The Power of Community in Mental Health
October 10 is World Mental Health Day. Recent studies show a staggeringly high number of people are affected by mental health issues. Communities, including faith communities, can play a major role in stemming this trend, as community-based mental health care has seen more positive responses than institutional mental...
International Health Partners (IHP) Provides Much-Needed Mental Health Support in the Middle East
by Hannah Fields, CCIH Communications Coordinator While the topic of mental health and wellbeing have become more widely discussed in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom, there continues to be an overall stigma surrounding mental illness worldwide. Mental health focused initiatives, such as World Mental...
Maternal and Child Health, Mental Heath
Giving Voice to the Silent Burden: Maternal Mental Health Technical Consultation
by Karen Hoehn, MPM, Director, Bonstar SRL As Julian Eaton so eloquently described on this blog site in July, we all have experienced or witnessed mental suffering in ourselves, our families, our congregations and wider communities at one time or another. Sadly, mental health falls far behind physical...
Global Mental Health – Part of a fuller picture of health
by Julian Eaton, MBBS, MSc, Mental Health Director, CBM Global, and Assistant Professor, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Many of us will have experienced personally, or through our relationships, the impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on mental health and wellbeing. For example, there is a...