Research areas
Culturally relevant, validated assessment for Pakistan, and the national data infrastructure that planning and monitoring depend on.
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A longitudinal study generating high-quality evidence on how individual and combined stressors contribute to the onset of depressive symptoms in young people, in Pakistan, Indonesia and Colombia.
Pakistan, Indonesia, Colombia

GIHD's stepped-care programme for youth mental health and wellbeing, with its own dedicated site.

PREVENT is a school- and community-based programme designed to strengthen adolescent mental wellbeing by placing family support at the heart of prevention.
Pakistan

How can better data help Pakistan understand adolescent mental health — and turn that evidence into practical support where young people already live and learn?
Pakistan

Taking EASE, a WHO–UNICEF endorsed group psychological intervention, into routine child and adolescent mental health services across all four provinces of Pakistan — and studying what it takes to sustain it there.
Pakistan

Can evidence-based digital psychological support be adapted to work for children and families in different cultural and healthcare settings? GLOW-CAT is adapting, testing and evaluating a parent-led online CBT programme across six countries, including Pakistan.
Pakistan, United Kingdom, Japan, Chile, Philippines, Thailand

Can we identify which adolescents are most at risk of depression — and use that knowledge to prevent it before it takes hold? IDEA-IMPACT connects risk prediction to preventive action.
Pakistan, Brazil, USA, UK, South Africa

Building a culturally relevant, validated approach to identifying mental health conditions in adolescents and adults in community settings — and contributing to Pakistan's National Mental Health Data Dashboard.
Pakistan

Making mental health a core part of climate resilience — a 36-month programme working with federal and provincial government to write mental health into Pakistan's climate, health and disaster-risk planning.
Pakistan
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