Ace Africa Kevin M. King @laurakaymurray Implementation Science at the Univ of Washington Appreciated Brandon Khort's editorial on policy, leads in so nicely to our current implementation work in Kenya (study protocol just published!). Policy Makers’ Tough Choices for Psychological Interventions in Global Mental Health ja.ma/2TRwT5x

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REducing Stigma among HealthcAre ProvidErs (RESHAPE) intervention aims to reduce providers' stigma against persons with mental illness. The intervention "draws upon the medical anthropology conceptional framework of 'what matters most.' Free access here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1ag5x_6KUShY…

More exciting work coming from our IDEA Risk-stratified Cohort (IDEA-RiSCo) global team! Check below to learn more about how we predicted risk of future depression in adolescents in Nepal using a model developed in Brazil ESCAP #ideaproject #depression #adolescence MQ

"Proactive case finding holds promise for increasing help-seeking for mental health care."Read more on the evaluation of proactive community case detection using a pragmatic randomized controlled trial in Nepal here: ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.117… Lisa Dixon, MD, MPH TPO NEPAL @WarChildHolland

"What are the processes by which Nepali traditional healers address mental wellbeing?" Our scoping review answers the question in Springer Science:"Traditional Healers and Mental Health in Nepal: A Scoping Review." Read more here: rdcu.be/b4l1G Sujen Man Maharjan Bonnie Kaiser

"... But There Is Hope." NPR writes about UNICEF report on #COVID19 impacts on #SouthAsian #youth and ways Dr. Kamal Gautam TPO NEPAL alongside UNICEF Nepal have been supporting them. Read here on the important work being done npr.org/sections/goats…

Check out MQ latest blog entry on managing anxiety and looking out for family members by #IDEAproject investigator Dr Johnna Swartz UC Davis mqmentalhealth.org/news-blog/post…

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Fresh publication from #IDEAproject IDEA Risk-stratified Cohort (IDEA-RiSCo) led by gmhEQUITY's Shabab Wahid! "Detection of risk for depression among adolescents in diverse global settings: protocol for the IDEA qualitative study in Brazil, Nepal, Nigeria and the UK" bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/fu… @bmjopen

"... it is time for the field of global mental health to reexamine how we have acknowledged and addressed racism in our institutions, our research, and our mental health services." Justice for George Floyd and a reckoning for global mental health cup.org/2QzP5h6

Online now: "Common factors in #psychological treatments delivered by non-specialists in low- and middle-income countries: Manual review of competencies" led by our own Ms Gloria Pedersen @itsglolgo! sciencedirect.com/science/articl… #interventions #commonfactors #WHOEQUIP Pooja Lakshmin MD

New E-Risk Study paper: child maltreatment assoc with poorer functional outcomes when reported prospectively, retrospectively or both, though stronger assoc with psychosocial disadvantage for retrospective reports Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience Dr Rachel Latham Andrea Danese Louise Arseneault Jo Newbury

New e-book Himmelfarb Library - Global Mental Health Ethics by Allen Dyer, Brandon Kohrt, and Philip Candilis, all faculty GW SMHS Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Dr. Kohrt also leads GMHEQUITYLab lab ow.ly/hxa150FYMeB

Alexander Tsai, MD @drdrtsai.bsky.social GMHEQUITYLab

We're thrilled to see the #WHOEQUIP project, in academic partnership with @gmhEQTUIYlab GW SMHS, featured in Scientific American :) scientificamerican.com/article/digita… Tools Help Train Providers to Fill Gaps in Mental Health Care via Scientific American

Questions to guide us forward. Thanks Lola Kola GMHEQUITYLab Byamah Mutamba (Butabika National Referral Mental Hospital) Christian Kieling Manasi Kumar (University of Nairobi) Charlene Sunkel Wufang Zhang (Peking University) Charlotte Hanlon (King's College London) The Lancet UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Possible #WMHD #WorldMentalHealthDay

How are we working towards making ‘mental health care for all’ a reality? #WorldMentalHealthDay 2021 New School for Social Research @tponepal Mayor's Office of Community Mental Health HIAS Universidad del Norte World Health Organization (WHO) #EQUIP #COVID19 NIH National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) USAID LASERPULSE LASERPULSE UNICEF

Checkout this featured story ⁦GW University⁩ Research Magazine highlighting our work in global mental health - from closing the treatment gap to addressing stigma. researchmagazine.gwu.edu/closing-healin…