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Global Mental Health Action Network

WebAmplifying voices. Despite the increased interest in mental health over the past few years, the sector remains chronically underfunded and there is still a significant global unmet need for mental ill-health prevention and treatment.The global annual mental health finance gap is at least $200 billion, around 80% of people living with a mental health condition in Low …

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About mental health — Global Mental Health Action Network

WebThat includes our emotional, psychological and social well being – affecting everything from how we think, feel and act, to how we handle stress, relate to others and make decisions. We’re concerned with lessening mental health suffering worldwide through the prevention, care and treatment of mental ill health and substance-use disorders.

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No health without mental health: the urgent need to integrate …

WebAs we mark a year since global leaders committed to achieve Universal Health Coverage (UHC) by 2030, the world is off track to meet this target.Our new report - No Health without Mental Health: The Urgent Need to Integrate Mental Health in UHC - lays out for the first time in one place the latest evidence on how critical this integration …

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Caregiver and child mental health: Three facts we know and three

WebBy: Laura Ochoa Foschini, Early Years Lead at the Bernard van Leer Foundation. For more than six decades the Bernard van Leer Foundation have worked to improve opportunities for young children and the people who care for them. Three years ago, we chose to pay more attention to caregivers’ mental health, recognizing its crucial …

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Addressing the Impact of Environmental Change on Mental Health

WebThe relationship between climate change and mental health, and the urgent need for action. This #MHForAll webinar shed light on the profound impact of environmental change on mental health.With our panel of experts discussing the implications, region-specific challenges, assessment tools, and actionable priorities, the conversation aimed …

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#MHForAll Webinar: Leave no one behind. No health without …

WebTo stay updated about our upcoming #MHForAll series events, join our future and upcoming webinars here. On 30th November, our #MentalHealthforAll webinar invited panellists to discuss the crucial need for the integration of mental health into universal health coverage (UHC) and the challenges faced at the national level in doing so.

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#MHForAll Webinar: The state of mental health financing

WebDan Chisholm. There are three key issues concerning mental health financing: sufficiency of funding, efficiency of spending, and fairness in financing. The adequacy and distribution of funding for mental health is still very low, and inadequate compared to the needs of the population. There are huge variations between countries, but globally

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GMHAN Circle — Global Mental Health Action Network

WebHere’s how to join: Step 1 - Sign up to become a full member of the Global Mental Health Action Network. Step 2 - You’ll get an invite in your email inbox to join GMHAN Circle. Step 3 - Click the link in the email and complete your profile. Step 4 - Head to ‘Start Here’ and introduce yourself to the network!

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Working Groups — Global Mental Health Action Network

WebWe work together to tackle specific issues through Working Groups. Group members meet regularly and co-produce original content, research and advocacy strategies in the fight for better global mental health. Working Groups which are established and chaired by members of the network. These groups allow members to collaborate on shared priorities

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Join us — Global Mental Health Action Network

WebJoin the GMHAN Circle. Circle is a private virtual networking space for GMHAN members where we can meet and discuss issues in real-time, share information about our work, and promote what we are doing. It is an important tool to help working group members and the wider GMHAN membership collaborate around the globe to achieve change.

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Responses to questions about WHOs Special Initiative for Mental …

WebBy Lidiia Lukasevych, Consultant supporting WHO Special Initiative for Mental Health. How have countries for WHOs Special Initiative for Mental Health been chosen? There is no formula to selecting countries under the WHO’s Special Initiative for Mental Health.One non-negotiable requirement is a commitment from a country’s …

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The urgent need for mental health investment in Africa: …

WebThis year’s World Mental Health Day (WMHD) was observed with the theme “Make mental health and well-being for all a global priority”. This was an opportunity to highlight a pressing matter that is often neglected.

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#MHForAll Webinar: Stigma and discrimination

WebKey points made: Esenam Drah: Training can be a vital tool for helping individuals overcome the stigma they have faced, and give back to society by educating others on mental health and discrimination. Charlene Sunkel: The inclusion of people with lived experience is a human right, we must continue to push for lived experience voices …

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News — Global Mental Health Action Network

WebOn Tuesday 28th November, our panel of experts explored the diverse applications of digital mental health tools. The experts discussed the impact, and successes of these interventions, and explored the challenges of …

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#MHForAll Webinar: World Mental Health Day Planning

Web29 Sep. Written By Secretariat. On Tuesday 26th September, a panel of experts met to discuss the work being done around the world to commemorate World Mental Health Day (WMHD). Panellists discussed their new campaigns and initiatives and outlined how organisations and individuals can get involved both nationally and globally. Webinar …

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Financing — Global Mental Health Action Network

WebThrough regular meetings, learning opportunities, information exchange, public events, and collaborative activities, our members work in a variety of ways to achieve our shared goal of fully funded mental health systems. Working group activity to date includes the development of policy briefings, submitting collective statements to political

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contacts — Global Mental Health Action Network

WebThe Global Mental Health Action Network is a free to access membership organisation established to connect people and resources to promote better mental health awareness and provision. We are a community of advocates, focused on building the political and social will to make mental health services accessible globally.

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COVID-19 Webinar 8: Humanitarian crises

WebThe Lancet Psychiatry, Mental Health Innovation Network, MHPSS.net and United for Global Mental Health have launched a series of weekly webinars designed to provide policy makers and the wider health community with the latest evidence on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health and how to address it.

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GMHAN Action Plan 2023 — Global Mental Health Action Network

WebGMHAN is creating a global network where every campaigner and professional working in mental health has somewhere to go to access the support they need to make the change they want to see. We are delighted to share our 2023 Action Plan with you all, which highlights our ambitions, targets and ways of working for the year ahead.

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