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I had to recover from a cold, but now I'm on track again. #fridayworkout #gettingfitter #GlobalMentalHealth

3 pictures, my hand with a dumbbell, my feet on my treadmill, my apple fitness limited award for mental health; a sticker with a green Labubus

Looking forward to today's meeting of the SPR's European Psychotherapy Consortium

Danilo Moggia and I will present on linking measures of psychological distress and cross-cultural analyses.

A brief overview of thoughts and resources can be found in this presentation from last year:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382172059_Analytical_routines_to_align_instrument_scores

And more about the consortium here:
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/page/SPR-EU-Consortium

#Itembank #Psychometrics #PsychotherapyResearch #GlobalMentalHealth

Happy and humbled that research from our international collaboration has made it into the report, discussing the higher prevalence of risk factors for noncommunicable diseases such as smoking, alcohol use, unhealthy diet and physical inactivity
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/prevalence-of-physical-health-conditions-and-health-risk-behaviours-in-people-with-severe-mental-illness-in-south-asia-multicountry-crosssectional-survey/793439A315E2AF13A2FA5CC33042B7BB

We have also more work on this coming hopefully soon, here link to a recent conference poster discussing the lack of appropriate screening for non-communicable diseases
https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/events/2025-events/faculties/academic/calc---koralagamage-kavindu-appuhamy-poster---19-march-2025.pdf?sfvrsn=217a14a7_3

#GlobalMentalHealth #NCDs

Chapter 4 on the existing gaps in #MentalHealth systems is particularly interesting, as it highlights not only the continued gap in provision and access, but also offers suggestions for practice-focused research and work.

#HealthServices #GlobalMentalHealth

An info graphic (Figure 4.1 in the WHO report), titled "A snapshot of key gaps in mental health transformation"

The four gaps and their headlines are

1) Information Gap
Incomplete data
Insufficient research

2) Governance gap
Inadequate policies, plans and laws
Misplaced priorities

3) Resrouces gap
Scant spending
Lack of essential medicines
Scarce workforce
Digital divide

4) Services gap
Poor treatment coverage
Limited range and quality of services

The @who.int "World Mental Health Today" report is out:
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240113817

Over 1bn people live w #MentalDisorder, a leading cause of disability w staggering economic consequences.

Major gaps in resources and quality of care leave most people without adequate support.

#GlobalMentalHealth

Meta-analysis of #TaskShifting / #TaskSharing for managing #Multimorbidity shows some associations w depression (d=-.27, k=14), quality of life (d=.10, k=12), increased anxiety (d=.14, k=5), mortality (OR=.77, k=4).

https://fmch.bmj.com/content/13/3/e003390

#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #HRQL #HRQoL

The Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award going to Clara Paz was excellent news at #SPRKrakow2025, very well-deserved! 👏
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/udla-investiga_internacional-despiertatupasiaejn-udlainvestiga-activity-7343749055069519874-4mAM/

#GlobalMentalHealth #PsychotherapyResearch

Interesting presentation by Guntars Ermansons (KCL), Neil Carrier (Bristol), and Laura Roe ( #DundeeUni ) in our lunchtime webinar on the special section "Psychoactive Agents: Drugs, Morality, and Responsibility" from #MedicineAnthropologyTheory last year:
https://www.medanthrotheory.org/mat/issue/view/590

#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth

A quote from the special issue's editorial:
This Special Section explores concepts of morality, responsibility, and agency in relation to psychoactive substances. Such substances have long been seen as especially potent things, ones thought to have the capacity to modify or overcome our own agency, especially in relation to ideas of addiction and intoxication but also ritual and healing. At times such substances even become personified, sometimes as trickster – like characters like John Barleycorn that can trick us into doing things we otherwise would not. Contrastingly, so-called ‘smart drugs’ like modafinil promise to make us ‘more-than-human’ through increasing our stamina and ability to focus, and have been taken up avidly by students seeking advantage in exams and coursework. Furthermore, practices such as microdosing psychedelics offer to broaden our horizons of perception and enhance our human capacities for creativity. These ideas of chemically altered agency and personhood pose questions about the nature of such substances and their markets, including the moral responsibilities of their producers, traders, regulators and consumers.
Carrier & Ermansons (2024). Medicine Anthropology Theory, 11, 1-8.

𝗣𝗧𝗦𝗗 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵 – 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱
June is recognized globally as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, with June 27th marking PTSD Awareness Day. This month is dedicated to raising awareness about PTSD and Complex PTSD (C-PTSD), encouraging open conversations, and supporting those affected by trauma worldwide.

Research shows that around 10% of people globally may experience PTSD in their lifetime, yet many remain undiagnosed or untreated. Symptoms of PTSD and C-PTSD are often misunderstood or misdiagnosed as other mental health or physical conditions, delaying proper care.

Raising awareness is crucial because effective treatments exist, even years after trauma. By educating ourselves and others, we can break the stigma, improve diagnosis, and support healing.

If you or someone you know is struggling, seek professional help—recovery is possible, and you are not alone.

#PTSDAwarenessMonth #GlobalMentalHealth #PTSDRecovery #SupportSurvivors #ComplexPTSD #EndTheStigma #TraumaAwareness #HealingIsPossible #MentalWellness #SCABPharmacy #YouAreNotAlone

A Light-Hearted Journey Through Global Mental Health: Quirks, Challenges, and Solutions!

#MentalHealthMatters #GlobalMentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness #CulturalPerspectives #FamilyDynamics #EarlyIntervention #ReduceStigma #MentalHealthSupport #HealthyFuture #LightHeartedTalks #SocialSupport #CheersToMentalHealth

https://youtube.com/shorts/VOSfSZnu6Yg?feature=share

Editorial about the " #MentalHealth Santhe: Wellness is Fundamental" campaign:
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02537176241269034

“Santhe” (Kannada: market) describes a communal gathering where ppl come together to sell, buy, & engage in activities, fostering unity & belonging.

#GlobalMentalHealth #India #Stigma

* Similar initiatives in the Society for #PsychotherapyResearch are starting to get traction in this space and if you haven't yet, have a look at the Consorcio Latinoamericano de Investigación en Psicoterapia, which is developing very well:
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/general/custom.asp?page=CLIP-About

#GlobalMentalHealth

Links to follow up:

The COSMOS set
https://gh.bmj.com/content/9/8/e015120.info

The COSmm set
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29531104/

And a special plug for the paper presenting an interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experience of people with
#multimorbidity in low- and middle-income countries based on the interview data from this study
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38262681/

#LMIC #GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth

Ending my working week on a high:

Virtual meeting with colleagues from Chile, Ecuador and Argentine discussing #ResearchEthics in cross-national and international #PsychotherapyResearch. Very educating for me and glad that I could share some perspectives.

If you haven't, have a look at the Consorcio Latinoamericano de Investigación en Psicoterapia, which is developing very well:
https://www.psychotherapyresearch.org/general/custom.asp?page=CLIP-About

#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #CommunityOfPractice

Picture of a poster advertising the Consorcio Latinoamericano de Investigación en Psicoterapia (CLIP) and its objective to generate partnerships to establish a common framework for the routine collection of clinical information in regular practice.

At the bottom represented countries are listed:
México, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay
and these are also highlighted in a map of Middle and South America on the right hand side.

It was very nice to be asked by the SPR European Psychotherapy Consortium to present a workplan for aligning measures across services*
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/382172059_Analytical_routines_to_align_instrument_scores

But it was even better to hear about CLIP from Clara Paz and colleagues! 👇

#GlobalMentalHealth
*described here:
https://www.psycharchives.org/en/item/43ccc929-5c44-40fe-b59a-9c2162fa3cd9

Call for #GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth researchers interested in #Multimorbidity:

9th GACD Funding Call – Management of Multiple Long-Term Conditions
https://www.gacd.org/funding/current-call-for-applications/management-of-multiple-long-term-conditions
🗓️ 15.05. (first stage)

The common call document [pdf https://www.gacd.org/perch/resources/admin/ninth-gacd-call-text-mltc-wp-v1-5.pdf] lists a range of topics such as #StudyDesign, health #equity, stakeholder engagement and knowledge sharing it has a specific section on #OutcomeMeasures that explicitly refers to our COSMOS work
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.01.29.24301589v1

#CoreOutcomeSet

Screenshot from the common call document of the GACD call, describing further specifications for outcome measures to be used:

Outcome measures
The proposal’s primary outcome measures must be implementation research outcomes to assess MLTC
NCD. With regard to MLTC NCD, applicants are encouraged to explore any combination of chronic
conditions, including mental health disorders and sleep disorders. The specific combination of conditions
should be justified using local or regional epidemiological data about their co-occurrence. Outcome
measures should appropriately address implementation tackling MLTC NCD, and not focus on one
condition. Applicants must also include appropriate interim outcomes and consider the feasibility of health
outcomes.
Proposals should also contain a strategy for measuring other secondary outcomes (or proxy outcomes) that demonstrate the intervention’s real-world effectiveness in the local context and target populations. To improve data standardisation, wherever feasible applicants are encouraged to use measures developed by
the GACD for monitoring patient-centred MLTC NCD outcomes in LMICs. Other health or non-health
outcome measures, especially those identified as important by patient participants and/or critical for
advancing Universal Health Coverage, are also welcome.

Semi-structured interviews with therapists & trainees of a university psychotherapy service in Ecuador explore expected benefits and difficulties of the implementation a routine outcome measurement system

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10488-024-01350-w

The authors develop a conceptual model summarising these perspectives (Figure 1 for a summary).

#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #ImplementationScience

„Eine einzigartige Versorgung psychisch erkrankter Elternteile nach der Geburt“ – mit diesen Worten ist das Team der Eltern-Kind-Einheit der #CharitéBerlin für seine berufsübergreifende Arbeit mit dem Otsuka Team Award Psychiatry+ ausgezeichnet worden. Herzlichen Glückwunsch! 🎉

👉 https://www.charite.de/klinikum/themen_klinikum/wenn_es_mehr_ist_als_nur_babyblues/

#Medizin #Forschung #Pädiatrie #MentalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #Depression #Geburt

Gewinnerteam 2023: Team der Eltern-Kind-Einheit der Charité während der Preisverleihung in Berlin. © Otsuka Pharma GmbH | Andrea Kathede

Looking for a #FridayRead?

How about this blog post by #MentalElf about our research showing that people living with severe mental illness suffer high burden of physical illness:
https://www.nationalelfservice.net/other-health-conditions/comorbidity/south-asias-silent-struggle-severe-mental-illness-patients-suffer-increased-burden-of-physical-illness/

In line with international guidelines, we need to focus on the early detection, prevention and management of physical health problems in people with severe mental illness living in South Asia.

#GlobalHealth #GlobalMentalHealth #MentalIllness #Multimorbidity #NCDs

"The greatest impact we've made is that we've got people taking about mental health together, in the same breath, as talking about chronic long-term [physical health] conditions."
Najma Siddiqi

#MentalElf video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5e-hFnQRaSQ

Great summary of the work that I had the fortune of being part since ~2016. Wishing my colleagues all the best to continue pushing forward the boundaries in the new Centre for IMPACT:
https://www.impactsouthasia.com/about-us/meet-the-people/

#GlobalMentalHealth #GlobalHealth #Multimorbidity

#GlobalMentalHealth

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