In this activity, you will formulate a potential evidence-based intervention to be implemented to improve mental health care addressing community mental health needs and gaps, goals to achieve by addressing those gaps and activities or interventions needed to achieve those goals as well as the resources and providers required to implement said activities. (350 min.)

Step 1: Review the mhGAP Community Toolkit from the WHO, Part 1: Guide for Programme Managers. 

Step 2: Download and complete the community mental health services framework table from the mhGAP Community Toolkit attached here. Please complete all of the questions in the toolkit. The complete document should have between 600-800 words. 

Step 3: To share your work, click on the “Reply” button under this post and paste your work in the “message” box. Make sure to reference others’ intellectual property when necessary. All references should follow 7th Edition APA formatting. For further instructions, see the resource on the Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library: APA citation resource (N.B. references are excluded from word counts).

Step 4: Evaluate and categorize the work from one of your peers based on items A - E of this rubric. Provide a rationale for the grade you provided, as well as comments or suggestions for improvement. To post a reply, click “Reply” on a particular discussion, write your feedback and then click on “post to forum.” You can use the list below as an example:

Item A is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….

Item B is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….

Item C is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….

Item D is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….

Item E is  .…. because….  my suggestions for improvement are….