Category Archives: in2mentalhealth papers

Trainings and short Courses in Global Mental Health and MHPSS

If you know a training/course which you think should be added to this list, please send an email to in2mentalhealth@gmail.com
For Global Mental Health, MHPSS, ehealth and elearning Events and Conferences go to here Read More »

My 13 takeaways of the 3rd Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Development Conference

The conference: This 3rd annual Malawi Mental Health Research and Practice Conference took place on 22-23 April 2013 at the Saint John of God College of Health Sciences in Mzuzu, Northern Malawi. The event was organized by the St. John of God College, the Department of Mental Health College of Medicine Malawi University, and the Scotland-Malawi Mental Health Education Project (SMMHEP). Read More »

More then 20 Mental Health and MHPSS Manuals for Non-Specialized Settings

In low resource settings general health workers and lay people will provide a large part of the mental health care. This list starts with a couple of links to free downloads and (not free) hard copies of interventions/program manuals for general mental health care. Then a few in the MHPSS field (Mental Health and Psycho-Social Support). And the last few manuals are focused on care for children. Read More »

How to reach the unconnected? in2mhconnect is ‘on the air’

I’m trying to make a long lasting wish come true. I started an international SMS/text message and email news platform. I emphasize ‘try’, since this is all but perfect and still in a start-up phase. Read More »

Eight encounters with Mental Health care Kenya

In January 2013, I had the opportunity to extent my stay in Kenya, after providing a MSF (Médecins Sans Frontières, Doctors Without Borders) mental health and basic counseling training for a group of Somali nurses in Nairobi. After these 2 weeks training I arranged a couple of visits and interviews with people working in, or using/surviving, mental health services in Kenya Read More »

The 20 Golden Tips from the GETHealth Summit NYC February 2013

The GETHealth Summit (Global Education and Technology Health), 6-7 February 2013 in the United Nations, New York City, aimed ‘to bridge the health workforce gap in developing countries through new partnerships between innovators in Global Health Education and Information picGEThealthSummit2Technology. The Summit brought together leaders in health, education and IT to discuss and develop initiatives designed to empower providers in the most resource-limited communities in the world’. It were very inspiring and entertaining days: About 150 optimistic and dedicated people from around the World, a bulk of knowledge and experience and plenty of successes and recommendations (and a few failures).

I would like to bring across the main messages from this summit in ’20 golden tips’: Read More »

Agenda of more then 150 Global Mental Health, MHPSS, eHealth and eLearning Conferences/Events:

If you know an event which you think should be added to this list, please send an email to in2mentalhealth@gmail.com
For Trainings and short Courses in Global Mental Health and MHPSS go to here

  • 2013: comprehensive list of eLearning conferences, via website Tony Karrer (scroll down for 2013). elearningtech.blogspot.com
  • 2013: extensive Calendar of 2013 Nonprofit and Social Change Conferences, via SocialBrite website. socialbrite.org
  • 19-21 June 2013: XIIIth International Conference of Forensic Mental Health Services, Maastricht, Netherlands, Europe. iafmhs.org
  • 19-21 June 2013: European Conference on Social Science Research, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East. iassr.org
  • 19-21 June 2013: ELMIS ER – 2013 International Congress on Special Education, Konya, Turkey, Middle East/Europe. elmis2013.com
  • 19-22 June 2013: 53rd International Neuropsychiatric Pula Congress, Pula, Croatia, East Europe. pula-cong.com
  • 19-22 June 2013: 26th Annual Postpartum Support International Conference, ‘Innovation and Advocacy to Support the Mental Health of Pregnant and Postpartum Families’, Minneapolis, USA. postpartum.net
  • 19-23 June 2013: WPA International Congress Istanbul, Turkey. via WPAnet.org
  • 20 June 2013, 11:30 – 13:00: Mental Health Satellite Session at the 6th SAAIDS (6th South African AIDS Conference 2013), theme: Integrating Mental Health in South African initiatives for HIV/AIDS, Durban, South Africa. foundation.co.za
  • 20 June 2013: World Refugee Day, Worldwide. un.org
  • 21 June 2013: Symposium: ‘Trauma and Young People At Risk of Psychosis’, Durham, UK. hearingtehvoice.oeg
  • 23-27 June 2013: 11th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry, Kyoto, Japan. wfsbp.congress.org
  • 25-29 June 2013: WONCA (Global Family Doctor) World Conference 2013, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe. globalfamilydoctor.com
  • 26 June 2013: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Worldwide. irct.org
  • 26-18 June 2013: the Second European Conference on Assertive Outreach, improving integration, Avilés, Spain, Europe. eaofaviles2013.com
  • 26 June-3 July 2013: WPA Co-Sponsored Meeting 21st World Congress of Social Psychiatry – The bio-psycho-social Model: the Future of Psychiatry, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe. via WPAnet.org
  • 27-29 June 2013: International Symposium on Education, Psychology, Society and Tourism, Seoul, Korea (south), Asia. isapst.org
  • 27-30 June 2013: The Third World Congress on Positive Psychology, Los Angeles, USA. ippanetwork.org
  • 28-29 June 2013: Worlds in Collision: Music and the Trauma of War Conference, London, United Kingdom. themusicalbrain.org
  • 29 June-3 July 2013: XXI World Congress of Social Psychiatry, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe. wasp2013.com
  • 1-3 July 2013: International Society On Early Intervention, ISEI, Regional Conference, St.Petersburg, Russian Federation. depths.washington.edu
  • 2-5 July 2013: The Royal College of Psychiatrists’ International Congress, Edinburgh, Scotland, Europe. rcpych.ac.uk
  • 3 July 2013: Tech4Africa Nairobi i day meeting, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. tech4africa.com
  • 4 July 2013: Sapphire Summit: Sharing Stories to Stop Stigma, London, UK. centreforglobalmentalhealth.org
  • 5 July 2013, 5:15-6:45pm: CGMH seminar: Reimagining who is a mental health care provider: Experiments in task-sharing, London, UK. centreforglobalmentalhealth.org
  • 6-8 July 2013: 6th Global Conference Diasporas – Exploring Critical Issues, Oxford, UK. inter-disciplinairy.net
  • 9 July 2013: The Guardian ‘Activate London’ summit for innovators using the internet to change the world, London, UK. guardian.co.uk
  • 9-12 July 2013: The 13th European Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, Sweden, Europe. ecp2013.org
  • 14-19 July 2013: XXXIII rd Congress of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health (IALMH), Amsterdam, Netherlands, Europe. ialmh.org
  • 15 July 2013: THET conference: Getting out of hospital: Primary Care and Public Health in Global Health Partnerships, London, UK. thet.org
  • 15-18 July 2013: Social Networking in Cyberspace (SNIC) 2013 conference, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom. wlv.ac.uk
  • 15-18 July 2013: 6th Annual Pan-African PCAF (Peter C. Alderman Foundation) Psychotrauma Conference, Trauma, culture and healing: Theory and practice in AfricaKampala, Uganda, Africa. pcafkampala2013.org.ug
  • 22-24 July 2013: 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Addiction Research and Therapy, Las Vegas,USA. omicsgroup.com
  • 25-27 July 2013: 4th Vancouver International Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, Vancouver, Canada. kwantlen.ca
  • 26-28 July 2013: International Conference on Education, Psychology and Society, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia. icepas.org
  • 27-28 July 2013: IACSS 2013 – International Academic Conference on Social Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe/Asia. iacss2013.com
  • 5-7 August 2013: 14th International Mental Health Conference (Australian and New Zealand Mental Health Association), Surfers Paradise, Gold Coast, Australia. anzmh.asn.org
  • 5-10 August 2013: Ethnographic perspectives on Global Mental Health, 17th World congress of the IUAES, International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Science, Manchester, UK. nomadit.co.uk
  • 6-9 August 2013: CPSYC 2013, International Congress on Clinical and Counselling Psychology, Istanbul, Turkey, Middle East. cpsyc.org
  • 7-10 August 2013: The Nordic World Health Organization Simulation (NorWHO), 1 4 day conference for international students, theme in 2013 is ‘Mental Health’, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. norwho.org
  • 8-10 August 2013: International Conference on Social Science and Management, Bali, Indonesia, Asia. icssam.org
  • 9 August 2013: International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, Worldwide. un.org
  • 12 August 2013: International Youth Day, Worldwide. un.org
  • 13-14 August 2013: Journey to Recovery: International Conference of Attachment and Trauma Informed Practice, Melbourne, Australia. atip.com.au
  • 15-18 August 2013: 3rd Asia Pacific Rim Counseling and Psychotherapy Conference 2013, APRICP 2013, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, Asia. counselingmalaysia.com
  • 20-23 August 2013: The Mental Health Services (international) Conference (TheMHS), Forging the Future, Challenging Attitudes! Creating Connections! Transforming Lives!, Melbourne, Australia. themhs.org
  • 20-23 August 2013: 4th World Congress of Asian Psychiatry (WCAP2013), Bangkok, Thailand. wcap2013.com
  • 21-22 August: 3rd Global Mental Health Summit (The Movement for Global Mental Health), as part of the World Congress of Asian Psychiatry (WCAP2013)Bangkok, Thailand, Asia. globalmentalhealth.org
  • 22-24 August 2013: 5th Asian Congress of Health Psychology, theme Health and Happiness, Deajeon, Korea (south), Asia. achp2013.org
  • 22-25 August 2013: The 18th International Symposium of ISPS International Society for the Psychological Treatment of Psychosis, Warsaw, Poland, Europe. isps.org
  • 25-28 August 2013: The 2013 bi-annual World Mental Health Congress of the World Federation for Mental Health, Buenos Aires, Argentina. wmhc2013.aasm.org.ar
  • 27-30 August 2013: Congress of the International Association for the Psychology of Religion (IAPR), Lausanne, Switzerland, Europe. unil.ch
  • 28-30 August 2013: The 2nd International Congress on Social Sciences and Business (ICSSB 2013) Conference, Macau, South East China> icssb.org
  • 1-2 September 2013: 2013 2nd Journal Conference on Social Science and Humanity (JCSSH 2013 2nd), Beijing, China. ijssh.org
  • 4-6 September 2013: 5th International Children of War Conference, Winchester, United Kingdom. winchester.ac.uk
  • 10 and 14 September 2013: Two initial informal meetings before the UN High-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability and development, 23 September 2013, New York City, USA. un.org
  • 9-10 September 2013: 2013 THET (Tropical Health ans Education Trust) annual conference: learning from each other, London, UK. learningfromeachother.eventbrite.com
  • 12-13 September 2013: mHealthEd conference, information, advice, debate and collaboration concerning mhealth education in developing countries, Dublin, Ireland, Europe. mhealthed.org
  • 12-14 September 2013: 9th European Congress New horizons for Mental Health in Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), Lisbon, Portugal, Europe. mhid.org
  • 12-16 September 2013: WPA Regional Congress WPA Regional Congress and XXIII. APM National Congress, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. via WPAnet.org
  • 14-18 September 2013: 12th Asian Oceanian Congress on Child Neurology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Middle East. aoccn2013.com
  • 16-19 September 2013: the XIIIth International Congress on the Disorders of Personality, Bridging personality and psychopathology: the person behind the illness, Copenhagen, Denmark, Europe. isspd2013.com
  • 17-18 September 2013: OKCon 2013, Open Knowledge Conference 2013, Geneva, Switzerland, Europe. okcon.org
  • 17-20 September 2013: African Palliative Care Association conference, ‘Spanning Diseases, Crossing Borders:2013′, Johannesburg, South Africa. africanpalliativecare.org
  • 23 September 2013: One-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly on disability (HLMD) at the level of Heads of State and Government, theme: The way forward: a disability inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond, New York City, USA. un.org
  • 23-24 September 2013: Congress Medicine 2.0 ’13, Social Media, Mobile Apps, and Internet/Web 2.0 in Health, Medicine and Biomedical Research, London, UK. medicine20congress.com
  • 24-25 September 2013: The First International Symposium on Self-sacrifice and Martyrdom: A Scholarly Approach (ISSMSA 2013), Tehran, Iran, Middle East. issma.com
  • 24-26 September 2013: International Conference on Information and Social Science (ISS 2013), Nagoya, Japan, Asia. ibac-conference.org
  • 25-28 September 2013: 1st International Conference on Creative Psychopharmacotherapy,
    14th Central European Neuropsychopharmacological Symposium, 6th Croatian Congress of Psychopharmacotheraphy, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Eastern Europe. iccp2013.com
  • 25-28 September 2013: the 7th Congress of Asian Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions and 12th Biennial Conference of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, New Delhi, India. ascapapindia2013.com
  • 26-28 September 2013: The 10th Autism-Europe International Congress, Budapest, Hungary, Mid-Europe. autismcongress2013.eu
  • 26-28 September 2013: the 4th European Conference on Schizophrenia Research ECSR 2013, Berlin, Germany, Europe. schizophrenianet.eu
  • 27-28 September 2013: CGMH (Centre for Global mental Health) Conference: Sustainable development through global action: The case for investing in mental health, London, UK. centreforglobalmentalhealth.org
  • 27-29 September 2013: International Symposium on Education, Psychology and Social Sciences (ISEPSS), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Asia. isepss.org
  • 29 September-2 October 2013: The Human Factors in Crisis and Disasters Thematic Conference 2013, hosted by WPA, Melbourne, Australia. wpatehmaticconference.org
  • 30 September-1 October 2013: International Conference on Psychology, Autism and Alzheimer’s Disease, San Antonio, Texas, USA. omicsgroup.com
  • 30 September- 3 October 2013: WPA Thematic Congress Human Factors in Crisis and Disaster Interventions, Melbourne, Australia. via WPAnet.org
  • 30 September-3 October 2013: Health 2.0 Seventh Annual Fall Conference, Santa Clara, USA. health2con.com
  • 1 October 2013: International Day of Older Persons, Worldwide. un.org
  • 1-4 October 2013: 16th International Congress Towards Successful Aging: Harmony of
    Mental, Physical and Social Life, theme Better Mental Health for Older People, Seoul, Republic of Korea. ipa-online.org
  • 2-5 October 2013: 4th International Conference on Education and Educational Psychology, Antalya, Turkey. iceepsy.org
  • 3-4 October 2013: First high-level technical meeting of The Gulbenkian Global Mental Health Platform, Lisbon, Portugal, Europe. gulbenkianmhplatform.com
  • 3-6 October 2013: The Existential Interpretation of Human Beings in Philosophy and Psychology: Validity and Topicality, Vilnius, Lithuania, East Europe. eng.hpsy.ru
  • 7-8 October 2013: HELINA 2013 Conference: Health Informatics In Africa, theme: Evidence based Informatics for eHealth in Africa, Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. helina-online.org
  • 7-10 October 2013: The 7th SAHARA (Social Aspects of HIV/Aids Research Alliance) Conference 2013 (SAHARA 7), theme Translating Evidence into Action: Engaging with Communities, Policies, Human Rights, Gender, Service Delivery, Dakar, Senegal, Africa. sahara.org.za
  • 9-10 October 2013: Tech4Africa annual conference, Johannesburg, South Africa. tech4africa.com
  • 10 October 2013: WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 2013, Worldwide. wfmh.com
  • 10-13 October 2013: 1st Mental health and Well-being Conference of Ghana, theme: Understanding, Inclusion and Stigma Reduction, Accra, Ghana, Africa. mhfgh.org
  • 11-12 October 2013: Global Symposium for Psychology Professionals, Los Angeles, United States. uofrverside.com
  • 18-20 October 2013: International Conference PSIWORLD 2013, Romanian Society for Experimental Applied Psychology, Bucharest, Romania, Europe, psiworld.ro
  • 19-20 October 2013: 2013 3rd International Conference on Humanities, Society and Culture, ICHSC 2013, Jeju, Korea (south). ichsc.org
  • 19-24 October 2013: The 17th International Clubhouse Seminar, St. Louis, USA. iccd.org
  • 23-24 October 2013: ESTUAR Foundation: International Mental Health Conference ‘From stigma to inclusion, drivers of progress in the mental health field’, Bucharest, Romania, Europe. estuarconference.com
  • 23-26 October 2013: 3rd International Congress on Dual Disorders, addictions and other mental health disorders, Barcelona, Spain, Europe. cipd2013.com
  • 23-26 October 2013: 8th European Congress on Violence in Clinical Psychiatry, Ghent, Belgium, Europe. oudconsultancy.nl
  • 24-26 October 2013: Pop!Tech 2013 conference, theme: Sparks of Brilliance, Camden, USA. poptech.org
  • 24-27 October 2013: the 8th Congress of the European Family Therapy Association, EFTA, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe. efta2013.org
  • 27-30 October 2013: WPA International Congress 2013, Future Psychiatry: Challenges and Opportunities, Vienna, Austria, Europe. wpaic2013.org
  • 29-31 October 2013: Regional Psychosocial Support Forum 2013 (REPSSI), Nairobi, Kenya, Africa. repssi.org
  • 31 October-1 November 2013: 4th WA Transcultural Mental Health and 2nd Australasian Refugee Health Conference, Perth, Australia. transrefugees2013.com.au
  • 3-5 November 2013: The Lancet: inaugural translational medicine conference: What Will it Take to Achieve an AIDS-free World?, San Francisco, USA. translationalmedicine-lancet-cell.com
  • 4-6 November 2013: International Congress on Interdisciplinary Behavior and Social Sciences 2013 (ICIBSoS 2013), Jakarta, Indonesia, Asia. icibsos.org
  • 4-6 November 2013: 1st Global Conference: Suicide, Self-Harm and Assisted Death, Athens, Greece, Europe. inter-disciplinary.net
  • 6-8 November 2013: The First Eastern Africa Regional Conference on Psychology (EARC), Conference Theme: ‘The Role of Psychology in addressing societal challenges’, Kampala, Uganda, Africa. rcp2013ug.org
  • 6-8 November 2013: Roundtable Discussion on ‘Mainstreaming PSSMH (psychosocial and mental health interventions in humanitarian settings) into Refugee and IDP Operations’, Kampala, Uganda, Africa during the rcp2013ug. via mhpss.net
  • 7-9 November 2013: ISTSS 29th Annual Meeting , Resilience After Trauma: From Surviving to Thriving, Pennsylvania USA. istss.org
  • 11-13 November 2013: WHO third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health, Recife, Brazil. who.int
  • 13-14 November 2103: AIDex2013, The Global Humanitarian Aid and Development Event, theme: sustainably and resilience, Brussels, Belgium, Europe. aid-expo.com
  • 18-19 November 2013: 4th International Conference on Behavioral, Cognitive and Psychological Sciences, the BCPS 2013, London, United Kingdom. ipedr.com
  • 20 November 2013: Universal Children’s Day, Worldwide. unac.org
  • 20-23 November 2013: The World Hearing Voices Congress 2013, Melbourne, Australia. reonline.com
  • 21-23 November 2013: 1st International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Setting, Surabaya, Indonesia, Asia. icphesos.psikologi.unair.ac.is
  • 24-16 November 2013: 7th International Conference on Psychiatry (ICP), theme Psychiatry in Combating Gender Violence, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Asia. bapbd.org
  • 25 November 2013: International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Worldwide. saynotoviolence.org
  • 25-26 November 2013: 2013 International Conference on Behavioral and Educational Psychology, ICBEP 2013, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia. icbep.org
  • 1 December 2013: World Aids Day, Worldwide. unac.org
  • 3 December 2013: International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Worldwide. who.int
  • 7-10 December 2013: ICTD (ICT for development) 2013 conference, Cape Town, South Africa. actd2013.info
  • 10 December 2013: International Human Rights Day, Worldwide. un.org
  • 10-11 December 2013: 2013 World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH), including Mental Health, Qatar Foundation in partnership with Imperial College London, Doha, Qatar, The Middle East. qcri.com
  • 10-12 December 2013: International Conference on ASEAN Women: ‘Empowerment: Issues and Challenges’, Bandung, Indonesia, Asia. iacw2013.uum.edu.my
  • 19-21 December 2013: the 2nd Hong Kong International Conference on Education, Psychology and Society, Hong Kong, China. hkicepsorg
  • 6-8 February 2014: WPA Regional Meeting, Kampala, Uganda. via WPAnet.org
  • 1-4 March 2014: 22nd European Congress of Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, Europe. epa-congress.oeg
  • 9-11 March 2014: 7th PSPC – Poverty and Social Protection Conference 2014, Bangkok, Thailand, Asia. tomorrowpeople.org
  • 18-21 March 2014: 16th Annual Conference of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders,
    Seoul, Korea (south), Asia
    . isbd2014.com
  • 14-17 April 2014: Geneva Health Forum 2014, Global Health: Interconnected Challenges, Integrated Solutions, Geneve, Switzerland, Europe. ghf.globalhealthforum.net
  • 28-30 April 2014: International Society for Affective Disorders Congress, Berlin, Germany, Europe. isadconference.com
  • 12-14 May 2014: The Refocus on Recovery 2014 conference, London, UK. researchintorecovery.com
  • 26-29 May 2014: 8th Annual International Conference on Psychology, Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece, Europe. atiner.gr
  • 28-30 May 2014: eLearning Africa 2014 conference, Kampala, Uganda, Africa. elearning-africa.com
  • 19-21 June 2014: 14th Annual IAFMHS (International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services) Conference, Toronto, Canada. iafmhs.org
  • 24-27 June 2014: 8th International Congress of Cognitive Psychotherapy (ICCP 2014), ‘The New Frontiers’, Hong Kong, China. iccp2014.com
  • 1-4 July 2014: The 7th European Conference on Positive Psychology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Europe. ecpp2014
  • 1-5 July 2014: 14th World Congress World Association for Infant Mental Health (WAIMH), Edinburgh, UK. waimh.org
  • 4-7 August 2014: First Annual International Conference on Social Sciences, The Social Sciences Research Division (SSRD) of the Athens Institute for Education and Research (ATINER), Athens, Greece, Europe. via atiner.gr
  • 8-13 July 2014: 28th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Paris, France, Europe. icap2014.com
  • 11-15 August 2014: 21st Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions (IACAPAP), Durban, South Africa. iacapap2014
  • 13-18 September 2014: WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (Zone 1) – XVI. World Congress of Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada. via WPAnet.org
  • 14-18 September 2014: WPA 2014 The 16th World Congress of Psychiatry, Madrid, Spain, Europe. wpamadrid2014.com
  • 12-14 December 2014: World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Regional Congress 2014, Yin and Yang of Mental Health in Asia, Balancing Polarities, Hong Kong. hkcpsych.org.hk
  • 28 October-2 November 2015: 4th WACP (World Association of Cultural Psychiatry) 2105 Congress, theme: Global Challenges and Global Psychiatry Natural Disasters, Conflict, Insecurity, Migration and Spirituality, Peurto Vallarta, Mexico. waculturalpsy.org
  • 16-22 July 2016: 22nd International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. iacapap2016.org

37 Fundraising Options for Global Mental Health

There are people and great projects. There is compassion and knowledge. But where is the money?

It is a challenge for all sectors in Global Mental Health to get or safeguard finance. Think of anti-stigma campaigns, advocacy agencies, rehabilitation/housing projects, mental health care facilities, educations and research.
And this may require thinking outside the box of mental health and partnering on projects for disability, children, other vulnerable groups, human rights, emergency relief, chronic disease, science and development. Or trying to get small (micro) loans, get finance for a business, or try to win an award for certain achievements.

Offered here is a list of 37 funding or grant organizations, from the very small funding initiatives to the big global donors, from conventional funding to innovative online fundraising and loans. Read More »

A World Mental Health Day 2012 read: Mental Health care in 14 African Countries

map of Africa, worldatlas.com

This article is a trip through the current mental health field of Africa in 28 recent articles from 14 African countries. Mental health facilities, legislation and capacity building on the African continent are amongst the poorest of the world. But there are improvements, developments and off course many many challenges left. Read More »

Empowerment, Identity and Hope. Recovery and Peer/User-led models in Global Mental Health

A review of Recovery and Peer/User-led theories/projects/stories worldwide in:
10 organization-examples
10 inspiring videos
10 recovery models/theories
10 relevant documents Read More »

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