Mental health
See also: Church & healthcare / Community health / Primary care
International Standards & Practice Guidelines (IS&Gs)
- Mental health programs
—Mental Health Publications
—Promoting Mental Health - Mental disorders topics
- Depression topics
- Suicide topics
- The World Health Organization Quality of Life (WHOQOL)
—WHO QOL: Spirituality, Religiousness and Personal Beliefs
Missions Specific Best Practices Documents
(Demonstrate Compliance with International Standards & Guidelines)
I. FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATION (FBO) OPEN-ACCESS DOCUMENTS:
A. Christian Journal for Global Health (CJGH)
—Family Conflict – The major underlying influence in suicide attempts in Northern Bihar, India.
B. Christian Medical Association of India (CMAI) Publications
Christian Medical Journal of India (CMJI)—Numerous articles, some contain no references to IS&Gs but appear to demonstrate compliance:
—Compassionate Care Towards Mental Health
—Focus-Mental Health See especially: Community based Mental Health Work page 9
—Providing Mental Healthcare through Faith-based Entities in Africa: A Systematic Review
C. The Church for Whole Person Healing Website
—Special Issues in Wholistic Ministries See Mental Health
D. The Lausanne Movement Mental health & trauma Numerous articles, some contain no references to IS&Gs but appear to demonstrate compliance.
See especially:
—The Cape Town Declaration on Care and Counsel as Mission
II. SECULAR OPEN-ACCESS DOCUMENTS:
A. Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Open public health courses and materials See especially: Topics: Click on “Global Health”
—Issues in Mental Health Research in Developing Countries
B. The Lancet Global Health Series See especially:
—Burden, risk factors, and comorbidities of behavioural and emotional problems in Kenyan children: a population-based study 2017
—Bullying 2015
—Perinatal mental health 2014
—Global Mental Health 2011
Updated: Mar 2017