Programs & Services

Treatment Practitioner Locator - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The Buprenorphine Treatment Practitioner Locator finds physicians authorized to treat opioid dependency with buprenorphine by state. This helps you view all of the physicians certified to provide buprenorphine treatment in a city, state or zip code.

#mentalillnessfeelslike - Mental Health America (MHA)

#O'Connor - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

#308conversations is a grassroots campaign spearheaded by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) in May 2014, inviting each of Canada’s 308 Members of Parliament (MPs) and other community leaders to lead a conversation in their community about suicide prevention.

1,000 conversations: speaking out on mental health - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

1,000 conversations' campaign is the sharing the stories of people with lived experience of mental health difficulties. 

3MDR for treatment-resistant PTSD - National Centre for Mental Health

3MDR for treatment-resistant PTSD is a study  investigating whether 3MDR therapy can reduce symptoms of PTSD in military veterans.  Modular Motion-assisted Memory Desensitisation and Reconsolidation (3MDR) is a new treatment that aims to reduce cognitive avoidance and augment engagement with therapy. The purpose of the research is to determine if 3MDR therapy is able to reduce symptoms of PTSD in military veterans. The focus of the research is on people who have not responded to, or are unable to engage with, treatments that are currently available.

This study is aimed at veterans with treatment-resistant PTSD, and participants will be recruited to the study through referrals made by a therapist in their health board area. A researcher will interview participants about their combat-related trauma. This will take 60 minutes. Participants will also be given some questionnaires to complete. The 3MDR therapy will then be delivered weekly over nine weeks (two weeks preparation, six weeks 3MDR and one concluding session) by experienced psychological therapists. Participants will be randomized into two groups; group one will receive 3MDR therapy and group 2 will be a waiting list group who will receive no intervention for 12 weeks and then receive 3MDR over nine weeks. The researcher will conduct the same interview and participants will be asked to complete the same questionnaires at two separate time points during the interventions.

Action Research and Peer Involvement - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Action research and peer involvement aims to amplify the experiences of those most affected by mental health stigma, inequality and discrimination. Their motivation is to emphasise and understand the experiences of people with mental health problems and the profound importance that services and policies have on their lives. They engage service users and people with lived experience through action research, partnership working, and peer researcher development. Peer research helps shift power relations by giving people from marginalised groups or specific communities a voice that ensures research does not perpetuate unhelpful or inaccurate narratives.

Peer-led research can be beneficial for research projects and for the individuals involved. It supports personal development and confidence for those who have been ‘voiceless’ for much of their lives. Peer researchers help shape our research methodologies to ensure they are accessible and relevant to their experience. We work with peer researchers and people with lived experience to develop bespoke outcome measurement tools that are meaningful to participants from marginalised communities; grow the capacity of grassroots, community organisations to capture outcomes and understand the changes they are making in people’s lives; recognise the determinants for mental health and wellbeing that affect disadvantaged groups; and identify system barriers from the perspective of communities and people with experience of using services. The Centre for Mental Health UK have extensive experience collaborating with user-led partner organisations and working directly with people from different disadvantaged groups and communities, such as prisoners, ex-offenders, and black and minority ethnic groups.

Active Challenges - Mental Health Foundation - United Kingdom

Adolescent Depression Screening Tool - National Centre for Mental Health

Adolescent depression screening tool is an online tool which can be used to assess whether a child or adolescent may be currently depressed, or is at increased risk of becoming depressed in the near future. The questionnaire is designed to help spot some of the warning signs of depression in young people who have a family history of the illness. It is important to remember that this tool is not designed as a substitute for proper clinical assessment by a health professional – if you are worried about your child’s mental health you should contact your GP.

Adult Continuing Education (ACE - Mental Health Ireland

Adult Continuing Education (ACE), at University College Cork, offers the programme in association with Mental Health Ireland. This part-time programme is run in a number of centres throughout Ireland. This Certificate will facilitate the development of the knowledge and skills necessary in the design and planning of mental health promotion. The participant will explore ‘community’ as a resource in responding to the challenges of mental ill health and will engage with case examples and best practice frameworks. The Certificate looks at community and civil society as a context for ‘recovery in mental health’. The participant will examine the world of mental health and ill health with a critical lens, challenging the way in which we define, understand, and work with mental and emotional distress. The participant will be encouraged to look at their own and societal attitudes towards people with mental and emotional problems and be expected to recognise and apply the principles and values of the recovery perspective, citizenship, empowerment, self-advocacy, social inclusion, service user participation, hope and social justice.

Adult Services - The Center for Mental Health

Services for adults include:

• Individual therapy provides intensive, brief, solutions-focused, with short-term goals, decision making, or reducing the effects of a symptom that allows the client an opportunity to explore and resolve personal problems in a one-to-one setting. 
• Group therapy allows clients to share their personal and interpersonal problems in a group setting where feedback can be given and received among group members. Through this process, clients have the opportunity to develop support systems, rehearse new ways to interact with others, and recognize the impact of their behavior on themselves and others.
• Family services help families cope with the challenges of emotional disturbances and mental illness within members of the family.  Our family therapy services provide direct and meaningful contact within the family on a regular basis, and helps with family conflicts. 
• Psychiatric staff conduct psychiatric evaluations to assess a person’s need for medications. These services are available for prescriptions, medication adjustment, and monitoring. In addition clients are educated in proper medication usage, intended benefits and adverse effects of medications, and on the importance of consistency in taking medications to control the symptoms of mental illness.
• The substance use program is designed to treat adults with substance abuse problems, with a focus on education and therapy around substance abuse issues, life skills training, and relationship issues. Substance use services, including individual therapy, group therapy, case management, and DUI Level II education and therapy are available.
• Care management services are provided to help clients access other community support systems and to coordinate treatment services. 

Art Exhibitions - Mental Health Foundation India

Every year we celebrate the festive season by putting up exhibitions and sales of homemade chocolates and creative materials like designed diyas, candles, greeting cards and more which are prepared by the patients and the volunteers. The amount raised by selling the material is used for medication of poor patients.  

Aspiring Workforce - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) coined the term ‘The Aspiring Workforce’ to identify those people who, due to mental illness, have been unable to enter the workforce, are in and out of the workforce due to episodic or persistent illness, or wish to return to work after a lengthy period away from work. The MHCC released the research report The Aspiring Workforce - Employment and Income for People with Serious Mental Illness. It made recommendations to reduce employment barriers for people living with mental illness and identified innovative practices to help them secure and sustain meaningful employment. Based on these recommendations, the MHCC is working at three different levels to accelerate change for policymakers and for employers and employment agencies and for job-seekers and HR professionals:

At Home - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The MHCC undertakes a research demonstration project on mental health and homelessness. This is a four-year project in five cities that aimed to provide practical, meaningful support to Canadians experiencing homelessness and mental health problems. At Home/Chez Soi, demonstrated and evaluated the effectiveness of the "housing first" approach, where people are provided with a place to live and then receive recovery-oriented services and supports that best meet their individual needs. Housing First can be successfully implemented across Canada. vAt Home/Chez Soi showed that the housing first approach works in Canada and gives us information about how it works by looking at who it works for, and at what cost. It also helps us understand how Housing First can be adapted across Canada since it was implemented in five cities, each with a particular area of focus:

Awareness and Registration - Mental Health Foundation India

During initial field visits door to door campaigns are conducted to aware the residents about mental health and related issues. People willing to take help are registered by the volunteers.

Awareness Raising - Mental Health Uganda

Mental Health Uganda engages in collection, repackaging, documentation and dissemination of information pertaining to disability and development. MHU makes periodic publications highlighting their PLWMLs specific needs and challenges. These are disseminated to both MHU members, the community in which they live as well as policy makers and implementers. these are intended to raise awareness, provide information and facts pertaining to the situation of PLWMLs is Uganda. This has the ability to later elicit required support and responses needed to meet MHU mission and objectives in recognition of the high level of ignorance on disability.

​Regional ​Policy ​Council ​(RPC) ​ - Mental Health America (MHA)

The ​Mental ​Health ​America ​(MHA) ​Regional ​Policy ​Council â€‹(RPC) ​cultivates ​a ​constructive ​partnership ​with ​its ​affiliate ​field, ​state ​policy ​leaders, ​and ​other ​mental ​health ​stakeholders ​working ​together ​to ​initiate, ​advocate ​for, ​and ​implement ​federal ​and ​state ​policies ​that ​positively ​affect ​children, youth, and adults ​living ​with ​mental ​health ​and ​substance ​use ​conditions. The RPC forms a nationwide movement toward a robust mental health system that promotes prevention and early intervention initiatives, access to integrated community-based treatments, and supports that are recovery-focused and that encompass community inclusion. There are 4 national Policy Groups:

• National Governors Association (NGA)
• National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
• American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
• Council of State Governments (CSG)

Back To School - Mental Health America (MHA)

MHA’s Back to School Toolkit aims to increase emotional intelligence and self-regulation through materials for parents, school personnel, and young people. By using the toolkit materials, you will help members of your community be aware of the relationship between emotions and behavior problems in youth; learn strategies for addressing bothersome emotions in healthy ways; increase understanding of how disciplinary procedures centered around exclusion and isolation are more harmful than helpful; and access resources for finding treatment and help in times of crisis

Beating Bipolar - National Centre for Mental Health

Beating Bipolar is a free online programme for people experiencing bipolar disorder. Beating Bipolar is a web-based programme designed to help you better understand and manage bipolar disorder. It includes videos of professionals and people with lived experience of bipolar disorder as well as interactive exercises that many find helpful to manage the condition and its symptoms. The programme was jointly developed by the National Centre for Mental Health at Cardiff University and the Healthcare Learning Co. It is also supported by Bipolar UK.

Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator is a confidential and anonymous source of information for persons seeking treatment facilities in the United States or U.S. Territories for substance abuse/addiction and/or mental health problems.

Bipolar Education Programme Cymru (BEPC) - National Centre for Mental Health

BEPC is an award-winning group psychoeducation programme which aims to improve the quality of life for people with bipolar disorder. The course enables individuals to better manage their condition by understanding the symptoms of bipolar disorder, identifying their triggers and monitoring their mood to help them stay as well as possible. There are 10 sessions, each run in a group format with between 8 and 12 people. These combine presentations, informal group discussions and short exercises. The modules include:

• What is bipolar disorder?
• What causes bipolar disorder?
• The use of medication in bipolar disorder
• Psychological approaches to bipolar disorder
• Lifestyle approaches bipolar disorder
• Monitoring mood and identifying triggers
• Early warning signature
• Family members and close friends of the group participants are also given the option to attend an additional session where they can find out more about bipolar disorder and meet other people in similar situations.

BEPC is available to people diagnosed with bipolar disorder, over the age of 18 and living in Wales.

Boomers - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

Boomers is about preparing for your later years to give them meaning, purpose and joy. Boomers is for everyone with an interest in ageing positively. It is aligned with the Mental Health Foundation’s Five Ways to Wellbeing and also with the government’s Positive Ageing Strategy, which aims for older New Zealanders to be healthy, independent, connected and respected.

Bottom Line Conference - Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)

The Bottom Line Conference has been bringing together a rich community of business leaders and workers, union representatives, policy makers and researchers to share their expertise and ideas and discuss ways in which to improve mental health in Canadian workplaces. The conference provides an opportunity to share real experiences and successes while working towards the common goal of transforming Canadian workplaces into psychologically safe and supportive places where everyone can work safely and thrive.

Cancer and Mental Health Project - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

Our Cancer and Mental Health project  that will involve research, service mapping, and gathering personal experiences of those affected by cancer (through surveys, interviews and focus groups). We hope to uncover the scale and nature of the mental health needs of those affected by cancer in Scotland; what national/local policy and practice currently exists in Scotland with a focus on cancer and mental health to meet this need; the extent, types and reasons for unmet need; the impact of the above on those affected by cancer; and priorities for action. They will also run an end of project learning network where we will present the findings of our work to stakeholders (including local and national policy makers, clinical staff, voluntary sector providers, interest groups and those affected by cancer) and partners who have been involved in this initial development phase.

Capacity Building & Sustainable Livehood Promotion - Mental Health Uganda

The capacity building initiatives supports 8 district associations of Uganda including Soroti, Mbale and Tororo (East) Gulu and Arua (North); Rukungiri and Kabale (West) and Mpigi (Central). As a result districts have been able to register as community based organizations and about 800 members accessed funding to engage in income generation through the district disability grant and operation wealth creation. The capacity building initiatives include: 

• Training in leadership, networking, fundraising, financial management and conflict resolution
• Supporting district associations to develop group constitutions and open up bank accounts
• Developing membership registration tool to enable districts update their membership
• Peer support training and development of a manual and
• Loan and savings training. 

Mental Health Uganda has mobilized their members in order to have a common voice that would  present needs and challenges of PLWMLs and to  help them recognize their challenges and potentail to alleviate them. Mobilization has yielded for MHU18 district associations from different regions of Uganda. The district Associations then  in turn mobilizes the sub county Association.

Care Giving Mobilisation Toolkit - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

In collaboration with partners and stakeholders across Canada, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has developed Taking the Caregiver Guidelines off the Shelf: Mobilization Toolkit (Mobilization Toolkit). The Mobilization Toolkit is intended to support individuals, groups, or organizations in their efforts to help others understand and implement the recommendations in the National Guidelines for a Comprehensive Service System to Support Family Caregivers of Adults with Mental Health Problems and Illnesses. Published by the MHCC in 2013, the Guidelines provide concrete direction to system planners, policy makers, and mental health managers in planning, implementing and evaluating a family-friendly system of care.  the Mobilization Toolkit is comprised of several different documents which have been separated for ease of use and printing:

• Background on the Issue
• Planning Questionnaire
• Planning Activities
• Sample Letter
• Sample Summary Document
• Facilitator Guide
• PowerPoint Slides
• Recommendation Handout
• Telling Your Story
• Meeting Checklist

Carers Forum - Mental Health Foundation Australia

The Carers Forum is a safe, anonymous community for the friends, family and carers of people living with mental illness, moderated 24/7 by mental health professionals.

Carers Forum - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)

The Carers Forum has hundreds of discussions on the carer experience. They're organised under these seven topics:

• Our stories
• Looking after ourselves
• Social Spaces
• Something’s not right
• What's new: services, research, technologies
• About the forum, including feedback and news
• Special Events

Center for Peer Support - Mental Health America (MHA)

MHA has developed the first national advanced peer specialist certification. The high standards let peers show their expertise and experience, which opens new career paths and more opportunities to transform lives and services. Click here to learn more.

Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies (CAPT) - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

CAPT promotes the application of prevention science to advance state, tribal, jurisdictional, and community efforts to address substance use and misuse.  CAPT provides training and technical assistance services for SAMHSA substance misuse prevention grantees and resources for prevention professionals.

• Learn about CAPT services and who to contact for more information.
• Learn about SAMHSA prevention grants
• Find grantees served by CAPT.
• Locate prevention contacts at state agencies, tribal governments, and other entities.

Centre for Resilience - Mental Health Foundation Australia

Children and Families - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Children and Family - The Center for Mental Health

Children and Family services include:

• A KidZ Clinic: a school-based health clinic, provides medical, dental and behavioral healthcare to all youth ages 0-18 in Delta County.
• Paediatric Associates: the Center for Mental Health has full-time therapists on site offering mental healthcare along side physical healthcare for all children identified as having a behavioral healthcare need. Services are provided at the Pediatric Clinic.
• River Valley Family Health Center: provides mental health services to students of all ages as well as the entire community in an integrated setting. All services are offered on a sliding fee scale. Medicaid, Medicare, and most insurances are accepted.
• Delta Middle School offers a behavioral health therapist who works with students at DMS. The therapist offers help to students who are experiencing behavioral healthcare issues.
• Vista Charter School offers a behavioral health therapist who works with students at Vista to help students who are experiencing behavioral healthcare issues.

Clifford Beers Society - Mental Health America (MHA)

Clifford Beers respond to critics who suggested he start his mental health movement anonymously. Over 100 years later, his legacyMental Health America advances prevention for all; early identification and intervention for those at risk; integrated care, services, and supports for those who need them; with recovery as the goal. Mental Health America created the Clifford Beers Society to honor the generous giving of our most ardent and committed supporters, both individuals and organizations. We invite you to "fight in the open" and become a member of the Clifford Beers Society.

Collaboration with BasicNeeds Ghana - Mental Health Society of Ghana

The Mental Health Society of Ghana (MEHSOG) is working in partnershipv with BasicNeeds Ghana to implement Presentation tools & Equipment to stablized MIP funded by DfID. The project “Support Government of Ghana to build a national Mental Health System that effectively and efficiently respond to the mental health needs of the population”, funded by Department for International Development (DfID) UK. Both organizations in this project work in an effort to foster the needed partnership/collaboration with relevant stakeholders in our desire to support the enhancement of community mental health services, and meet the needs of people with mental illness and/or epilepsy and their carers and families.

College of Mental Health - Mental Health Foundation India

• Participation: about 1500 students from about 20 Colleges and 6 Universitites of India and abroad, including England and USA have participated in our programs.
• Awareness Drives: awareness drives in more than 10 colleges across Delhi, mainly from University of Delhi. Recent awareness drive was organized on 7th April 2017, World Health Day.
• Workshops: conduct internship program every year for college students pursuing psychology. Along with that, we have also organized workshops and self help sessions for college students.
• College Fest participated in NSS-DCAC college fest, Aadhya. We put up a stall to conduct fun mental health games. We also shared our Community Project through our stage time. ​

Collegiate Mental Health Innovation Council(CMHIC - Mental Health America (MHA)

The Collegiate Mental Health Innovation Council (CMHIC) is made of students and recent graduates who are finding new ways to make a difference in their communities. MHA wants to highlight innovation on-campus that is showing new approaches to meeting diverse needs and filling the gaps in resources available to students.  They will work with student leaders to show how students are stepping up and creating solutions to support one another and keep their peers engaged and in school, and support students who want to innovate at other colleges. We will:

• Convene a select group of students and recent graduates with diverse backgrounds, locations, and experiences in monthly online meetings over a 6-month term
• Identify innovative solutions and ways to address problems commonly reported on other campuses, including administrative and funding concerns
• Promote solutions and implementation across additional campuses

MHA convened its inaugural Collegiate Mental Health Innovation Council who will contribute to a report on their programs and the student perspective on how to create comprehensive, sustainable, and engaging mental health services and supports on campus.

Common Ground - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

Common Ground aims to help parents, families, whānau and friends to support young people to manage hard times and enjoy happier lives. Through its website, phone line, text counselling and a information pack services, Common Ground provides easy access to information, tools and advice about how to support a young person.  The Common Ground website provides space for sharing ideas and experiences, acknowledging the expertise and wisdom of parents, whānau, and young people themselves. Common Ground is provided in collaboration with Skylight and Youthline, with support from Curative, and innovate change. It is an initiative of the Prime Minister’s Youth Mental Health Project.

Complete Connected Care - The Center for Mental Health

Complete Connected Care is that place is a collaboration between The Center for Mental Health and River Valley Family Health Center to provide fully-integrated care in the Delta, Colorado area in one convenient place.

Consumer and Carer Engagement Project - National Mental Health Commission

The National Mental Health Commission collaborated with mental health experts with a lived experience of mental illness and/or suicidality to co-design a new Consumer and Carer Engagement Project to enhance opportunities for participation.  The Lived Experience Steering Group guided the project and provided advice to the Commission on what could be done to support reform implementation. The Steering Group examined consumer and carer engagement policies and practices across key parts of the mental health and suicide prevention systems.  Craze Lateral Solutions worked with us on this project. 

Consumer Art Exhibition - Mental Health Foundation Australia

Consumers and Carers - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)

Consumer and carer promotes participation in all levels of decision-making is fundamental for the improvement of mental health services and crucial to improve the lives of people with a mental illness. It aims to promote the continued participation and engagement of consumers and carers in the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of services is essential for mental health reform.

Corporate Mental Health Program - Mental Health Foundation India

Creating Connections - Mental Health Foundation of Wales

Creating Connections and who is it helping works with the single parents’ charity Gingerbread to bring together over 200 single parents for self-management courses in Newport and Cardiff.

Criminal Justice - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Decriminalization of Suicide  - Mental Health Foundation India

Decriminalization of Suicide is a petition in 2011 in Delhi High Court to repeal the Section 309 IPC to decriminalize suicide in India. The bill has been passed as part of Mental Health Care Bill 2016. This will further provide relief to more than 10 lakh people attempting suicide every year in India.

Depression Screening Tool - National Centre for Mental Health

The Depression Screening Tool for adults was developed in partnership with Cardiff University, can be used as a rough guide to spotting some of the warning signs of depression. The tool is based on the widely used Patient Health Questionnaire 9, or PHQ-9, which was developed by US Doctors Kurt Kroenke, Robert Spitzer and Janet Williams in 2001.

Disaster Distress Helpline - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA’s Disaster Distress Helpline provides 24/7, 365-day-a-year crisis counseling and support to people experiencing emotional distress related to natural or human-caused disasters. The Disaster Distress Helpline is a 24/7, 365-day-a--year, national hotline dedicated to providing immediate crisis counseling for people who are experiencing emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster. This toll-free, multilingual, and confidential crisis support service is available to all residents in the United States and its territories. Stress, anxiety, and other depression-like symptoms are common reactions after a disaster. Call 1-800-985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746 to connect with a trained crisis counselor.

The Disaster Distress Helpline puts people in need of counseling on the path to recovery. Our staff members provide counseling and support before, during, and after disasters and refer people to local disaster-related resources for follow-up care and support. Since its launch in February 2012, the Disaster Distress Helpline has provided counseling and support in response to disasters such as Hurricane Sandy(link is external), the Boston Marathon bombing, and the Ebola outbreak. The Disaster Distress Helpline is staffed by trained counselors from a network of crisis call centers located across the United States. These counselors provide:

• Crisis counseling for people in emotional distress related to any natural or human-caused disaster
• Information on how to recognize distress and its effects on individuals and families
• Tips for healthy coping
• Referrals to local crisis call centers for additional follow-up care and support

When you call or text, crisis counselors will listen to what’s on your mind with patience and without judgment. There is no need to give any identifying information when you contact the Disaster Distress Helpline. The counselor may ask you for some basic information at the end of the call, but these questions are optional and are intended to help SAMHSA keep track of the types of calls it receives. This crisis support service is for anyone experiencing emotional distress related to disasters such as:

• Tornadoes and Severe Storms
• Hurricanes and Tropical Storms
• Floods
• Wildfires
• Earthquakes
• Drought
• Incidents of Mass Violence

Diversity - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The MHCC’s Mental Health Strategy for Canada identifies better services for the country’s diverse populations as a priority for improving the mental health system. Through key initiatives, the MHCC has contributed to the Canadian literature on improving mental health services for immigrant, refugee, ethnocultural and racialized populations. 

Drug-Free Workplace Programs - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Drug-Free workplace programs are comprehensive programs that address illicit drug use by federal employees and in federally regulated industries. The Drug-Free Workplace Toolkit provides step-by-step guidance for starting and maintaining drug-free workplace policies and programs. The Division of Workplace Programs (DWP) provides oversight for the Federal Drug-free Workplace Program. DWP also oversees HHS-certified laboratories that perform drug testing for federal agencies and federally regulated industries.

e-Metnal Health - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

E-mental health uses the Internet and related technologies, like phone apps, to let patients receive care when and where they need it most, regardless of how close they live to their care provider. The advantages of e-mental health include that it shortens wait times, reaches across time zones, improves accessiblity in rural/remote areas and inner cities, makes it easier to get service in your language, cost-effective service delivery and tailors services to people with specific habits/genetics. e-mental health services are often self-guided or partly self-guided, have been shown to work for a number of psychiatric conditions, including depression, social anxiety disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and eating disorders. In consultation with leading researchers and key stakeholders, the MHCC is creating a clear plan to advance e-mental health. MHCC is engaging in strategic partnerships, investing in proven innovations, addressing knowledge gaps and identifying and sharing best practices

• Investing in e-Mental health: the Mental Health Strategy for Canada recommends that we support the development of innovative e-mental health programs and learn how to better integrate e-mental health within the system. The MHCC has a steering committee of experts and thought leaders across the country that direct, guide, and advise on e-mental health in Canada. With the Committee’s support, the MHCC published  e-Mental Health in Canada: Transforming the Mental Health System Using Technology.
• Advancing Research: the MHCC worked with a research team from the IWK Health Centre  to conduct an updated literature review of e-mental health research. The results pointed to opportunities and gaps in the current research literature; as well as undertake an environmental scan of current e-mental health initiatives in Canada. It demonstrated the challenges in the implementation of e-mental health. It also identified opportunities to build on existing strengths for growth in the planning of e-mental health services and programs in Canada.\
• Engaging People with Lived Experience and Service Providers: as technology continues to evolve, it is important that the consumers of these innovations are involved in their development, implementation and evaluation. A recommendation contained within the e-mental health briefing paper emphasizes, “e-mental health services should be designed as ‘person-centred’ so that their individualized needs are prioritized. Any new services or technologies should be created in collaboration with the end-user to ensure appropriateness, effectiveness, and usability.” To support this call to action, a consumer driven resource – “Mental Health, Technology and You” – was co-created by people with lived experience of mental illness/mental health problems and service providers, including personal vignettes and tips. This resource is about how to use technology to access services and supports, for either the individual or someone they care about.
• Mental Health Apps: A Framework for Evaluation: with the growing number apps available to support mental wellness and recovery, there is a need to provide various audiences with tools to support informed decision-making when using or recommending e-mental health apps. The MHCC and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Institute of Gender and Health (CIHR-IGH) worked to co-lead a consensus process to develop a framework for evaluating e-mental health apps. In November 2016, the MHCC and CIHR-IGH brought together stakeholders from across Canada, including app users, app developers, healthcare providers, mental health advocates, people with lived experience with mental health problems, policymakers and researchers, to discuss and reach consensus on the guiding principles and criteria to be included in a made-in-Canada framework for assessing mental health apps. This process resulted in an academic paper (in progress) and the two-page resource, Mental Health Apps: How to Make an Informed Choice.
• Convening Roundtable Discussions: the MHCC hosted two roundtables in 2016/17 to raise awareness about e-mental health, share promising practices and dialogue about barriers and opportunities. On December 1, 2016, the MHCC held a roundtable with health care leaders and service providers. A summary report from this meeting can be found here. On January 27, 2017, the MHCC held a provincial/territorial roundtable with policy-makers, national mental health and health care organizations and people with lived experience (PWLE). A summary report from this meeting can be found here. On November 16, 2017, the MHCC co-hosted a roundtable discussion, focused on technology-based interventions in mental health and substance use. A summary report from this meeting can be found here.

Economics - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Economics of Mental Health in Australia - National Mental Health Commission

The National Mental Health Commission seeks to put mental health on the economic agenda. The potential economic and social gains from mental health reform from investing in promotion, prevention and early intervention, could dwarf the gains from many other reforms currently on the economic policy agenda.

Educate the Public - Mental Health Society of Ghana

Educating the public to increase interest in psychosocial disability issues to reduce stigma. The Secretariat has engaged the media and the general public to educate them to use appropriate words and language when describing people with mental disorders and epilepsy. This has been done through workshops and seminars for the media on appropriate reporting of mental health issues. Again, through sensitization and education programmes the public interest is generated in psycho-social issues all in a bid to reduce stigma and encourage the integration of persons with mental disorders. Feature articles are also written the print media on mental health issues. Rejoinders are also written to stories about persons with mental disorders and epilepsy that appear in the media. Some of the rejoinders were written to stories such as “a human rights court describes a raped mentally ill woman an idiot”, “Aids patient pounce on Madwomen” and feature articles such as ”Let the cured mentally ill people vote.”

Empowering User Groups - Mental Health Society of Ghana

Empowering user groups self advocate and fulfill their rights is about mentoring of self help groups and presentation of stationary to enhance meetings in the community. The Secretariat has carried out advocacy training programmes for representatives of the various self help groups to empower them. Basic Needs has over the year before the birth of MEHSOG provided several of such trainings and refresher courses. This year, the Secretariat has provided refresher trainings in advocacy for all the epresentatives and leaders of the groups to sharpen their advocacy skills. They have also been trained on their rights and were and how to seek redress when their rights are violated. Some of the training contents included, understanding the rights of persons with mental disorders, How to plan a mental health promotion exercise, communication skills –technique for getting a message across, measuring advocacy effectiveness among others.

Ensurng Fidelity - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Centre for Mental Health and our associates have carried out over 40 independent fidelity reviews across the UK. By working with the Centre as an independent partner, you will have access to a team of experts who bring up-to-date knowledge of national and international best practice and can benchmark your services against similar provision across the UK.  During an independent fidelity review, the Centre will:

• Examine documentary evidence
• Interview clinicians, service users, employment specialists, team leaders and NHS senior staff
• Substantiate your score against the IPS Fidelity Scale
• Assure the quality of the organisation and delivery of your IPS service

The Fidelity Scale is the translation of the eight principles into 25 items that a service can be scored against. The higher the score, the greater the quality of the IPS service and the higher the expected job outcomes. The Fidelity Scale is an excellent tool for designing an Individual Placement and Support service; determining the extent to which an existing employment service is an IPS service; identifying the potential causes of a poorly performing employment service; and finding out more and download assessment tool from our IPS Fidelity Scale page.

Equally Well - National Mental Health Commission

Equally Well is a report that aims to improve the quality of life of people living with mental illness by providing equal access to quality health care. 

Evaluations - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

The Centre has a long history of evaluating innovative interventions. Our evaluations help uncover and understand what works to address health inequalities. They establish the evidence base for effective support for people with mental health problems. They are specialists in translating complex outcome data into practical, actionable recommendations, and in carrying out early-stage evaluations that help novel interventions progress through the first stages of the Early Intervention Foundation’s evidence standards. Our expertise in mental health includes children and young people, the criminal justice system, employment, veterans, and physical and mental health. They work arm-in-arm with our partners to ensure that evaluations are relevant to all stakeholders and represent a variety of perspectives. All our work is bespoke, and may include:

• Consultation with practitioners, commissioners, and service users;
• Training and deploying peer evaluators;
• Literature reviews to establish local context and identify comparable services;
• Health economics and cost-benefit analysis;
• Ongoing productive advice to shape or improve services;
• Awareness of policy and in-depth understanding of the political and commissioning landscape for mental health.

The centre works with a range of partners, from NHS Trusts to small charities and community organisations. Their evaluations help drive change in mental health across the country. Where appropriate, we share findings across political boundaries, agencies and communities to amplify learning, celebrate positive practice and effect real system change. We equip providers with the means to measure impact and communicate the evidence for investment. And when we identify interventions that work, we influence commissioners and decision makers to support better practice and shape fairer policies.If you would like to talk to us about an evaluation of your service, please contact Louis Allwood at louis.allwood@centreformentalhealth.org.uk 

Ex-Service Personell - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Expert Reference Group on Mental Health Reform - National Mental Health Commission

National Targets and Indicators for mental health reform is a report to COAG Working Group on Mental Health Reform. The key task of the Expert Reference Group (ERG) was to provide advice to the COAG Working Group on Mental Health Reform on a set of ambitious and achievable national, whole of life, outcome based indicators and targets for mental health that will be understood by the community and drive systemic change. The ERG presented its final report, National Targets and Indicators for Mental Health Reform, to the COAG Working Group on Mental Health Reform in September 2013. The ERG's framework of targets and indicators was informed by extensive consultations with people with lived experience of mental health issues, their families and other supporters, clinicians, researchers, non-government organisations, peak bodies, Ministerial Councils and other key stakeholders.

Family Members and Carers - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

Family members and carers is an aspect of the NAMI website that focuses on:

• Learning to Help Your Child and Your Family

• Finding a Missing Loved One

• Supporting Recovery

• Maintaining a Healthy Relationship

• Taking Care of Yourself

• Being Prepared for a Crisis

• Calling 911 and Talking with Police

• Handling the Arrest of a Family Member

• Preventing Suicide

Farmstrong - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

Farmstrong helps farmers look after the most important asset on their farms - themselves. Farmstrong is all about Healthy Thinking for farmers. The programme is a joint initiative between the Mental Health Foundation and leading rural insurer FMG with strategic partner ACC. Farmstrong is helping shift the focus of mental health from depression and illness to one of wellbeing. In its first year Farmstrong will be working to make a positive difference to the lives of 1,000 farmers.  As part of Farmstrong, there is a series of Healthy Thinking workshops, delivered and facilitated by Dr Tom Mulholland from the Healthy Thinking Institute. Tom asks about techniques to help farmers understand emotional alarms, strategies to manage emotions and accounts from others regarding their experiences in a farming business.

Fight Stigma - Mental Health Foundation Australia

First Nations - Inuit and Metis - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The MHCC is developing a response to the TRCs Calls to Action, is currently evaluating existing processes of engagement, and seeking to build respectful nation to nation relationships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Strong relationships of trust and mutual respect between the MHCC and FN-I-M governments, organizations, professionals, scholars, and communities will allow the MHCC to serve as an ally in supporting on-going efforts by First Nations, Inuit and Métis to heal from the intergenerational impacts of colonization, close gaps in services, share knowledge about approaches to mental wellness, increase community capacity, and strengthen collaborative relationships. The MHCC recognizes that the Métis people have not yet engaged in a process of reconciliation and we are committed to working in partnership with the Métis National Council as the process unfolds.

First Responders - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) considers a variety of first responder and associated positions in its work, including firefighters, police, paramedics, dispatchers, public safety officers, corrections personnel, border services officers adn emergency response managers The MHCC helps build capacity to advance the mental health of first responders and improve their interactions with people living with mental health problems and illnesses. Through stakeholder collaboration, the MHCC develops and adapts training tools and resources to enable first responder organizations to adopt comprehensive mental wellness strategies, focused both internally and externally.

The National Standard of Canada for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace is a voluntary set of guidelines, tools, and resources to guide organizations in promoting mental health and preventing psychological injuries at work.

• Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR): a program designed to reduce the stigma of mental illness and to address and promote mental health and resiliency in a first responder workplace setting. The program includes a self-assessment tool and a set of evidenced-based, cognitive behavioural therapy techniques that help individuals cope with stress and improve their mental health and resiliency.
• Mental Health First Aid (MHFA): a training program that helps increase awareness of the signs and symptoms of the most common mental health problems and know how to help if an individual begins to experience a mental health problem or crisis. First responders across Canada have received training and MHFA has now been adapted for members of the veteran community.
• TEMPO: Police Interactions: a report towards improving interactions between police and people living with mental health problems.
• Free webinars on first responder mental health promotion

Five Ways toEWellbeing - Mental Health Ireland

Five Ways to Wellbeing are simple actions you can do in your everyday life to feel good and function well. The research conducted in 2008, drew on state of the art research about mental wellbeing throughout life. The Five Ways to Wellbeing are the five ways have been used worldwide by young and old to help people take action to improve their wellbeing:

• Connect: with the people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day.
• Be active: o for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level of mobility and fitness.
• Take notice: be curious. Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are walking to work, eating lunch or talking to friends. Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters to you
• Keep learning: try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite food. Set a challenge you will enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident as well as being fun
• Give: do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out, as well as in. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connections with the people around you

Follow Up Visits - Mental Health Foundation India

Patients under treatment are visited by volunteers or doctors on regular basis to review their ongoing treatment. As per the need, further interventions are made by the doctors.

Future Pathways - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

Future Pathways supports people who have experienced abuse or neglect in care in Scotland. Future Pathways is Scotland's in care survivor support fund

GAINS Center for Behavioral Health and Justice Transformation - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The GAINS Center focuses on expanding access to services for people with mental and/or substance use disorders who come into contact with the justice system. GAINS is an acronym for Gather, Assess, Integrate, Network, and Stimulate. Learn about the history of the GAINS Center and its modelfor coordinating with justice systems to provide behavioral health services.

Hafal - Mental Health UK

Hafal is Wales’ leading charity for people with serious mental illness and their carers. Covering all areas of Wales, Hafal is an organisation managed by the people we support: individuals whose lives have been affected by serious mental illness

Healthwise Wales - National Centre for Mental Health

HealthWise Wales is a study that hopes to involve everyone in Wales in improving the health and wellbeing of the population. 

Hill Day - Mental Health America (MHA)

Mental Health America participates in at least one Capitol Hill Day every year in order to advocate for mental health. 

Homelessness Programs and Resources - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA programs and resources support preventing and ending homelessness among people with mental and/or substance use disorders. SAMHSA’s formula and discretionary grant programs support many types of behavioral health treatments and recovery-oriented services. SAMHSA’s services increase access to disability income benefits for eligible adults who are experiencing or at risk for homelessness. Learn more about grant programs and services:

• Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH)
• Search PATH Data Reports
• Submit PATH Data Reports
• PATH State and Provider Contacts
• Cooperative Agreements to Benefit Homeless Individuals (CABHI)
• Grants for the Benefit of Homeless Individuals–Services in Supportive Housing (GBHI–SSH)
• SSI/SSDI Outreach, Access, and Recovery (SOAR)

SAMHSA offers online continuing education courses that are self-paced on topics related to behavioral health and homelessness. The Partnering for Change and Strategies for Change courses provide guidance on how to build systems of care for people experiencing homelessness.

Honest Open Proud - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

Honest Open Proud aims to reduce the stigma of mental illness and improve the lives of those affected by mental illness by teaching people safe ways to talk about their experiences Honest Open Proud is designed to facilitate discussions on the impact of mental illness disclosure and whether it is appropriate, with the aim of reducing the harm of internalised stigma associated with mental illness. In 2016 a pilot of the HOP programme – devised and originally delivered by Illinois Institute of Technology Professor Patrick Corrigan – was delivered in Scotland by the Mental Health Foundation with funding from See Me. Following the pilot, a number of amendments have taken place to make it relevant to the Scottish context. Discussions are ongoing on future developments.

Housing, Homelessness and Mental Health - National Mental Health Commission

The National Mental Health Commission held Housing, Homelessness and Mental Health Workshops around Australia last year to gather feedback from stakeholders about key issues and gaps for people with a mental illness when they attempt to secure housing.

Individual Placement and Support (IPS) - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Influencing Key Decision Makers - Mental Health Society of Ghana

The Mental Health Society of Ghana, played host to the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Mr Juan E. Méndez, from November 7-14, 2013. The Special Rapporteur, who was in the country at the invitation of the Government of Ghana, was to assess and identify challenges regarding human torture and other cruel treatment meted out to citizens. He visited the psychiatric hospitals and prayer camps to examine the treatment and living conditions of those with mental disabilities. His engagement with MEHSOG was aimed understanding the nature and scope of human torture meted out to people with psychosocial disabilities in Ghana and what MEHSOG wanted government to do about it. They acknowledged that people with psychosocial disabilities suffer varying degree of cruelty  and torture, mostly at the informal (traditional and faith-based) treatment centres, which included the application of fire/heat and the infliction of knife cuts on the bodies of patients, in the bid to exorcising them of evil spirits. The Executive Secretary of MEHSOG acknowledged that, even though the Mental Heal Law had been passed, these cruel treatments were still ongoing and with some degree of impunity and urged the UN Special Rapporteur to insist on government to ensure the full implementation of the Mental Health Law, Act 846. In an interview with journalist after his brief visit, the UN Special Rapporteur stated “I am deeply concerned about the situation of overcrowding in prisons; the quality of mental healthcare in Ghana, both at hospitals and in spiritual healing centres known as ‘prayer camps’. The psychiatric hospital in the capital Accra does not have enough drugs to treat patients and is improperly using the controversial electroconvulsive therapy. Prayer camps located in rural areas of Ghana, shackled patients to trees or inside rooms.”

MEHSOG has been advocating the inclusion of people with mental disorders in a Social Intervention programmes run by the Ministry of Gender and Social Protection, and has successfully ensured that people with mental disorders and epilepsy have been mentioned in the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty Leap Programme. The programme seeks to empower extremely poor, vulnerable and excluded population in the country and involves cash transfer to the extremely poor household without productive capacity.

Innovation to Implementation (I2I) - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Innovation to Implementation (I2I) aims to close the gap between what we know and what we do There is a substantial gap from the time new knowledge is created to when it is put into practice. The field of Knowledge Translation (KT) has emerged as a response to this gap. KT involves interaction between knowledge users and knowledge producers and results in mutual planning, producing, disseminating and applying existing or new knowledge to enhance the health of Canadians.

The Innovation to Implementation (I2I) guide is a how-to resource for driving change using KT activities. The guide illustrates how to move from innovation to implementation in a thoughtful manner to achieve the desired outcomes of a project or initiative. The I2I guide explains the purpose of each step to achieving successful KT, walks participants through a series of guided questions, and provides helpful tips. By completing this guide, participants will not only have implemented and evaluated a sophisticated KT plan, but will also have created new knowledge. In addition to the how-to resource, a free online course is available to help participants understand and use the 7 steps of the I2I in their KT work. The course can be completed in less than 20 minutes, over multiple sessions. 

Investing to Save - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)

Investing to Save presents a major contribution towards mentally healthy people, and mentally healthy communities. It shows how we can, with the right targeted investments, improve the mental health of our community, and in turn the mental wealth of the nation. It tackles a set of complex issues from a new perspective, and a new pragmatic approach to the scale of the task of reforming our mental health system.

IPS Centres of Excellence - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Centre for Mental Health brought the Centres of Excellence network together in response to requests to see best practice in operation. We created a platform to recognise providers of high fidelity IPS as beacon sites, to share their experience and best practice with new start-ups. There are currently 18 IPS Centres of Excellence. There 18 sites to be Centres of Excellence in supporting people who use mental health services into employment. These areas will demonstrate how to base employment services for people with mental health problems on the evidence of what works best. In each site, the local mental health trust will work with partners in employment services, local authorities and other agencies to offer people effective support to get into paid work. The learning from these sites will be shared with other areas of England.

The Centres of Excellence project is based on a similar scheme developed in the US by Dartmouth Medical School, with the support of Johnson & Johnson. Both are offering their assistance to the project to ensure that we learn from international experience and share our learning with other countries. The IPS Centres of Excellence are exemplary in their use of the IPS model and the job outcomes they achieve for people with severe and enduring mental illness. Each year the Centres hold open days during which managers, clinicians, employment specialists and service users share their experience of running and using the service. It is an ideal opportunity for organisations and commissioners interested in setting up an IPS employment service and/or new IPS services that wish to learn from a more experienced service.

IPS Training Courses - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

IPS training courses provide training for employment specialists The Centre for Mental Health has been at the heart of implementing high-quality IPS in the UK. We run a variety of training courses for employment specialists, clinical teams, vocational team leaders and vocational managers to help embed good practice and achieve better outcomes for people with mental health problems. Their courses include:

• Doing what works: Training for employment specialists: Trains employment specialists to use IPS principles to increase paid job outcomes for people with mental health conditions
• Motivational Interviewing: Teaches practical techniques for helping people into employment through reducing internal barriers and negative attitudes, improving confidence and helping them to access their own resources
• Engaging with employers: Develops employer networking skills and your 'employer engagement toolkit'
• Understanding the changing UK benefits system: Determining relevant benefits and return to work incentives for service users, permitted work, and calculating eligibility (In-house only)

It’s My Life: Social Self-Directed Care - Mental Health America (MHA)

It’s My Life: Social Self-Directed Care is a program in which Mental Health America is training affiliates and other organizations to implement this innovative, peer-driven intervention in their communities. It's My Life: Social Self-Directed Care combines the evidence-based practices of Peer Support and Psychiatric Rehabilitation and the emerging best practices of Self-Directed Care and Life Coaching into an integrated skill and support strategy to help people build networks of friends and intimate relationships. Success in this area has proven to be a major breakthrough for some of the most isolated, misunderstood members of our communities. Participants are accompanied on their recovery journeys by trained Life Coaches who help them bridge the gap to a larger social world. This project promotes social inclusion so individuals feel less isolated which helps to increase self-esteem and self-worth. This in turn improves overall functioning with networks that include supportive and sustainable relationships that will increase their quality of life while reducing crisis events and hospitalizations. Ultimately, this project assists the participants in setting and reaching social and personal goals.

Just Giving - Mental Health UK

Just Giving is the Mental Health UK community for anyone experiencing a mental health problem. They are made up of four organisations based in each of the four nations of the UK, working together to improve mental health.

Kai Xin Xing Dong - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

Kai Xin Xing Dong is a Like Minds, Like Mine public education programme to reduce stigma and discrimination for Asian young people with experience of mental illness. The Kai Xin Xing Dong programme works with four Asian communities in New Zealand, producing a Chinese-English bilingual website and other resources to raise awareness of how to be inclusive. The programme is focussed on Filipino, Indian and Korean communities as well as Chinese. We are currently working with Filipino, Indian and Korean people to ask what information and activities are needed to address stigma and discrimination in their communities. If you belong to one of these communities and would like to get involved, please contact Charlie Tang who would be very happy to talk to you!

Korean Coaching Psychological Association (KCPA) - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

Korean Coaching Psychological Association (KCPA) was established ito advance the academic understandings, research, application of the knowledge of coaching psychology, and provide psychological activities for training coaching psychology professionals and building policy of coaching psychology. Among those who do not have psychological disorder, many people want to be more productive and change their behaviors in better ways. Coaching psychology should put much effort to develop coaching as a science by applying psychological theories and models to a wide variety of coaching settings to satisfy peoples needs.

At present, coaching is being applied in various fields such as business coaching, career coaching, life coaching, leadership coaching, learning coaching and parents coachings. Furthermore, it can be extended to health coaching and sport coaching and will be continuously expanded to other realms in the near future. Since coaching psychology is much applicable to various fields, the members attached to various divisions of the KPA can join the KCPA. For example, business coaching and leadership coaching are related to Industrial and organizational psychology, counseling psychology, clinical psychology, and social and personality psychology. Learning coaching has a link to cognitive/ biological psychology and developmental psychology. In addition, health coaching and parents coaching are connected with health psychology and developmental psychology, respectively. The Korean Coaching Psychological Association (KCPA) seeks to contribute to society as an one of applied fields of psychology by collaborating with the various members of other divisions of the KPA.

Law Enforcement And Mental Health - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI and their national network of local and state organizations have partnered with law enforcement agencies on Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) programs, which help law enforcement cope with these difficult calls for service and increase safety in these situations—for officers, individuals in crisis and bystanders.

Learning Disability Health Check - National Centre for Mental Health

The Welsh health check for people with a learning disability is an annual health check by doctors and nurses in primary care for people aged 14 years and older with intellectual disability. It aims to provide a systemic physical health check including physical examination, medical review and health check action plan. It takes approximately 1 hour to complete and is a free resource. The Welsh health check is delivered annually to around 100,000 people through their GP, and forms part of UK and Welsh government health policy. The most recent version is endorsed by the Royal College of General Practitioners and their website provides further information on the process. Below we also have translations available in Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish.

Life on Campus - Mental Health America (MHA)

Life on Campus aims to tackle mental health issues on college campuses across the country.

Like Minds Like Mine - Ministry of Health - Mental Health

Like Minds, Like Mine is a public awareness programme to increase social inclusion and end discrimination towards people with experience of mental illness or distress through public awareness campaigns, community projects and research.

Like Minds, Like Min - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

The Mental Health Foundation administers aspects of the Like Minds, Like Mine national programme on behalf of the Ministry of Health. Public relations, media and communications services including administration of the Like Minds, Like Mine website are managed by the MHF. The MHF are currently running the Take the Load Off online campaign, which focuses on the simple things people can do to reduce the weight of stigma and discrimination for people living with mental illness.




 

Lived Experience Forum - Mental Health Foundation Australia

The Lived Experience Forum is a safe, anonymous community for people living with mental illness, moderated 24/7 by mental health professionals.

Lived Experience Forum - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)

The Lived Experience Forum has hundreds of discussions on the experience of mental health and illness. They're organised under these seven topics:

• Our experience & stories
• Looking after our wellbeing
• Social Spaces
• Something’s not right
• Services, research, and technologies
• About the forum, including feedback and news
• Special Events

Living With A Mental Illness - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

Living with a mental illness is an area of the NAMI website that deals with the followig aspects:

• Disclosing to Others
• Finding a Mental Health Professional
• Getting Help Paying for Medications
• Romantic Relationships
• Understanding Your Diagnosis
• Succeeding at Work
• Taking Care of Your Body
• Faith & Spirituality
• Securing Stable Housing
• Managing Stress
• Understanding Health Insurance
• What to Do In a Crisis
• Reentry After a Period of Incarceration
• Disability Income and Benefits

Magnitude of Deoression - Mental Health Foundation India

Maternal Mental Health - National Centre for Mental Health

Maternal Mental Health is a learning program for midwives

MATx Mobile App - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

MATx is a mobile app to support medication-assisted treatment of opioid use disorder. MATx empowers health care practitioners to provide effective, evidence-based care for opioid use disorders. This free app supports practitioners who currently provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT), as well as those who plan to do so in the future. MATx features include:

• Help spread the word about MATx.
• Information on treatment approaches and medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of opioid use disorders
• A buprenorphine prescribing guide, which includes information on the Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000 waiver process and patient limits
• Clinical support tools, such as treatment guidelines, ICD-10 coding, and recommendations for working with special populations
• Access to critical helplines and SAMHSA’s treatment locators.

Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Medicated-Assisted Treatment (MAT) is the use of FDA- approved medications, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to provide a “whole-patient” approach to the treatment of substance use disorders. Medication-assisted treatment (MAT), including opioid treatment programs (OTPs), combines behavioral therapy and medications to treat substance use disorders. Information and Training Resources can be provided for physicians, researchers, pharmacists, patients and the public. Nurse Practitioners (NPs) and Physician Assistants (PAs). MAT for opioid addiction is subject to federal legislation, regulations, and guidelines, including DATA 2000 and federal regulation.

MEHSOG/UNFVFT Project on Victims of torture, cruel and ill treatment - Mental Health Society of Ghana

Presentation of tools & equipment to torture victims for Victims of Torture (UNVFVT) to assist victims of torture, ill and cruel treatment in prayer camps, faith based institutions, traditional healers. The funds are supposed to support them in procuring psychotropic medicines, antibiotics and pain relievers and other medical consumables, it also provide psychological counseling, and empowering them in the areas of vocational as well as income generating ventures. The project is expected to stabilize and reintegrate such victims of torture back into society.

Mental Health America’s Advocacy Network - Mental Health America (MHA)

Mental Health America’s Advocacy Network is a powerful voice for change that is made up of thousands of individuals nationwide who take an active role in protecting America’s mental health through legislative advocacy. TThey speak out and make our voice heard on equal access to care, federal funding, treatment and prevention. 

• Public Policy and Advocacy: Public Policy and Advocacy work supports efforts and seeks actions at the congressional and state levels that promote mental health and ensure an integrated, comprehensive and accessible system of care for individuals with mental health or substance use conditions.
• Legislative and Policy Resources: information on important issues we are working on such as health care reform and evidence-based health care
• Policy Issues-A to Z: policy pages for additional resources, including fact sheets, press releases, model legislation, studies, toolkits, and testimony.
• Comments on Proposed Federal Rules
• Position Statements
• Advocacy Alerts and Tools

Through that advocacy network, Mental Health America is showing policy makers that mental health is the stepping to stone to healthy and productive lives, workplaces and communities

Mental Health and Money Advice - Mental Health UK

Mental Health and Money Advice provides clear, practical advice and support for people experiencing issues with mental health and money.

Mental Health and The Law - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

MHCC works to combat stigma, ensure fair treatment and support knowledge exchange needed to uphold the rights of those living with mental health problems and mental illness. To achieve this MHCC collaborates on key projects designed to advance research and education-based programming including 

• TEMPO: Police Interactions: a national framework for police training and education, created in partnership with the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (CACP), helps educate police personnel to recognize and understand mental health problems and mental illness, and also to respond appropriately and empathically.
• The National Trajectory Project: a program sponsored by the MHCC, which followed the path of individuals declared not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder (NCRMD) through the mental health and criminal justice systems in three provinces (Québec, Ontario, and British Columbia). The project’s objectives included exploring the profiles of the NCRMD accused, the operation of current criminal justice provisions, and mental health and criminal outcomes.
• First Responders: the MHCC helps build capacity to advance the mental health of first responders and improve their interactions with people living with mental health problems and illnesses. Through stakeholder collaboration, the MHCC develops and adapts training tools, resources and programs to enable first responder organizations to adopt comprehensive mental wellness strategies.

Mental Health and Wellbeing - Mental Health Ireland

Mental Health Awareness Week - Mental Health Foundation - United Kingdom

Mental Health Awareness Week focuses on stress. Research has shown that 16 million people experience a mental health problem each year, and stress is a key factor in this. By tackling stress, we can go a long way to tackle mental health problems such as anxiety and depression, and, in some instances, self-harm and suicide. We will look at how we can tackle stress and help improve our mental health.

Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

The Mental Health Foundation organises New Zealand's annual Mental Health Awareness Week under contract from the Ministry of Health. Mental Health Awareness Week (MHAW) is a national wellbeing campaign run every October to coincide with World Mental Health Day. MHAW is run by the MHF and includes workplace activities and resources. 

Mental Health Camp - Mental Health Foundation India

Mental Health Camps are organized in regular intervals in which a team of doctors visits the field for clinical intervention through pharmacology and counseling.

Mental Health Clubs - Mental Health Foundation India

Mental Health Clubs create an empowered, healthy mindset for students to help develop their cognitive and sociocultural development in addition to excellence in academics and extra curriculum activities

Mental Health Conditions - National Centre for Mental Health

The National Centre for Mental Health has developed a range of information on a number of diagnoses, including symptoms, treatments and helpful advice for individuals and their families.

• Anxiety and panic attacks
• Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
• Autism spectrum disorder
• Bipolar disorder
• Depression
• Eating disorders
• Learning disability, mental health and challenging behaviour
• Mood disorders in pregnancy and childbirth
• Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Schizophrenia
• Self-harm

Mental Health District Inspectors - Ministry of Health - Mental Health

District inspectors’ provide an important safeguard for people who have concerns about compulsory care or treatment. District Inspectors are lawyers appointed by the Minister of Health to protect the rights of people receiving treatment under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992 (the Mental Health Act), or the Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003 (IDCCR Act). They are independent from the Ministry of Health and from health and disability services.

The main responsibilities of district inspectors are to ensure that the provisions of these Acts are upheld, including people’s specific rights set out in each Act. District inspectors have three main roles:

• Ensuring that every individual who is subject to a compulsory order under either the Mental Health Act or the IDCCR Act is cared for in accordance with the statutory requirements
• Monitoring quality and safety of mental health and disability services providing treatment to people who are or subject to these Acts (including those under assessment)
• Investigating complaints and conducting inquiries.

A district inspector must meet with the patient or care recipient early in the compulsory assessment process to advise them of their situation and their right to a review in the District Court. District inspectors can also facilitate legal representation for such a review.

Mental Health First Aid - Mental Health America (MHA)

Mental Health First Aid USA is an 8-hour course that teaches you how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The training helps you identify, understand, and respond to signs of addictions and mental illnesses. Mental Health First Aid is included on the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

Mental Health Indicators - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Mental Health Leadership and Advocacy Program (mhLAP) - Mental Health Society of Ghana

Mental Health Leadership and Advocacy Program (mhLAP) collaboration came about as a result of a land mark series of papers published by the Lancet Medical Journal established psychosocial disabilities as a priority in addressing unmet health needs globally. This publication ended by calling for significant scale-up of services for people with mental disorders, but recognized some barriers that have made previous efforts ineffective. Since it’s inception in Ghana, it had collaborated through it’s stakeholder council with Mental Health Society of Ghana and also the National Alliance for Mental Health and Development to shape national mental health advocacy agenda. Through this collaboration, both organizations have brought to the attention of government and society by influencing policies and legislations.

Mental Health Matters - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The Mental Health Commission of Canada is leading the effort to build the Mental Health Action Plan for Canada. As part of our role, we brought together concerned citizens, stakeholders, advocates, people with lived experience, policy makers and health care providers to realize the vision set out in Changing Directions, Changing Lives: The Mental Health Strategy for Canada.

Mental Health Month - Mental Health America (MHA)

Mental Health Month reaches millions of people through the media, local events and screenings. We welcome other organizations to join us in spreading the word that mental health is something everyone should care about by using the May is Mental Health Month toolkit materials and conducting awareness activities. May is Mental Health Month.

Mental Health Month - Mental Health Foundation Australia

Mental Health Month focuses on the youth of our society, particularly in the age group of 16-25. During this month, various activities will be organised to promote youth mental health and wellbeing. These include a Mental Health walk, a youth conference on Mental Health, a Mental Health gala dinner, sessions at schools and universities to promote Mental Health, youth musical programs, bringing together various multicultural communities and other organisations in the Mental Health field to raise awareness.

Mental Health Program - National Center For Mental Health Phillipines (NCMH

The National Mental Health Policy shall be pursued through a mental health program strategy prioritizing the promotion of mental health, protection of the rights and freedom of persons with mental diseases and the reduction of the burden and consequences of mental ill-health, mental and brain disorders and disabilities. To ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of the National Mental Health Program, certain committees and teams were organized.

The National Program Management Committee (NPMC) was created to oversee the development of mental health measures for sub-programs and components; integrate the various programs, project and activities from the various program development and management groups for each sub-program; manage the various sub-programs and components of the national mental health program; oversee the implementation of prevention and control measures for mental health issues and concerns; and ecommend to the Secretary of Health a master plan for mental health aligned with the mandates and thrusts of various government agencies.

Program Development and Management Teams (PDMT)- under NPMC, PDMT shall be established corresponding to the four sub-programs of the National Mental Health Program willformulate and recommend policies, standards, guidelines approaches on each specifics sub-program on mental health; develop a plan of action for each specific sub-program in consultation with mental health advocates and stakeholdersl develop operating guidelines, procedures, protocols for the mental health sub-program; and provide technical assistance to other mental health teams according to sub-program funds.

Other Partners and Stakeholders will ensure the availability of competent, efficient, culturally and gender-sensitive health care professionals who will provide mental health services; identify mental health needs of the population and refer findings to the appropriate mental care provider; and promote and advocate for the implementation of the program within their respective areas of responsibility. Inteverventions and strategies employed by DOH include:  

• Health Promotion and Advocacy: enrichment of advocacy and multimedia information, education and community (IEC) strategies targeting the general public, mental health patients and their families.
• Service Provision: enhancement of service delivery at the national and local levels will enable the early recognition and treatment of mental health problems.
• Policy and legislation: the formulation and institutionalization of national legislations, policies, program standards and guidelines shall emphasize the development of efficient and effective structures, systems and mechanisms that will ensure equitable accessible, affordable and appropriate health services for the mentally ill patients, victims of disaster and other vulnerable groups.
• Encouraging the development of a research culture and capacity: the program shall support researches and studies relevant to mental health, with focus on the clinical behaviour, epidemiology, public health treatment options and knowledge management.
• Capacity building: training shall be conducted on psychosocial care, the detection and management of specific psychiatric morbidity and the establishment of mental health facilities.
• Public-Private Partnership: inter-sectoral approaches and networking with other government agencies, non-government organizations, academe and private service providers shall be pursued to develop partnership and expand the involvement of stakeholders.
• Establishment of database and information system to determine the magnitude of the problem to serve as basis for shifting the program for being institutional and treatment focused on being preventive, family focused and community oriented.
• Development of model programs: best practices for prevention of substance abuse and risk reduction for mental illness can be replicated in different LGUs in coordination with other agencies involved in mental health and substance abuse prevention programs.
• Monitoring and evaluation: shall be used in formulating and modifying policies, program objectives and action plans to sustain the mental health initiatives and ensure continuing improvement in the delivery of mental health care.

Mental Health Screening Tools - Mental Health America (MHA)

Mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. There are a number of screening tools including:

• The Depression Test is for individuals who are feeling overwhelming sadness.
• The Eating Disorder Test can help explore eating related concerns that have an impact on your physical health and overall well-being.
• The Anxiety Test is for people who feel that worry and fear are affecting their ability to function day-to-day.
• The Addiction Test (Alcohol and substance use test) will help determine if your use of alcohol or drugs is an area to address.
• The Bipolar Test is for individuals who have mood swings - or unusual or extreme shifts in mood and energy.
• The Youth Test is for young people (age 11-17) who are concerned that their emotions, attention, or behaviors might be signs of a problem.
• The PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Test is for those who are bothered by a traumatic life event.
• The Parent Test is for parents of young people to determine if their child’s emotions, attention, or behaviors might be signs of a problem.
• The Psychosis Test is for young people (age 12-35) who feel like their brain is playing tricks on them (seeing, hearing or believing things that don't seem real or quite right).
• The Work Health Survey is a screen to explore how healthy or unhealthy your work environment is. It is in testing phase and every screen taken helps us better understand mental health in the workplace.

Following screening, you will be provided with information, resources and tools to discuss the results with a provider.

Mental Health Week Canada - Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)

During CMHA Mental Health Week, let’s #GETLOUD about what mental health really is. Every May for the last 66 years, Canadians in communities, schools, workplaces and the House of Commons have rallied around CMHA Mental Health Week.

Mental Heath Commission Collaboration - National Mental Health Commission

Australian Mental Health Commissions and the New Zealand Mental Health Commissioner collaborate to improve mental health. The long history of collaboration and commitments to mental health reform between Australia and New Zealand has been formalised with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). The MoU was signed by:

• New Zealand Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner
• National Mental Health Commission
• Mental Health Commission of New South Wales
• Mental Health Commission of Western Australia
• Mental Health Commission of South Australia
• Mental Health Complaints Commissioner Victoria
• Queensland Mental Health Commission

Metropolitan Emergency Information Center for the Mental Illness - Japanese Association of Mental Health Services (JAM)

Metropolitan Night Telephone Counseling Center (MNTCC) - Japanese Association of Mental Health Services (JAM)

MNTCC is a telephone counseling service to consult about mental health at nighttime. This service is established for people who live in Tokyo. The specialist takes charge of this service. Periodical seminar is obligated to the telephone consuling staff, because special knowledge is required by this service.

MHA Screening - Mental Health America (MHA)

MHA Screening is anonline screening program in which individuals receive immediate results, education, resources and linkage to affiliates. Along with the results of their screens, individuals provide MHA with valuable demographic and survey responses that allow us to further support our mental health policy and education efforts.

MHS: A Youth Persepctive - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The Mental Health Commission of Canada’s  (MHCC) Youth Council has created a youth version of Changing Directions, Changing Lives: The Mental Health Strategy for Canada. The Mental Health Strategy for Canada: A Youth Perspective is an adapted version of the original which includes examples of best practices that help bring to life many of the recommendations in the Strategy. The MHCC believes this will make mental health policy more accessible to anyone advocating for improvements to the mental health system.

Mind The Gap! - National Centre for Mental Health

Mind the Gap! is an examination of the interface between primary and secondary healthcare for eating disorders This research looks at the interaction and communication going on between different types of healthcare for eating disorders. The purpose of this research is to explore the interaction and communication going on between two types of healthcare – primary care (e.g., school counsellor/nurse, practice nurse, GP) and secondary care (e.g., mental health or eating disorder teams) – this is called an ‘interface’. The researchers want to explore different types of opinions and experiences on the way eating disorders are dealt with and treated across different types of healthcare settings, to see if there are any problems at the interface that may affect how quickly and well eating disorders are diagnosed and treated. It involves:

Mind Wise - Mental Health UK

MindWise is a leading mental health charity in Northern Ireland delivering over 30 services. We transform lives and develop new visions for mental health by challenging stigma and discrimination and providing quality services and support.

Mind Your Mental Health - Mental Health Ireland

Mental Health Ireland’s newly developed one day training module, Mind Your Mental Health, is currently being delivered to workplaces and communities all over Ireland. This module is an introduction to the topic of mental health and well-being and provides an opportunity for participants to reflect on mental health and to learn strategies to enhance this. Mind Your Mental Health has been developed to:

• Increase awareness and understanding of mental health and well-being
• Provide participants with tools and strategies to promote their mental health and well-being
• Promote the range of supports and resources available, both formal and informal.

Minority Mental Health - Mental Health America (MHA)

Mental Health America understands that mental health issues may need to be addressed with a unique lens when working with individuals and families with diverse values, beliefs, and sexual orientations, in addition to backgrounds that vary by race, ethnicity, religion, and language. That's why we've put together the information below to help various communities understand the basics about mental health issues among different minority groups; understand policy issues and positions relevant to minority populations; and access materials in Spanish.

Mobile Crisis Services - The Center for Mental Health

The Center has a dedicated emergency services team available to respond to emergency calls in all six counties, 24-hours a day, 7-days a week. Crisis intervention, suicide assessment, homicide risk assessment, and debriefings are among the services provided. Emergency services are available at no cost.

• The Crisis Text Line serves anyone, in any type of crisis, providing access to free, 24/7 support and information via the medium people already use and trust: text. It works by texting 741741 from anywhere in the USA, anytime, about any crisis. A live, trained Crisis Counselor receives the text and responds quickly. The volunteer Crisis Counselor will help you move from a hot moment to a cool momen
• Colorado Crisis Services: provides confidential and immediate support, 24/7/365. If you are in crisis or need help dealing with one, call this toll-free number 1-844-493-TALK (8255) or text TALK to 38255 to speak to a trained professional. When you call Colorado Crisis Services, you will be connected to a crisis counselor or trained professional with a master’s or doctoral degree. We offer translation services for non-English speakers, we engage in immediate problem solving, and we always make follow-up calls to ensure you receive continued care. Our walk-in crisis services are open 24/7, and offer confidential, in-person crisis support, information and referrals to anyone in need.

Monitoring and Reporting Framework - National Mental Health Commission

The National Mental Health Commission is developing a new Monitoring and Reporting Framework for mental health and suicide prevention to guide us over the next five years (2018-22) and beyond.

Musawa - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

Musawa is a health and wellbeing pilot project for refugees

NAMI Basics - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Basics is a class for parents and other family caregivers of children and adolescents who have either been diagnosed with a mental health condition or who are experiencing symptoms but have not yet been diagnosed. This course is also available in Spanish, Bases y Fundamentos de NAMI.

NAMI Connection - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Connection is a weekly or monthly support group for people living with a mental health condition. NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for adults living with mental illness. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by NAMI-trained facilitators who've been there. NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model to ensure you and others in the group have an opportunity to be heard and to get what you need. The groups meet on a bi-weekly, weekly or monthly basis. By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you gain hope and develop relationships. The group encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community. NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group will help you:

• See the individual first, not the illness
• Recognize that mental illnesses are medical illnesses that may have environmental triggers
• Understand that mental illnesses are traumatic events
• Aim for better coping skills
• Find strength in sharing experiences
• Reject stigma and not tolerate discrimination
• Not judge anyone’s pain
• Forgive ourselves and reject guilt
• Embrace humor as healthy
• Accept that we cannot solve every problem
• Work for a better future in a realistic way

NAMI FaithNet - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI FaithNet is an interfaith resource network of NAMI members, friends, clergy and congregations of all faith traditions who wish to encourage faith communities who are welcoming and supportive of persons and families living with mental illness. NAMI FaithNet strives to encourage welcoming, caring congregations as well as to promote the vital role of spirituality in the recovery journeys of many who live with mental health conditions, those for whom faith is a key component. Through this website and through efforts nationally and in local communities, NAMI and NAMI Affiliates encourage an exchange of information, tools and other resources which will help educate and inspire faith communities about mental illness and the vital role spirituality plays in recovery for many. NAMI FaithNet is not a religious network but includes an effort to outreach to all religious organizations. 

NAMI Family & Friends - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Family & Friends is a 4-hour seminar that informs and supports people who have loved ones with a mental health condition. Participants learn about diagnoses, treatment, recovery, communication strategies, crisis preparation and NAMI resources. Seminar leaders have personal experience with mental health conditions in their families. This seminar is in the pilot phase and only available in Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington.

NAMI Family Support Group - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Family Support Group is a weekly or monthly support group for family members, partners and friends of individuals living with a mental illness. NAMI Family Support Group is a peer-led support group for family members, caregivers and loved ones of individuals living with mental illness. Gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar circumstances. NAMI’s Support Groups are unique because they follow a structured model, ensuring everyone has an opportunity to be heard and to get what they need.

By sharing your experiences in a safe and confidential setting, you gain hope and develop supportive relationships. This group allows your voice to be heard, and provides an opportunity for your personal needs to be met. It encourages empathy, productive discussion and a sense of community. You'll benefit through other’s experiences, discover your inner strength and learn now to identify local resources and how to use them. NAMI Family Support Group will help you:

• See the individual first, not the illness
• Recognize that mental illnesses are medical illnesses that may have environmental triggers
• Understand that mental illnesses are traumatic events
• Aim for better coping skills
• Find strength in sharing experiences
• Reject stigma and not tolerate discrimination
• Not judge anyone’s pain
• Forgive ourselves and reject guilt
• Embrace humor as healthy
• Accept that we cannot solve every problem
• Work for a better future in a realistic way

NAMI Helpline - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

The NAMI HelpLine answers your questions about mental health issues including symptoms of mental health conditions, treatment options, local support groups and services, education programs, helping family members get treatment adn programs to help find jobs.

NAMI Homefront - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Homefront is a class for families, partners and friends of military service members and veterans experiencing a mental health challenge. The course is designed specifically to help these families understand those challenges and improve the ability of participants to support their service member or veteran.

NAMI Peer to Peer - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a recovery education course open to anyone experiencing a mental health challenge. The course is designed to encourage growth, healing and recovery among participants. NAMI Peer-to-Peer is a free, 10-session educational program for adults with mental illness who are looking to better understand their condition and journey toward recovery. Taught by a trained team of people who've been there, the program includes presentations, discussion and interactive exercises. Everything is confidential, and NAMI never recommends a specific medical therapy or treatment approach.

NAMI Provider Education - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Provider Education is a class for line staff at facilities providing mental health treatment services. The NAMI Provider Education class is designed to expand the participants' compassion for the individuals and their families and to promote a collaborative model of care. NAMI Provider Education introduces mental health professionals to the unique perspectives of individuals living with mental illness and their families. You’ll develop enhanced empathy for their daily challenges and recognize the importance of including them in all aspects of the treatment process. NAMI Provider Education is a free, 15 hour program of in-service training taught by a team consisting of an adult with mental illness, a family member and a mental health professional. One will gain:

• Understanding of the realities of living with mental illness
• Increased compassion for the vulnerabilities people face when seeking care
• Recognition of your critical role in the individual and family’s journey towards recovery
• Empowered view of the lasting impact your care makes

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is a hands-on advocacy training program that helps people living with mental illness, friends and family transform their passion and lived experience into skillful grassroots advocacy. NAMI Smarts for Advocacy is designed as a series of three 1-2 hour workshops or modules or as a single full-day training that develop the following skills:

• Telling a compelling story that is inspiring and makes an “ask” in 90 seconds
• Writing an effective email, making an elevator speech and making an impactful phone call
• Orchestrating a successful meeting with an elected official

The unique step-by-step, skill-building design of NAMI Smarts is effective with a wide range of participants, including those who are new to advocacy as well as individuals with years of experience. Participants routinely share that they’ve never been able to condense their story or made a clear “ask," but with NAMI Smarts, they are now able to. Lobbyists who represent NAMI State Organizations or mental health coalitions also love this program—they see participants come out confident and able to share their story in a way that moves policymakers.

NAMI Walks - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMIWalks events bring together people of all ages and fitness levels to combat stigma, raise funds and promote awareness of mental illness. Each NAMIWalks 5K event is a celebration of recovery—a time when we come together to let the world know we are #stigmafree.  

National Conference on Peer Support - Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)

The 2018 National Conference on Peer Support is for peer supporters, non-profit leaders, health care providers, health system leaders, thinkers and innovators to share ideas, research, promising practices, successful programs, and tools to grow and strengthen peer support. There is a wide array of excellent workshops, panels, posters, and presentations from leaders in peer support from across Canada.

National Mental Health Forum (Wales) - Mental Health Foundation of Wales

National Mental Health Forum is Wales’s voice for those with lived experience and carers.  The National Mental Health Forum provides a strong and diverse voice for people with experience of mental health service and carers across Wales. The Forum brings together the local and national partnership board members, their deputies, and a further ten members recruited nationally to ensure that it reflects the diversity of the people of Wales and the range of their mental health needs.  Since its launch in 2013 the Forum is becoming an increasingly powerful voice for service users and carers, and is starting to influence the shape of mental health policy and services, sharing information and experiences across Wales and spreading good practice. 

National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA’s National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) promotes the adoption of scientifically established behavioral health interventions. The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) is an evidence-based repository and review system designed to provide the public with reliable information on mental health and substance use interventions. All interventions in the registry have met NREPP's minimum requirements for review. The programs' effects on individual outcomes have been independently assessed and rated by certified NREPP reviewers. NREPP was developed to help the public learn more about evidence-based interventions that are available for implementation. 

• Learning Center: NREPP's Learning Center offers resources to support the selection and adoption, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based programs and practices.

• Find an Intervention: a database for interventions reviewed by NREPP

• Reviews and Submissions: reviews of NREPP intervention summary.

• The Knowledge Network: is SAMHSA's premier library of behavioral health training, technical assistance, collaboration, and workforce development resources for the health care community. The Knowledge Network provides a single, searchable pathway to SAMHSA’s training and technical assistance content with the goal of improving the design and delivery of prevention, treatment, and recovery services. It is a central location for grantees, behavioral health practitioners, and general healthcare providers to more easily find specific tools and resources (such as webinars, white papers, fact sheets, trainings, and videos) that span SAMHSA’s broad portfolio across many disciplines and online locations. The SAMHSA Knowledge Network is a work in progress. 

• Technical Assistance Centers

National Report Card - National Mental Health Commission

The National Mental Health Commission’s 2017 National Report on Mental Health and Suicide Prevention. It is a report on the outcomes of our engagement with stakeholders and the work of the Commission to help shape a mental health system that can respond to peoples’ needs more effectively.

National Standards in Mental Health Services - National Mental Health Commission

The National Mental Health Commission is working with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) to improve the uptake of national mental health standards. The ACSQHC has conducted a scoping study on the implementation of national standards in mental health services. This study will provide a better understanding of the enablers, barriers and challenges to the implementation of the current National Standards in Mental Health Services, in particular, from the perspective of people with a mental health difficulty and their families and supporters. It also aims to identify gaps in the standards concerning safety and quality in mental health service delivery.

Needs assessments and service reviews - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Centre for Mental Health works with local authorities, clinical commissioning groups and mental health service providers to help them understand local needs and how to meet them effectively. They provide independent evidence-based advice on what has the best chance of making a difference to mental health, wellbeing and life chances, and how to get best value from local commissioning. We have a history of supporting new ways of working, to improve outcomes and embed high quality research into policy, practice and local strategies. They can support your area with a Needs Assessment, Service Review, and strategic support to embed evidence into local strategies and pathways. Our experts can:

• Identify priorities for action based on local need, the evidence for the most effective approaches to meeting it, and the extent of existing provision;
• Engage commissioners, communities, and service providers to sense check findings and assure their quality and relevance;
• Review all local and national documentation to ensure that local arrangements align with best practice and national policies;
• Design structures based on local resources with clear mechanisms for community and service user involvement in co-producing solutions to better meet need
• Develop evidence-based, actionable recommendations for the ideal multi-sector governance structure for implementing and monitoring mental health strategies;
• Work alongside partners using a side-by-side consultancy model that offers responsive, brave and relevant thought leadership.

Neighbours Day Aotearoa - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

Neighbours Day Aotearoa is a grassroots, community-driven social media campaign, which culminates with an annual celebration of neighbourliness in late March. Neighbours Day weekend encourages people to go one step further in getting to know their neighbours. This could be by inviting them over for a cup of tea, collecting contact details, having a street pot luck or BBQ, or sharing some baking, home-grown produce or a kind deed.

NIMI Family To Family - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

NAMI Family-to-Family is a class for families, partners and friends of individuals with mental illness. The course is designed to facilitate a better understanding of mental illness, increase coping skills and empower participants to become advocates for their family members. 

Northern Ireand - Mental Health Foundation - United Kingdom

Not My Self Today - Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)

Not Myself Today is a workplace mental health campaign, as the newest addition to our robust suite of programs, trainings, and services. To date, more than 450 organizations and over 380,000 employees have participated in Not Myself Today and we are excited to help expand its reach to workplaces across the nation.

Now Is The Time Technical Assistance Center - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The NITT-TA Center is the national training and technical assistance (T/TA) center for states, tribes, municipalities, communities, and local education agencies funded under the Project AWARE and Healthy Transitions grant programs. The Now Is The Time initiative improves access to mental health services for young people to learn about SAMHSA’s role in the Now Is The Time initiative​ and The NITT-TA Center’s objectives and partners. The NITT-TA Center supports the following grant programs that address behavioral health issues among young people:

• Healthy Transitions
• Project Advancing Wellness and Resilience Education (AWARE)
• Learn more about the grants and grantees supported by the NITT-TA Center.

Observatory and Reference Center For Mental Health - National Center For Mental Health Phillipines (NCMH

The Observatory and Reference Center For Mental Health provides high-quality, affordable, health care services. It is anchored on the protocol, guidelines and standards which defines the responsiveness of health care delivery system to those in need and the ability to promote mental health wellness. The driving force in improving the performance of health systems is health research. A sound research, in turn, demands the availability of reliable and timely data and information. For the Philippines, the data which truthfully reflects the burden of mental illness is unfortunately scarce. As stated in the WHO–AIMS Report in 2007, the mental health information system of the country does not cover all relevant information in all facilities. 

 

Online Study - National Centre for Mental Health

NCMH are trying to understand why some people experience problems with their mental health. By comparing information from people who have experienced mental health problems with information from people who have not, we hope to learn more about the factors that may make some people more likely to become unwell than others. They hope that their study will improve the understanding of mental illness and help find better treatments in the future.If you decide to take part, we will ask you to provide us with some basic information about you and your mental health in order to help us answer these important research questions. We also want to identify people who would be willing to be approached about taking part in further mental health research projects.

Online Tools - National Centre for Mental Health

NCMH has developed a range of online tools and resources which can be used to help manage or monitor a number of mental health conditions. These include:

• Depression screening tool (PHQ-9)
• Adolescent depression screening tool
• Beating Bipolar
• Women and bipolar disorder
• Maternal mental health: A learning programme for midwives
• Learning disability health check

Open Mind Internim Report - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Open Minds - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Opening Minds is the largest systematic effort in Canadian history focused on reducing stigma related to mental illness. Established by the MHCC in 2009, it seeks to change Canadians’ behaviours and attitudes toward people living with mental illness to ensure they are treated fairly and as full citizens with opportunities to contribute to society like anyone else. Opening Minds is addressing stigma within four main target groups: health care providers, youth, the workforce and the media. As such, the initiative has multiple goals, ranging from improving health care providers’ understanding of the needs of people with mental health problems to encouraging youth to talk openly and positively about mental illness. Ultimately, the goal of Opening Minds is to cultivate an environment in which those living with mental illness feel comfortable seeking help, treatment and support on their journey toward recovery. Opening Minds has been evaluating more than 70 of these projects to identify those most effective at reducing stigma so they can be replicated across Canada. Evidence gathered through these evaluations will reveal best practices that will contribute to the development of anti-stigma toolkits and other resources, to be released soon.

Open Minds - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

Open Minds equips managers with the confidence and skills to talk about mental health in the workplace. The Open Minds videos and electronic resources provide managers with practical tips to help with conversations about mental health in the workplace. The longterm outcome of Open Minds is that New Zealand employers are able to develop workplace policies, structures and cultures that are more inclusive and supportive of people with experience of mental illness. Open Minds videos and electronic resources are produced by the Mental Health Foundation in collaboration with Attitude Group.

Opioid Treatment Program Directory - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

Partnership in Research - National Centre for Mental Health

Partnership in Research for the National Centre for Mental Health (PÂR-NCMH) is an initiative which encourages service user and carer involvement in mental health research. It aims to create opportunities for service users and carers to be actively involved in mental health research in Wales and for researchers to benefit from the unique perspective of service users and carers. PÂR also provides a general advisory function for all researchers who wish to seek advice in the development and implementation of service user and carer led research. Service users and carers will have the opportunities to take an active role in the research processes; from design to dissemination as participants, advisors, collaborators or co-investigators.

PÂR-NCMH is made up of a number of groups from both North and South Wales, including individual service users and carers, mental health researchers and representatives from NCMH, third sector organisations and the Health and Care Research Wales Support Centre. They operate based on three key principles which promote:

• Partnership: PÂR-NCMH will include members with different experiences and perspectives of mental health services.
• Reciprocation: all members will be treated with the utmost respect and differences in opinion will be solved in a professional manner.
• Confidentiality: any personal information, protocols and findings will remain confidential.

They are hosting a series of advice sessions for researchers to present ideas or draft proposals and receive a service user/carer perspective on their research plans. The sessions will run in Wrexham and Cardiff. Updated dates will be announced in the coming weeks.

Peer Education Program (PEP) - Mental Health Foundation - United Kingdom

The Peer Education Project is a school-based programme that aims to give young people the skills and knowledge they need to safeguard their mental health, and that of their peers. The Peer Education Project was born out of this idea that a key source of support to young people experiencing mental health distress is their peer group within the school environment. We developed this idea into a solution appropriate for schools. By training older pupils to deliver mental health lessons to younger student, the project aims to bypass the walls many young people put up when being taught such nuanced, personal topics by adults whom they feel are detached from their personal experiences.

Peer Education Project (Wales) - Mental Health Foundation of Wales

Peer Education Project (Wales)The Mental Health Foundation’s Peer Education Project is being piloted in Wales. The Peer Education Project is a school-based programme that aims to give young people the skills and knowledge they need to safeguard their mental health, and that of their peers. The project equips staff to recruit and train a group of Peer Educators in their school, who deliver a syllabus of mental health lessons to their younger peers. Through interactive exercises and group discussions, the project introduces mental health as something that we all have. It encourages students to think about ways to stay well, how to seek help and support friends. It also introduces common myths around mental health, and the stigma and discrimination people experiences as a result.

Peer Potential - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

Peer Potential (Self-Directed Support) is a three-year project funded under the Scottish Government Self-Directed Support Capacity Building Programme. Peer Potential is creating and supporting a capacity building network of small, lived experience led organisations to develop their role/identity so that they can provide sustainable peer led SDS services to people with mental health problems. This project explores the potential of peer led services under SDS in Argyll and Bute, using co-production approaches to develop local solutions and test service models from across the world. In doing this, it will create positive examples of SDS in practice in mental health, using these to promote SDS and support the development of an exciting, dynamic workforce of peers delivering services.

Peer Project - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Canada’s Mental Health Strategy, released in 2012 by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, recognizes the value of including “peer support as an essential component of mental health services”.  This insight was gained in part from research but also from countless hours listening to Canadians speak of their lived experience with illness, recovery, and the factors that had a significant impact, like peer support. Peer support is a supportive relationship between people who have a lived experience in common.  In the case of Peer Support, the experience that individuals or groups have in common is in relation to a mental health challenge or illness. The Mental Health Commission of Canada launched the Peer Project in 2010. The focus of this project was to learn from the experience of peer support workers across Canada and help recognize peer support as an essential component of the mental health services.

• Guidelines of practice for peer support: based on the recommendations of 2010’s Making the Case for Peer Support report, the Peer Project is working to create guidelines of practice promoting the continued use of the grassroots, community-based peer support practices that have been so successful to date. Set to be released in 2013, these guidelines will outline the values, principles of practice, and skills and abilities of peer support workers—and provide much-needed insight and guidance to policymakers and program leaders on how to maximize the benefits of peer support programs.
• Peer support training and workplace program is bringing together organizations with experience in peer support training—and the desire to share their knowledge. Through this increased collaboration, the Peer Project plans to establish not only national guidelines of practice but also competencies and training curricula for peer support workers. And as these communities of practice grow, focus will be able to shift toward the provincial/territorial policy level to ensure peer support is recognized as a key component of Canada’s mental health system.
• Changing attitudes toward mental illness: in addition to developing guidelines of practice, the Peer Project also seeks to encourage a change in societal attitudes toward mental illness through the use of peer-based education in our schools and workplaces. It is hoped these strategies will enable Canadians to better understand the realities of mental health issues, ultimately leading to a more supportive society.

Peer Services - The Center for Mental Health

Peer Programs are an important part of the recovery journey. Peer Support is, “The act of people with similar life experiences and struggles with mental illness providing each other encouragement, hope, assistance, guidance, and understanding.” All of which aid in the recovery journey.

Peer Support Canada - Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)

Peer support is emotional and practical support between two people who share a common experience, such as a mental health challenge or illness. A Peer Supporter has lived through that similar experience, and is trained to support others. Peer Support Canada connects peer supporters and organizations, helping share information and building capacity for peer support. We also offer Certification for Peer Supporters and Family Peer Supporters.

Perinatal Mental Health in Wales - Mental Health Foundation of Wales

NSPCC Cymru Wales has joined forces with The National Centre for Mental Health, Mind Cymru and The Mental Health Foundation to develop a project which investigates perinatal mental health services across Wales.

Physical and Mental Health - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Pink Shirt DAy - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

The Pink Shirt Day movement on Friday, 18 May! New Zealanders will be standing together to end bullying and spread kindness on the day and all year long. Pink Shirt Day is a global day that celebrates diversity and creates environments where all people can feel safe, valued and respected. Each year, workplaces, schools, organisations and individuals join the movement to make a stand against bullying. Pink Shirt Day is more than a day, it’s a movement – and it’s easy to get involved! Register for Pink Shirt Day 2018 to stay updated on the campaign and how to prevent bullying and celebrate diversity throughout the year. Pink Shirt Day is led by the Mental Health Foundation, with support from: The Human Rights Commission, Bullying-Free NZ Week, The Peace Foundation, RainbowYOUTH, InsideOUT, New Zealand Post Primary Teachers’ Association (PPTA), Te Kaha O Te Rangatahi Trust, Auckland District Health Board Peer Sexuality Support Programme (PSSP), Youthline and Emerge Aotearoa.

Point of Difference (POD) - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

POD is an incubator programme supporting youth to create projects which challenge mental illness discrimination. POD’s incubator programme will support you to turn ideas into actions, link you with sweet contacts, inspire you with key movers and shakers in business, social enterprise and the creative arts, and we’ll help you develop your leadership skills so you can make change happen.

Policy and Services - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Psychiatric Advance Directive - Mental Health America (MHA)

Psychiatric Advance Directive s a legal document completed in a time of wellness that provides instructions regarding treatment or services one wishes to have or not have during a mental health crisis, and may help influence his or her care. A mental health crisis is when a person is unable to make or communicate rational decisions. A psychiatric advance directive allows you to specify considerations about your mental health care treatment and appoint an agent who may make decisions about your treatment in the event of a mental health crisis. In some cases, you may also give further background information about how you have reacted to past treatment.

Psychoactive substances support - Ministry of Health - Mental Health

Psychoactive substances support  is now illegal to sell any psychoactive substances until they are proven to be of low risk. This law change may impact on communities, families and whānau as people stop using psychoactive substances. These factsheets have been prepared to provide advice and assistance to services that may encounter people concerned about their own or someone else’s withdrawal from these products.

Psychological health and safety in Canadian healthcare settings - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

Psychological health and safety in Canadian healthcare settings is a shared priority between the Mental Health Commission of Canada and our partners at HealthCareCAN.  Since the launch of the Standard, both organizations have been working together to host a series of roundtables and conduct research to engage the health sector on advancing psychological health and safety in the workplace. With MHCC’s support HealthCareCAN’s policy position strongly encourages all health system stakeholders to implement the Standard.

Psychosocial Rehabilitation - Mental Health Uganda

The Psychosocial Rehabilitation is a three year project to improve the life of homeless people with mental illness living in the streets of Kampala. The project:

• Screens and provides first line treatment to homeless people living with mental illnesses
• Supports referral to hospital
• On-site and telephone counselling; and
• Support to family reunion either from the streets or after treatment.

RAPID - National Centre for Mental Health

RAPID is research that compares two treatments for Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The aim of this research is to compare two treatments for Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). One is conducted face-to-face with a therapist and the other is conducted online with some support from a therapist. We hope to find out if they are equally effective at helping people with PTSD. Our results will inform the NHS about which treatments to recommend.

Trauma-focused talking therapies such as Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy have been shown to be effective in helping people with PTSD. Unfortunately, there are not enough trained NHS therapists to deliver this treatment and waiting times are often long. To make access to treatment quicker and easier, NCMH have developed an online guided self-help programme. The programme is based on trauma-focused therapy and combines some online sessions at home with regular guidance meetings with a therapist. A number of people with PTSD have completed the programme and have found it to be an acceptable and useful alternative to face-to-face therapy. They now need to compare the online programme with regular face-to-face therapy in a large study to find whether it is equally effective at helping people with PTSD. Similar treatments seem to be effective for depression and other anxiety disorders. If it proves to be an effective treatment, it could significantly shorten waiting times for PTSD treatment in the NHS.

Re:Connect and Time and Space are unique peer support projects established for mental health carers - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

Re:Connect and Time and Space are unique peer support projects established for mental health carers

Recovery - Mental Health Ireland

MHI recognises that a ‘recovery’ approach is one of the fundamental principles in Ireland’s mental health policy A Vision for Change (2006-2016). The concept of recovery moves the primary focus from the professional as expert to the person as expert-by-experience. The view that a person can live a productive and meaningful life despite vulnerabilities that may persist informs a personal and social recovery approach to mental health services. Through the activities of the MHAs, we will support the recovery and social inclusion of people who experience mental health difficulties within their local communities. They will also support the participation of experts-by experience, families and significant others in the development of quality mental health services, in partnership with statutory service providers and clinical professionals.

Recovery Inventory - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The Canadian Recovery Inventory (the Inventory) provides a broad range of recovery-oriented policies, programs, practices, and research, as well as personal accounts. It allows users to search by keyword, resource type, topic, geographic location, and language to find resources relevant to your needs and interests.

Recovery Program - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The MHCC is committed to learning from and working with all stakeholders to accelerate this shift. To help people involved in implementing recovery-oriented practices, the MHCC recovery initiative developed three key initiatives:

• Guidelines for Recovery-Oriented Practice
• Recovery Declaration
• Recovery Inventory: The Canadian Recovery Inventory (the Inventory) provides a broad range of recovery-oriented policies, programs, practices, and research, as well as personal accounts. It allows users to search by keyword, resource type, topic, geographic location, and language to find resources relevant to your needs and interests

Rethink Mental Illness - Mental Health UK

Rethink Mental Illness directly supports tens of thousands of people in England every year, whether they are experiencing depression or anxiety for the first time, or require long-term support to cope with bipolar disorder, psychosis or schizophrenia. Millions access our online information and support, and we improve lives for many more through our campaigning

Ride Don't Hide - Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)

Ride Don't Hide is the largest mental health bike ride in Canada. Ride Don’t Hide raises much-needed funds for a variety of community mental health programs and services, and helps to eliminate the stigma of mental illness by inviting participants to “ride in plain sight.” The annual ride creates a safe, open community where individuals can talk about their mental health free of judgment. On Sunday June 24, 2018, more than 7,750 Canadians in 31 communities across the country cycled in the 7th annual Ride Don’t Hide event, raising an estimated $1,830,000 for the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA).

Rising To The Challenge - Ministry of Health - Mental Health

Rising to the Challenge is the Mental Health and Addiction Service Development Plan 2012–2017  The aim is to ensure that New Zealanders have better access to quality mental health and addiction services. Health service providers will work alongside individuals, families, whānau and communities so that people with mental health or addiction issues are able to get the help they need sooner and recover faster when they are unwell. The plan includes 100 actions to:

• Improve mental health and wellbeing, physical health and social inclusion for people with mental illness and addiction issues
• Encourage more effective use of resources
• Enhance integration of mental health and addiction services
• Reduce disparities in health outcomes
• Improve access to and reduce waiting times for mental health and addiction services.

Road to Mental Readiness (R2MR) - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

R2MR is a training program aimed to improve short-term performance and long-term mental health outcomes; reduce barriers to care and encourage early access to care; provide the tools and resources required to manage and support employees who may be experiencing a mental illness; and assist supervisors in maintaining their own mental health as well as promoting positive mental health in their employees. R2MR offers three tailored course options:

• Primary (4 hour course), where participants are provided with valuable information, skills, tools and resources specific to:
• Stigma and barriers to care;
• Healthy coping strategies;
• Mental toughness; and
• The Mental Health Continuum Model, a self-assessment tool with indicators of positive, poor, and declining mental health. (Example of the Continuum Model featured below)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

SAMHSA’s National Helpline is a free, confidential, 24/7, 365-day-a-year treatment referral and information service (in English and Spanish) for individuals and families facing mental and/or substance use disorders. SAMHSA’s National Helpline, 1-800-662-HELP (4357), (also known as the Treatment Referral Routing Service) or TTY: 1-800-487-4889 is a confidential, free, 24-hour-a-day, 365-day-a-year, information service, in English and Spanish, for individuals and family members facing mental and/or substance use disorders. This service provides referrals to local treatment facilities, support groups, and community-based organizations. Callers can also order free publications and other information. The service is open 24/7, 365 days a year. English and Spanish are available if you select the option to speak with a national representative. The referral service is free of charge. If you have no insurance or are underinsured, we will refer you to your state office, which is responsible for state-funded treatment programs. In addition, we can often refer you to facilities that charge on a sliding fee scale or accept Medicare or Medicaid. If you have health insurance, you are encouraged to contact your insurer for a list of participating health care providers and facilities.

Sawti - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

Sawti is a Mental Health Foundation project for refugees

School Mental Health - Mental Health Foundation India

We evaluated school students for common childhood behavioral disorders and counsel teachers for the same. The teachers and other school staff were also sensitized about behavioral problems of the children and effective handling of it among students. It helped them to pick up children with abnormal and deviant behavior so that they can be helped out at earlier stage and major mental illness can be prevented. We also conducted a Yoga Session at Red Roses Public School.

School Projects - Mental Health Ireland

Schools Creative Writing Competition - Mental Health Foundation Australia

Scotland - Mental Health Foundation - United Kingdom

In Scotland, the Mental Health Foundation focus on social justice and inequality in mental health, raising awareness of mental health with the public and working in partnership with community organisations, policy makers and researchers. 

Screening-to-Supports (S2S) - Mental Health America (MHA)

Screening to Supports (S2S) is an interactive online space for individuals to find tools they can use after screening. S2S will use technology to customizeeach person’s results, drawing from resources in each of four domains: 

• Mental health information: up to date evidenced-based information tailored to specific concerns of our users;
• Referrals to care: linkage to online support, telehealth, and face to face supports; 
• Do it yourself supports: tools individuals can use independently to develop skills and track concerns. 
• Peer to peer community engagement: a process by which people can connect to others like themselves;

Sector Development - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)

Sector Development aims to enhance the capacity and potential of the Australian mental health sector by identifying ways in which it can be developed to effectively support the needs of people with mental illness and the people who care for them. It champions new collaborative models and service delivery with new and innovative ways of working across all sections of society. This includes stakeholders in government, private industry, the not-for-profit sector and the general public

See Me End Mental Health Discrimination - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

See Me is Scotland's programme to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination

Self-management in Parc Prison - Mental Health Foundation of Wales

The Self-management in Parc Prison project runs self-management courses on mental health for inmates of the UK prison environment at Parc men's Prison.

Seniors - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The MHCC’s Mental Health Strategy for Canada identifies seniors’ mental health as an action priority and makes several recommendations for improvement. The MHCC is doing its part by leading a number of projects to help ensure older Canadians get the support they need to achieve and maintain their best possible mental health, and not experience the problem of stigma.

• Promoting guidelines for mental health services: the MHCC  has developed  Guidelines for Comprehensive Mental Health Services for Older Adults in Canada  (“Guidelines”).  This is a resource for policy makers and service providers in planning, developing, and implementing a mental health service system that better responds to the unique needs of an aging population. The Guidelines were informed by older adults themselves. They also incorporate the values and perspectives of families, caregivers, mental health service providers, and advocacy groups. The MHCC is working with leaders across the health system to promote the uptake of these guidelines, including in home care. 
• Evaluating what works: the MHCC endorses the use of the Seniors’ Mental Health Policy Lens to assess policies, programs and services affecting seniors’ mental health,as a tool to assist in implementing the Guidelines. This toolkit supports the assessment of existing services using the principles outlined in the Guidelines. As an analytical framework, it allows organizations and all levels of government to identify and address unintended negative effects of their mental health programs.
• Building capacity to promote mental health in seniors
• Mental Health First Aid has developed a Seniors course intended to increase the capacity of aging people, families (informal caregivers), friends, staff in care settings, and communities to promote mental health in older adults. More information can be found here .
• Other important Canadian initiatives that focus on mental health promotion and health living, such as the Canadian Age Friendly Cities initiative, Fountain of Health or Living Life to the Full, are emerging every year.

Seniors Products - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The MHCC’s Mental Health Strategy for Canada identifies seniors’ mental health as an action priority and makes several recommendations for improvement. The MHCC is doing its part by leading a number of projects to help ensure older Canadians get the support they need to achieve and maintain their best possible mental health, and not experience the problem of stigma.

Services - National Center For Mental Health Phillipines (NCMH

Sleep and Bipolar Disorder - National Centre for Mental Health

Sleep and Bipolar disorder is research looks into the relationship between sleep and mood. The purpose of this research is to explore the complexity of the relationship between sleep and mood and how it affects our mental health. Insomnia is common in people who experience problems such as anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder and research has shown that people with persistent trouble sleeping are more likely to develop problems such as depression.

SPARK - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

SPARK is a program based on Innovation to Implementation, a step-by-step guide designed to simplify the knowledge translation (KT) process. SPARK brings together professionals, researchers, policy-makers, and volunteers from across Canada for training with KT experts,  including a two-and-a-half-day workshop, networking, ongoing group mentoring, and post-workshop assignments. The SPARK in-person workshop, Innovation to Implementation, will be held July 10-12, 2018 at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre. Dr. Dan Bilsker, co-author with the late Dr. Elliot Goldner of the Innovation to Implementation (I2I) guide and internationally recognized knowledge translation expert, will return this year’s keynote speaker.

Spotlight Reports - National Mental Health Commission

Spotlight Reports are reports on issues and areas of interest identified by the Commission. These reports are commissioned to inform their work but do not necessarily reflect the views of the Commission.

Stress Index - Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA)

Suicide Prevention - The Center for Mental Health

The Center for Mental Health provides a comprehensive suicide prevention program including:

• Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)
• Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)

Suicide Prevention - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

The Mental Health Foundation develops information resources to support people who are worried about their own suicide risk or the suicide risk of someone close to them. Through the Mental Health Foundation's information service, we can link you to information about suicide prevention support available. 

Suicide Prevention Lifeline - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

The Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a 24-hour, toll-free, confidential suicide prevention hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis or emotional distress. Your call is routed to the nearest crisis center in the national network of more than 150 crisis centers. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of over 150 local crisis centers, allowing the Lifeline to provide local resources with innovative best practices and quality care across the United States. Calls to 1-800-273-TALK are routed to the nearest crisis center. Counselors at these centers can then provide appropriate local resources if needed. The Lifeline accepts applications for new centers to join the network on a rolling basis.

Support In Mind Scotland - Mental Health UK

Support in Mind Scotland aims is to improve the quality of life of anyone whose mental health problem or mental illness has a serious impact on their life or the lives of others including families, carers and supporters. We deliver services to around 2,000 people a year through 21 projects across Scotland.

Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) - Centre for Mental Helth (UK)

Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships (STPs) are partnerships intended to guide local areas to make their health and care systems more efficient and to deliver better support. Our research has already shown that improving mental health support is essential to make the NHS more efficient, effective and equitable. Centre for Mental Health works with local health economies to ensure that mental health support is embedded in Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships, not on the margins but as a key component, offering better care and making the NHS work more cost-effectively. As part of our services, we offer:

• Bespoke high-level strategic support and consultancy
• Masterclasses for local commissioners and others on commissioning using economic evidence (from £3,600 + VAT for one full-day workshop)

Teens and Young Adults - National Alliance of Mental Health (NAMI)

Teens and young adults is an area of the NAMI website that deals with:

• Getting the Right Start
• Taking Charge
• How to Help a Friend
• Friendship and Mental Health
• Managing a Mental Health Condition in College

The Advocacy Program - Mental Health Uganda

The advocacy program is the core program of Mental Health Uganda that works with other partners in the review processes of the Mental Health Act (1964) and the Persons with Disability Act (2006). As a result of this advocacy, the committee highlighted areas for improvement for people with psycho-social disabilities.

The All Right? Campaign - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

The All Right? campaign gets Cantabrians talking to their friends, family members, neighbours and colleagues about whether they’re really All Right in the wake of the earthquakes. 

The Australian Defence Force Review - National Mental Health Commission

The Australian Defence Force Review is a review of the services available to veterans and members of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) in relation to the prevention of self-harm and suicide. The Review focused on the type and efficacy of the self-harm and suicide prevention services that are available, and looked at prevalence rates and potential barriers to access of services.

The B4Stage4 Philosophy - Mental Health America (MHA)

The Before Stage 4 (B4Stage4) philosophy is the belief that mental health conditions should be treated long before they reach the most critical points in the disease process. 

The Five Ways to Wellbeing - Mental Health Foundation - New Zealand

he Five Ways to Wellbeing at Work Toolkit includes fact sheets, tips, tools and templates to make it easy for you to support your teams to build the Five Ways into their daily lives. The toolkit can be downloaded as one document or in sections. The Five Ways to Wellbeing (Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning, Give) are proven to help people find balance, build resilience and boost mental health and wellbeing. The Five Ways to Wellbeing can also support workplaces to meet their health and safety obligations to manage risks to mental health and wellbeing. We wish you every success using the toolkit to create a flourishing workplace! The Mental Health Foundation and Health Promotion Agency developed the toolkit in partnership to enable New Zealand workplaces to flourish. 

The International Knowledge Exchange Network for Mental Health - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The International Knowledge Exchange Network for Mental Health (IKEN-MH) is an knowledge exchange network jointly envisioned by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership (IIMHL) to increase the capacity for effective knowledge exchange in mental health by connecting people, ideas, and resources on a global level. The goal of the IKEN-MH is to reduce the time from innovation to implementation to improve population mental health while focusing its efforts on:

• Building capacity & infrastructure;
• KE research and tool development;
• Utilizing technology to enhance connectivity; and
• Increasing the uptake of evidence informed knowledge.

The inaugural meeting for the IKEN-MH took place on July 9-10, 2012 in St. John's, Newfoundland. In March 2013, the IKEN-MH met as part of the IIMHL exchange  and network meeting held in Auckland, New Zealand. The June 2014 meeting was held in Sweden and Manchester.

The Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS) - Mental Health Foundation of Wales

he Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarships (KESS II) programme supports Doctoral and Research Masters awards in Welsh Universities, jointly sponsored by external partners based in the Convergence areas of Wales. KESS II is funded under the European Structural Investment Funds – ESF Programme through the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO). The programme is a collaboration between all Welsh Universities, led by Bangor University – University of South Walesis a partner. 

The Knowledge Exchange Centre (KEC) - Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC)

The Knowledge Exchange Centre (KEC) fulfills a crucial role in the MHCC’s mandate to help transform the mental health care system. As Canada's only national mental health knowledge exchange centre, it provides support in central Commission areas. This includes the research of reports, dissemination of Commission messages to the public using webinars, conferences, and our website and social media channels, and sparking connections in the mental health community. The KEC recently released its Interim Report with highlights on its involvement in MHCC’s key projects and priority program areas.

• Driving change using knowledge exchange: vuilt around the concept of innovation—developing new actions, services and relationships with the potential to improve mental health outcomes—Innovation to Implementation (I2I) is a practical, step-by-step guide for creating an effective knowledge exchange plan. It highlights the importance of using a wide range of perspectives so that knowledge can be jointly identified, created and applied.
• The knowledge connection: The KEC is guided by three directions—synthesizing knowledge, facilitating knowledge exchange and building the capacity for people to work together:
• Synthesize Knowledge: research, synthesize and evaluate available evidence to integrate and leverage evidence-based knowledge, best and promising practices, and innovations in mental health.
• Facilitate Knowledge Exchange: develop and implement mechanisms and tools to facilitate sharing of resources, evidence-based knowledge, best and promising practices, and innovations in mental health.
• Build Capacity: provide expertise and training to improve the capacity of mental health stakeholders to adopt knowledge exchange practices.

A MHCC initiative to produce and report on key performance indicators that will stimulate conversations about mental health and illness, strengthen efforts to improve the mental health system, and support mental wellness in Canada.The KEC has contributed to the following projects spanning the breadth of MHCC’s work:

• SPARK Training Workshop: improving the capacity for implementing effective knowledge exchange practices in the field of mental health, substance use and addictions.
• International Knowledge Exchange Network for Mental Health (IKEN-MH): increasing the capacity for effective knowledge exchange across all areas of mental health.
• Informing the Future: Mental Health Indicators for Canada

The Korean Academic Society of Clinical Psychology - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Academic Society of Clinical Psychology promotes interaction among mental health experts as an academic society combining both the theoretical/scientific and the applicative/clinical aspects of psychology. This academic society:

• Quarterly publishes The Korean Journal of Clinical Psychology 
• Holds an academic feast of various symposiums, workshops, membership training, and case presentations through the four academic conferences (Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter)
• Tries to enhance the expertise of its members by organizing twelve subsections of study groups
• Is answering to the needs of this rapidly changing era by keeping ten standing committees and one temporary committee.

The Korean Addiction Psychology Association - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Addiction Psychology Association deals with psychological research, professional services (practice) and policy concerning substance addiction and behavioral addiction, which currently lower the quality of peoples lives. The Association aims to professionally contribute to the improvement in health and quality of life by forming a trinity among three key challenges of research, practice and policy and achieving a win-win situation, and to expand the scope of Korean psychology. In addition to the improvement in addiction-related problems, the Association pursues a greater goal - healthy and meaningful lives. To this end, the Association accumulates empirical research regarding addiction, actively participates in policy making and enforcement based on research findings, and nurtures professionals for the evaluation, prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of addiction.

The Korean Association of Psychology and Law - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Association of Psychology and Law is an interdisciplinary body constructed to develop a study that contributes to the public good in the field of law and psychology, and to enhance the practical expertise of its members. The purpose of the Korean Society for Forensic Psychology is to promote the contribution of psychology in deepening the understanding of law and legal policies through fundamental and applicative research, to facilitate the psychologists understanding of legal matters, to promote bilateral education so as to help the legal society to better understand psychological issues, and to inform the legal society, the psychological society, and the citizens of the research, education, and volunteer work conducted in the field of law and psychology

The Korean Counseling Psychological Association - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

Ever since the Korean Counseling Psychological Association strives to learn and develop the theories and practices of counseling and psychotherapy in order to promote the mental health of our society, and to prevent and treat many problems individuals go through in our rapidly changing society.
As a part of such effort, this academic society has regularly held:

• Academic presentations
• Counseling case presentations (monthly)
• Published journals (quarterly)
• Scheduled winter and summer retreats (yearly) 
• Hosted seminars (several times a year)
• Prepared qualifications for the Counseling Psychologist Certificates in order to foster competent counseling psychologists
• Poducing Counseling Psychologist Certificate, Level 1 (professional counseling psychologists) 

This academic society is promoting its activities through its:

• Two Special Committees:Planning and Development Committee, International Relations Committee)
• Eight Section Committees:Academic Committee, Case Study Committee, Licensure Committee, Professional Developments Committee, Counselors Training Committee, Public Relations Committee, Editorial Committee, Ethics Committee

The Korean Culture and Social Issues Psychological Association - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Culture and Social Issues Psychological Association analyzes and solves the problems of the society in a psychological way. The purpose of the society is to gather and accept the psychologists interest in social issues, regardless of ones major; to act as a window through which research and opinions on social issues can be presented, which an academic society divided into specific majors cannot cover; to consolidate the foundation for psychologists in the Korean society by assembling the analyses and research achievements of psychologists on social issues and promoting a connection with social issues; and creating the groundwork for psychologists to enter into the society as experts on social issues. This society:

• Holds regular academic conferences and symposiums.
• Publishes a journal called "The Korean Journal for Social Issues five times a year. 

The Korean Health Psychological Association - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Health Psychological Association is a division established for the purpose of promoting mutual cooperation among psychologists interested in the biological/psychological/social aspect of physical and mental health, researchers in a relevant field, and health care professionals. This society ensures that psychological knowledge is applied to various health related areas, from the process of gathering a coordinated understanding of health and the cause of diseases to the process of promoting health and preventing disease. They contribute to:

• The Korean Journal of Health Psychology
• The Asian Health Psychology Symposium
• The Health Psychology Expert Certificate

The Korean School Psychology Association - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean School Psychology Association aims to contribute to the social well-being of Korea by providing psychological services on the educational site and for the academic exchange of members who are interested in the research and the offering of various psychological services in order to help children and adolescents in elementary school, middle school, and high school grow up in a healthy environment and harmoniously adjust to school life. The psychologist plays an intervention role to prevent and treat the maladjustment problems; plays the role of an advisor for parents and teachers to enhance the healthy adjustment of children and adolescents at school and at home, and to solve the maladjustment problems; plays a trainers role of developing and implementing programs to educate and train parents and teachers; plays a researchers role of understanding the problems of children and adolescents more precisely, developing the tool for evaluating them characteristics of such problems, and verifying the effectiveness of programs for problem-solving and prevention. This society consists of members who are carrying out such roles or have an academic interest in the issue. Every first week of the month, the society holds a presentation on a topic of interest in the field of school psychology. 

The Korean Society for Cognitive and Biological Psychology - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Society for Cognitive and Biological Psychology is a field of study that researches human behavior and mind in an experimental method. In the early stages, this field of psychology mainly studied sense, perception, learning, and conditioning, but now it includes cognition, physiology, and language, and is also applied to the realms of developmental and social psychology. The academic activities of the society consist of:

• The semi-annual academic conferences and the quarterly publication of "The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology" which is registered at the Korea Research Foundation
• Affiliated study groups, which are segmented according to the specific academic interests
• The Cognitive Learning Psychologist Certificate and Cognitive Learning Psychology Expert Certificate.

the Korean Society for Consumer Advertising Psychology - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Society for Consumer Advertising Psychology is an applied psychology society that aims to establish the theory for the development of the field of study, and to provide essential information to companies, advertising agencies, and experts in research companies. The society acts as a bridge for smooth exchange between researchers in the academic world and professionals on the field.The Korean Society for Consumer Advertising Psychology promotes mutual development by allowing the professionals in the academic world and the business world to exchange information and knowledge. For this purpose, professionals who are interested in sharing and intensifying the latest theories on consumer and advertisement from the academic world (such as consumer psychology, consumer research techniques, advertisement effect analyses, brand strategies) and the vivid information from the business world are actively participating in the societys missions.
 

The Korean Society for Developmental Psychology - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Society for Developmental Psychology is a division of the Korean Psychological Association for the invigoration, development, dissemination, and application of research on lifelong development. In the initial stage of research on developmental issues, research was mainly focused on the change and development of childhood and adolescence. In the twentieth century, due to the increase in average life span and an increase of the adult population, it was widely accepted that people go through significant changes in adulthood as well, and thus, adulthood was included in the scope of developmental psychology.

Accordingly, developmental psychology, which is also called lifelong developmental psychology or lifelong human development, studies the lifelong changes in the body, personality, way of thinking, emotion, behavior, human relationship, as well as the changing roles people play at each stage of life. At the same time, this field of psychology is also concerned with abnormal development, which goes off the course of standard development. Recently, studies on pathological development, which deviates from normal development, are being performed under the name of developmental psychopathology.
To keep pace with such trends, the society has been granting Developmental Psychology Expert Certificates and the Developmental Psychologist Certificates, securing the expertise of those who apply developmental psychology in the field.

The Korean Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology is an academic society that has continuously focused on finding ways to increase productivity and enhance the quality of working environment using the principles and methodologies of psychology, and to apply such findings at the workplace. This academic society has been:

• Holding regular academic conferences and symposiums every spring and fall
• Publishing journals in an effort to systematically organize its research on industrial and organizational psychology

This academic societyconsists of the Academic Committee, the Licensure and Training Committee, the Editorial Committee, and the Auditing Committee, is actively working for development. Since 2001, the society is granting licenses to Certified Industrial and Organizational Psychologists and Certified Industrial and Organizational Psychology Experts. The website consists of introduction, conference, activities, archives (featuring journals and theses), certification (providing information on licensure), and free board (offering a space for free discussion on industrial and organizational psychology.

The Korean Society for Social and Personality Psychology - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Society for Social and Personality Psychology is an academic society consists of scholars and professionals interested in the field of social psychology, personality psychology, cultural psychology, and criminal psychology. This academic society holds:

• Semi-annual academic conferences (every spring and fall)
• Monthly presentations
• Publishes quarterly "The Korean Journal of Social and Personality Psychology
• Grants Criminal Psychologist Certificates (Expert, Level 1, Level 2)
• Provides an opportunity to train and acquire the professional knowledge necessary for those who intend to work in the field of criminal investigation and remediation as psychology majors. 

The Korean Society for Women Psychology - Korean Psychological Association (KPA)

The Korean Society for Women Psychology aims to perceive and analyze psychology and female issues in the female perspective. This society supports research on gender differences and female psychology, presents the research direction which is the basis of solving female issues, strives to develop and disseminate women psychology. The major activities of the society are to establish and enhance the professional qualities of its members, to support and promote research on women psychology, and to support the research activities of its members. For example, the society held its first academic conference titled "The Need for Research on Women Psychology and Its Prospects" and continues to hold conferences each spring and fall. The research activities of the members are presented through journals. Ever since "The Korean Journal for Women Psychology" was first published in November 1996, the journal is being published three times a year. Currently, there are approximately 100 members.

The Lived Experience Research Collective - Mental Health Foundation - United Kingdom

The Lived Experience Research Collective originated as a change network, sponsored and facilitated by See Me. The Collective’s role was originally to share and develop new initiatives on how to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination in order to improve the overall health and well-being of people living with mental ill-health. The Collective have since concluded their work for See Me and are now hosted by the Mental Health Foundation with support from Chris White. The peer researchers offers a wide range of individual talents – including research skills, project management and community organisation facilitation – as well as a collective ability to think through and respond to national and local mental health issues from a peer perspective.

The Lived Experience Research Collective - Mental Health Foundation - Scotland

The Lived Experience Research Collective originated as a change network, sponsored and facilitated by See Me The Collective’s role was originally to share and develop new initiatives on how to tackle mental health stigma and discrimination in order to improve the overall health and well-being of people living with mental ill-health. The Collective have since concluded their work for See Me and are now hosted by the Mental Health Foundation with support from Chris White. The peer researchers offers a wide range of individual talents – including research skills, project management and community organisation facilitation – as well as a collective ability to think through and respond to national and local mental health issues from a peer perspective.

The Mental Health Australia 2018-19 Budget Summary - The Mental Health Council of Australia (MHCA)

The Mental Health Australia 2018-19 Budget Summary highlights some of the key measures in the 2018-19 Federal Budget likely to be of interest to mental health stakeholders.

The Mental Health Bell - Mental Health America (MHA)