Global Mental Health

‘Friendship Bench’: A Blueprint for Tackling Developing World’s Mental Health Crisis

Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto In Zimbabwe, Friendship Bench therapy reduces prevalence of depression to less than 14 percent, compared to 50 percent in control group; First

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Kangaroo mother care helps premature babies thrive 20 years later — study

Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Study funded by Saving Brains shows Kangaroo Mother Care kids 20 years later are better behaved, have larger brains, higher paycheques,

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Torture: Rehabilitation experts from 80 nations meet in Mexico City

International Rehabilitation Council For Torture Victims, Copenhagen 100+ presentations on cases worldwide, from Syria, Central America, Africa, Guantanamo Bay; Sexual violence as torture; Treatment and

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Citing ‘urgent, acute’ mental health issues, especially in Africa, experts petition governments to act

University of Toronto 20-Jun-2014 Calling global mental health problems “acute and urgent,” 37 leading medical authorities from 11 countries have published a joint declaration calling for

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‘Saving Brains’ of kids in developing countries: Grand Challenges Canada funds 14 bold new ideas

Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 23 October 2013 4 projects nominated for grants up to $2 million; 10 projects awarded $270,000 Grand Challenges Canada, funded by

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Mental disorders in developing nations: ‘the most neglected of neglected diseases’

Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto 10-Oct-2012 On World Mental Health Day, Grand Challenges Canada funds a burst of 15 innovative projects spanning the globe — Asia,

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