We design interventions based on the best global and local evidence, systematically test them to ensure feasibility of delivery by lay health workers and acceptability by patients and families, and evaluate effectiveness and cost-effectiveness through randomised controlled trials. We embed our interventions within routine health care platforms and work closely with local stakeholders to scale up services.
Projects
Adapting and piloting WHO’s Parent Skills Training for caregivers of children with developmental disorders in Ethiopia
AFFIRM: AFrica Focus on Intervention Research for Mental health
Research and capacity development Hub established in 6 countries in sub-Saharan Africa
Alcohol Use Disorders- Mobile Based Brief Intervention Treatment (AMBIT): Technological innovation to bridge the treatment gap for hazardous drinking
ASSET – NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Health System Strengthening in Sub-Saharan Africa
Improving the quality and outcomes of surgical, maternal and integrated primary health care
Catalyst: Better mental health for young Mozambican mothers
Aims to adapt existing, evidence-based interventions for use among young mothers in Mozambique to improve their mental wellbeing before and after birth
CHANCES: Poverty reduction, mental health and the chances of young people: understanding mechanisms through analyses from 6 low- and middle-income countries
CHANGE: Alcohol use in Humanitarian settings – A programme of work to address alcohol use disorders and associated adversities among conflict-affected populations in Uganda and Ukraine
Cluster randomised controlled trial (RCT) for late life depression in socioeconomically deprived areas of São Paulo, Brazil (PROACTIVE)
CREATORS
Aims to develop and evaluate the feasibility, acceptability and impact of a six-week pilot arts-based educational intervention
Implementation of a programme for common mental disorders in primary health care clinics in Chiapas, Mexico
Assessment of the implementation determinants and their influence on outcomes of a programme for common mental disorders in primary health care clinics in Chiapas, Mexico
Improving Access though Tele-Psychiatry (IMPACT) INDIA
Examining the feasibility and acceptability of the integration of Tele-Psychiatry into primary care services
INSPIRE: Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Perinatal Wellbeing
Co-designing an intervention to support adolescent perinatal mental health in Kenya and Mozambique
Khulla Mann: Effectiveness of focused psychosocial support to improve the psychosocial well-being and functioning of adults affected by humanitarian crisis
LATIN-MH: Latin America Treatment & Innovation Network in Mental Health
Increasing research capacity that can create better strategies to reduce the mental illness treatment gap in resource-poor settings
Mental health Scale Up Nigeria (mhSUN)
Engaging the Nigerian government in a process of evidence-based reform of the mental health system
Mental Health: leveraging the technological revolution (JAPI)
A mental health game for children to strengthen skills
OPAL Optimizing Provider Attitudes and Competence in Learning Mental Health Systems
Addressing provider stigma and structural stigma
PRIME: Programme for Improving Mental Health Care
Implementation and scale up of treatment programmes for priority mental disorders in primary and maternal health care in low resource settings
STRENGTHS (Syrian Refugees Mental Health Care Systems)
Aims to strengthen the responsiveness of the health system in countries taking in a large proportion of Syrian refugees
SUCCEED: Support, Comprehensive Care and Empowerment of People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa
SUMMIT: Scaling-up co-designed mental health interventions for teens
Developing a toolkit to support the engagement of youth in the development and implementation of mental health interventions
The Friendship Bench
Uses a brief psychological approach based on problem-solving therapy carried out by lay health workers
The Mental Health Innovation Network
A knowledge exchange platform for the global mental health community to share resources and facilitate learning
