PAR-16-174: Research Partnerships for Scaling Up Mental Health Interventions in Low-and Middle-Income Countries (U19) - 0 views
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MiamiOH OARS on 12 Apr 16The National Institute of Mental Health invites applications to address implementation questions facing World Bank designated low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in their efforts to scale up sustainable, evidence-based Mental Health interventions and thereby eliminate the Mental Health treatment gap for children, women, and men. The Mental Health treatment gap refers to the proportion of persons who need, but do not receive, care. In this funding opportunity announcement (FOA), the terms "scale up" and "going to scale" refer to intentional efforts to maximize the positive impact of Mental Health interventions successfully tested in experimental studies in order to benefit Mental Health care at the national level or at a regional level within a country, and to foster evidence-based Mental Health policy and program development on a lasting basis. Each awarded project is to integrate implementation research on scaling up sustainable, evidence-based Mental Health interventions (e.g., psychotherapeutic interventions, psychotropic medications, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation) with research capacity-building activities within LMICs in any one of the following geographical regions: East Asia and the Pacific; Europe and Central Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa; South Asia; Sub-Saharan Africa. As a group, awardees of this FOA and RFA-MH-16-350 will constitute a global network for Mental Health implementation research in LMICs. The network will have capabilities for answering research questions about going to scale with Mental Health interventions, sustaining high-quality Mental Health care in resource-limited settings, and fostering evidence-based Mental Health policy and program development.