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We are committed to co-producing high quality resources for people working in community mental health

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Nae Disha

An 18-module program to build mental health and resilience among young people

MHIN Webinar

Continuing mental health support in northern India during COVID-19

Nae Umeed

A 9-module program to build skills and knowledge for self-care among carers

Tool Kits

Tool kits useful for mental health community workers

Posters and Brochures

Community awareness and educational material

Policy Brief

Policy reports based on our evidence based research.

Youth Inclusion

Nae Disha was the name of this intervention, which aimed to increase social inclusion and resilience through a series of peer-led, semi-structured, group discussions.

Swasthya Labh Sadhan

This project piloted a process to work together with people with mental health difficulties and carers to understand the domains of recovery in Dehradun and together co-produced a tool, Swasthya Labh Sadhan to help people to develop their own recovery journeys.

Research Papers

Our Scientific Papers

2021

A Qualitative Study to Explore Various Meanings of Mental Distress and Help‑Seeking in the Yamuna Valley, North India

2020

Exploring Community Mental Health Systems – A Participatory Health Needs and Assets Assessment in the Yamuna Valley, North India

2020

We’ve got through hard times before: acute mental distress and coping among disadvantaged groups during COVID-19 lockdown in North India - a qualitative study

2020

Exploring Community Mental Health Systems – A Participatory Health Needs and Assets Assessment in the Yamuna Valley, North India

2019

Co-production of a pictorial recovery tool for people with psycho-social disability informed by a participatory action research approach—a qualitative study set in India (HPI)

2018

Outcomes of a brief mental health and resilience pilot intervention for young women in an urban slum in Dehradun, North India: a quasi-experimental study (IJMHS)

2018

An asymmetric burden: Experiences of men and women as caregivers of people with psycho-social disabilities in rural North India (Transcultural Psychiatry)

2017

Strengthening community mental health competence—A realist informed case study from Dehradun, North India (HSC)

2017

Social Distance and Community Attitudes Towards People with Psycho-Social Disabilities in Uttarakhand, India (CMH)

2017

Strengthening community mental health competence - A relist informed case study from Dehradun, North India

2015

Under the banyan tree - exclusion and inclusion of people with mental disorders in rural North India (BMC PH)

2015

A cross-sectional study of depression and help-seeking in Uttarakhand, North India (BMJ Open)

Short movies

Clips on mental health and well being

कहानी, लोग, प्रभाव: बुरांस – भारत में सामुदायिक मानसिक स्वास्थ्य देखभाल
[Burans Short Film in Hindi]

The Story, The People, The Impact: Burans – Pioneering Community Mental Health Care in India
[Burans Short Film in English]

Co-production of recovery tool by experts by experience

Burans swasthya labh sadhan (SLS) outcome

Social inclusion of People with psycho social disability in communities

Context and stigma surrounding Epilepsy along with treatment

Five steps to mental well being

My journey to mental wellness