging the Perspectives of Cultural Psychology and Public Health)
**Integrating Primary Care, Mental Health, and Public Health (European and American Perspectives--Symposium at American Psychiatric Association annual meeting, 7 May 2012). [Note: See the info on the World Psychiatric Association's Regional Congress in Bucharest 10-13 April 2013 on this same topic with a focus on Southeast Europe and Eurasia.]
****PLoS Medicine series/call for GMH case studies to illustrate how GMH is practiced in a variety of contexts in view of public health and clinical approaches.
Declarations and Statements:
**Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health (21 October 2011)
World Health Organisation
**Cape Town Declaration (16 October 2011)
Pan African Network of People with Psychosocial
** Mental Health and the Scope of Noncommunicable Diseases
NGO Forum for Health (Geneva) and NGO Committee on Mental Health (New York)
Resolutions:
**A United Nations General Assembly Special Session for Mental, Neurological, and Substance Use Disorders: The Time Has Come (17 January 2012)
Judith Bass et al, PLoS Medicine, 9(1): e1001159. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001159
** Resolution on the Global Burden of Mental Disorders and the Need for a Comprehensive, Coordinated Response from Health and Social Sectors at the Country Level (World Health Assembly--WHO, 25 May 2012)
WHO Executive Board (passed at the WHO World Health Assembly 22 May 2012)
Advocacy:
WHO QualityRights Project--Toolkit lauched 15 June 2012 (goals: improve the quality and human rights conditions in mental health and social care facilities; empower civil society organization to advocate for the rights of people with mental and psychosocial disabilities)
Interested in multimedia materials? Try some of these recent items.
Some are more mainstream and some are more divergent:
GMH overview and in a Jordanian context (WHO, 2011, six minute video)
Madness Radio (archived radio programs/interviews on mental health topics from a variety of perspectives)
GMH Online Communities:
See the description/links at the blogsite: in2MH (http://in2mentalhealth.wordpress.com/)
(This blogside provides information "from and between mental health workers, NGO's, institutes, and others who are interested in improving mental health in low and middle income countries.")