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Module 1: Lesson 1: Basic Concepts and Objectives of Global Mental Health | Mental Disorders | Read the main webpage. MedlinePlus: National Library of Medicine (US) - 2020 |
Mental Health: Strengthening our Response | Read the entire webpage. (7 minutes) World Health Organization - 2022 |
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The Relationship Between Physical and Mental Health: A Mediation Analysis | Read sections “2.1 conceptual frameworks” and "Discussion & Conclusion." (19 minutes) Social Science & Medicine - 2017 |
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Relationships, Family and Mental Health | Read the entire webpage. (8 minutes) Department of Health, State Government of Victoria, Australia - 2015 |
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The History of Mental Health Services in Modern England: Practitioner Memories and the Direction of Future Research | Read the content under the heading "History as retrospective: contributors’ reconstruction of their own past" and "Towards a history of modern mental health services." (18 minutes) National Center for Biotechnology Information - 2015 |
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Mental Health and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: Global Inaction on Mental Health is Putting the Brakes on Development | Read this short policy brief published in 2018 by the Mental Health Innovation Network (for United for Global Mental Health). (9 minutes) Mental Health Innovation Network - 2018 |
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The Lancet Commission on Global Mental Health and Sustainable Development: Evidence for Action on Mental Health and Global Development | Read the entire policy brief document. (8 minutes) The Lancet Journal - 2018 |
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Mental Health: Lessons Learned in 2020 for 2021 and Forward | Read the entire webpage. (7 minutes) World Bank Group - 2021 |
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Multidimensional Impact of Severe Mental Illness on Family Members: Systematic Review | Read the entire webpage. (8 minutes) BMJ Open - 2019 |
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History of Mental Illness | Read the content under the heading "History of Mental Illness." (16 minutes) NOBA - 2022 |
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Module 1: Lesson 2: Overview of Mental Health Disorders Towards Accomplishing the Sustainable Development Goals | DSM History | Read this webpage which introduces the DSM-5 classification and its different evolutions through time. (8 minutes) APA - 2022 |
Implications of DSM-5 for Health Care Organizations and Mental Health Policy | Read the content under the headings "Introduction," "Spectrum Approach to Definition of Mental Illness," and "Environmental Risk Factors Related to Stress and Trauma" on pages 218-227. (18 minutes) Journal of Health and Human Services Administration - 2016 |
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An Introduction to the Classification of Mental Disorders: the DSM and the ICD | Read the entire article. (14 minutes) Mental Health Today - 2019 |
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Mental Health Atlas | Read the content under the headings: WHO Report - 2020 |
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Mental Health and the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda: Global Inaction on Mental Health is Putting the Brakes on Development | Read the entire document. (11 minutes) Mental Health Innovation Network - 2018 |
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Sustainable Development Goals and Mental Health: Learnings from the Contribution of the FundaMentalSDG Global Initiative | Read from the introduction to the conclusion of the article. (24 minutes) Global Mental Health - 2016 |
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Module 2: Lesson 1: Influence of Risk Factors on Global Mental Health | Risk and Protective Factors | Read the entire webpage. (3 minutes) American Mental Wellness Association - 2016 |
A Structural Brain Network of Genetic Vulnerability to Psychiatric Illness | Read the content under the headings "Introduction" and "Discussion." (10 minutes) Read the content under the heading "Results." (11 minutes) Molecular Psychiatry - 2020 |
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Mental Wellbeing Risk & Protective Factors | Read the content under the heading "Findings" on pages 9-18. (40 minutes) Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Report - 2019 |
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Outside/inside: social determinants of mental health | Read the article below (stop before the section entitled “Policy implications”). (25 minutes) Cambridge University Press - 2021 |
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Developing a Broad Categorisation Scheme to Describe Risk Factors for Mental Illness, for Use in Prevention Policy and Planning" | Read the content of Table 3: "Potential risk factors for mental illness by primary and secondary categories" on pages 236-237. (7 minutes) Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry - 2017 |
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Module 2: Lesson 2: Vulnerability to Mental Health Disorders | Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People With Co-Occurring Disorders | Read the content under the heading "Chapter 6 - Co-Occurring Disorders Among Special Populations" on pages 165-182. (68 minutes) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration - 2020 |
Mental Health Problems Among Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents in an Increasingly Unequal Society: A Swedish Study Using Repeated Cross-Sectional Data from 1995 to 2011 | Read the content under the heading "1. Background." (14 minutes) London: Mental Health Foundation - 2016 |
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HIV/AIDS and Mental Health | Read the content under the headings "Overview," "People living with HIV/AIDS are at a higher risk for mental disorders," "Central Nervous System Disease Associated with HIV," and "HIV Treatments and Therapies." (6 minutes) National Institute of Mental Health - 2020 |
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Mental Health and HIV/AIDS | Read the entire document. (4 minutes) The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS - 2018 |
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Module 2: Lesson 3: Global Mental Health Disorders in an Epidemiological Context | Our World in Data-Mental Health | Read the content under the heading "Mental Health" and interact with the table. (4 minutes) Our World In Data - 2018 |
Global mental health: five key insights which emerge from the data | Read the entire webpage. (10 minutes) Our World in Data - 2018 |
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Our World in Data- Mental Health | Read the following titles under the heading: (5 minutes) "Empirical View:" Our World in Data - 2018 |
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Estimating the True Global Burden of Mental Illness | Read the entire article. (34 minutes) Although the data is old, it offers one of the more recent publicly assessable comprehensive overviews, and evidence shows that the data have been relatively stable over time. The Lancet - 2016 |
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The Global Burden of Disease Methodology Has Been Good for Mental Disorders: But Not Good Enough | Read the entire article. (7 minutes) Canadian Journal of Psychiatry - 2020 |
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Global burden of disease attributable to mental and substance use disorders: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 | Read the content under the headings "Introduction" and "Discussion." (20 minutes) Although the data is old, it offers one of the more recent publicly assessable comprehensive overviews, and evidence shows that the data have been relatively stable over time. The Lancet - 2013 |
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Lancet Regional Health (2022) Presenting the Results of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 | Read the introduction, discussion, and conclusion. (16 minutes) The Lancet Regional Health - 2019 |
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Mental Health Atlas-2020 Country Profiles | Search your country using the list provided on the webpage. (10 minutes) WHO Report - 2020 |
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Module 3: Lesson 1: The Influence of Substance Abuse Disorders on Global Mental Health | Common Comorbidities with Substance Use Disorders Research Report - Why is there Comorbidity Between Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illnesses? | Read the entire report. (15 minutes) National Institute on Drug Abuse (Research Report) - 2020 |
Examining the Association and Directionality between Mental Health Disorders and Substance Use among Adolescents and Young Adults in the U.S. and Canada—A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Read “1. Background,” “4. Discussion,” and Table 2, “Overall pooled estimates for mental health disorders and substance use,” in the article provided. (18 minutes) Journal of Clinical Medicine - 2018 |
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Understanding Dual Diagnosis: Substance Abuse and Mental Illness | Read the entire article. (44 minutes) Iris Publishers - 2019 |
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Ending Discrimination Against People with Mental and Substance Use Disorders | Read the content under the heading "Understanding Stigma of Mental and Substance Use Disorders."(55 minutes) NCBI - 2016 |
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Module 3: Lesson 2: Screening and Treatment Programs | Substance Use Disorder Treatment for People With Co-Occurring Disorders | Read the content under the heading "Chapter 2 - Guiding Principles for Working With People Who Have Co-Occurring Disorders" on pages 13-29 Read the content under "Chapter 3 - Screening and Assessment of Co-Occurring Disorders” on pages 31 to 68 and "Chapter 7 - Treatment Models and Settings for People With Co-Occurring Disorders." Read the content under "Chapter 4 - Mental and Substance-Related Disorders: Diagnostic and Cross-Cutting Topics” (optional). (62 minutes) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration - 2020 |
Module 3: Lesson 3: Role of Advocacy in Substance Abuse on Mental Health | Communication Strategies to Counter Stigma and Improve Mental Illness and Substance Use Disorder Policy | Read the entire webpage. (42 minutes) Psychiatric Services - 2017 |
Module 4: Lesson 1: Planning Interventions Based on Recognized Guidelines | Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) | Read the entire webpage and watch the video. (10 minutes) WHO - 2019 |
Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2030 | Read the content under the headings "Options for the implementation of the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan 2013–2030" and " Strengthening and empowerment of people with mental disorders and psychosocial disabilities and their organizations" on pgs 20-22. (7 minutes) WHO - 2021 |
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Tools and Toolkits | Read the entire webpage. (2 minutes) The website provides a list of tools that can be used in health and mental health programs, but students are not required to click on each link. WHO - 2022 |
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mhGAP Intervention Guide for Mental, Neurological and Substance Use Disorders in Non-specialized Health Settings | Read the content under the heading "Essential Care & Practice" on pages 5-15. (20 minutes) WHO - 2016 |
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mhGAP Community Toolkit | Read the content under the heading "Part 1: Guide for programme managers" on pages 1-23. (41 minutes) WHO - 2019 |
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Module 4: Lesson 2: Implementing Mental Health Interventions | Mental Health Service Provision in Low- and Middle-Income Countries | Read the entire article. (35 minutes) NCBI - 2017 |
mhGAP Community Toolkit | Read the content under the heading "Part 2: mhGAP Community Provider Manual" on pages 25-98. (160 minutes) (Completing the activities is recommended but not mandatory.) WHO - 2019 |
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Human Resources for Human Health: Foundation for Universal Health Coverage and the Post-2015 Development Agenda | Read the content under the heading "Bolstering Political will for Human Resources for Health: the Third Global Forum Commitments" on pages 31-36. (13 minutes) WHO - 2015 |
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Mental Health in Emergencies | Read the entire webpage. (10 minutes) WHO - 2022 |
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Community Interventions to Promote Mental Health and Social Equity | Read the entire article. (34 minutes) Current Psychiatry Reports - 2019 |
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Considering Culture, Context and Community in mhGAP Implementation and Training: Challenges and Recommendations from the Field | Read the content under the headings "Background," "The goals and structure of mhGAP," "Challenges in implementing mhGAP training programs in LMIC," and "Findings and discussion." (31 minutes) International Journal of Mental Health Systems - 2019 |
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MhGap Training Videos | Watch the videos of the entire playlist to familiarize yourself with the mhGAP clinical approach. (118 minutes) mhGAP Training - 2017 |
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Course Activities | Peer Activities. | |
Discussion Forums |