Evidence-Based Community-based Psychosocial Support Interventions: Examples from Colombia and the Philippines   

Evidence-Based Community-based Psychosocial Support Interventions: Examples from Colombia and the Philippines   

Vulnerable individuals tend to enter the mental health system through the general community or primary care level. Therefore, it is essential to improve access to these services and ensure local leadership in service development. Community-based psychosocial support (CB-PSS) interventions are especially effective…

City University of New York Unveils New Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Knowledge Hub

City University of New York Unveils New Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Knowledge Hub

Mental health care and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions are commonly used by non-governmental and humanitarian organizations in challenging settings to improve psychosocial wellbeing and mental health. While there is growing evidence on the importance of a continuum of MHPSS service options, there…

ISC partners at 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation

ISC partners at 16th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation

ISC partners, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Columbia University, New York presented a poster on the topic, “Community-based PSS interventions for populations affected by conflict and displacement: Lessons from a multinational collaborative study” at the 16th Annual Conference on the…

Exploring Community-Based Mental Health Interventions in Central and Eastern Europe

Exploring Community-Based Mental Health Interventions in Central and Eastern Europe

Positioning for cross-regional learning on what works and how The Implementation Science Collaborative (ISC) and Institute for Psychiatry and Neurology (based in Warsaw, Poland) held a consultation to address evidence-informed community-based mental health interventions targeting vulnerable, and conflict affected contexts. The discussion…