Past Webinars
Webinar reports, key messages and recordings from our #MHForAll series which has been running since 2020.
Transforming National Mental Health Services
On Tuesday 28th March, the Global Mental Health Action Network brought together a panel of experts to explore how national mental health services can be transformed.
The panellists discussed the key achievements and successes of the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Special Initiative for Mental Health (SIMH) and outlined some of the barriers to systems-level change that limited progress in the Special Initiative (SI) countries.
MHForAll Webinar: Countdown 2030 & Data Advocacy
Globally, nationally, and locally, there is a lack of mental health data. Access to good data is essential for global mental health advocacy, however issues with data collection and aggregation, access and visibility make this challenging.
Making mental health a priority in 2023
Mental health has become a widely discussed issue in recent years but much remains to be done to ensure it is prioritised in the years ahead. On Tuesday 31st January, a panel of experts convened to share their perspectives on the actions that need to be taken to ensure mental health is made a priority in 2023.
#MHForAll webinar: Mental Health & Human Rights
Maternal and perinatal mental health matters. In this #MHForAll webinar, we brought together a panel of experts to discuss the importance of integrating mental health support, specifically perinatal mental health (PMH) care, into existing maternal and child health services.
#MHForAll webinar: Mother and Child Mental Health
Maternal and perinatal mental health matters. In this #MHForAll webinar, we brought together a panel of experts to discuss the importance of integrating mental health support, specifically perinatal mental health (PMH) care, into existing maternal and child health services.
#MHForAll webinar: World Mental Health Day - Reflections & next steps
On World Mental Health Day (WMHD) this year, an unprecedented number of organisations and stakeholders came forth to highlight the need for increased mental health awareness, support, and financing. Across the world, new reports, funding mechanisms, and campaigns were launched to catalyse change at all levels of society.
#MHForAll webinar: What’s happening across the globe for World Mental Health Day
The Global Mental Health Action Network (GMHAN) hosted a webinar bringing together the WHO, UNICEF and WMHD founders, The World Federation for Mental Health (WFMH) to learn about their plans for WMHD and discuss how others could get involved nationally and globally on this important occasion.
#MHForAll webinar: Creating hope through action on suicide
At the 50th MHForAll webinar, a series of experts discussed suicide prevention and decriminalisation ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day, reflecting on key learnings, and recommendations that can help drive legislation reform at a national level.
Annual Meeting: "Transforming Mental Health for All" session covered WHO's latest report on global mental health
The World Health Organization (WHO) released its most extensive analysis of world mental health in 20 years with the “World Mental Health Report” and a panel of experts discussed the report at the GMHAN Annual meeting earlier this month.
#MHForAll Webinar: Mental health in emergencies
Our webinar covered a range of themes related to the topic of mental health in emergency settings including a list of the most common mental health issues in emergencies, advice for civil society organisations, the role of governments, lessons learned, gender-based violence, and addressing the mental health of migrants who are often undocumented.
#MHForAll Webinar: The impact of climate change on mental health and psychosocial wellbeing
This month’s Mental Health for All Webinar covered the complex topic of Climate Change and Mental Health: impact, prevention, integrated action during disasters and research opportunities for academics.
#MHForAll Webinar: Financing mental health through universal health coverage
On Tuesday 29th March, 2022, our #MHForAll webinar series brought together a panel of experts to discuss the importance of integrating mental health services into Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
#MHForAll: Covid-19 and mental health
View our latest webinar on Covid-19 and mental health.
#MHForAll Webinar: The effects of conversion therapy on the LGBTQIA+ community
Our webinar The Effects of Conversion Therapy on the LGBTQIA+ Community, in the Mental Health For All series explored how members of the LGBTQIA+ community across the world are under pressure to be 'treated' for their sexual orientation and gender identity.
#MHForAll Webinar: Driving Forward Youth Participation
On Tuesday 25th January, 2022, our #MHForAll webinar series brought together a panel of experts to discuss what it means to have truly meaningful youth participation when it comes to mental health.
#MHForAll Webinar: Global advocacy in a virtual world
At the World Health Assembly the Comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan was updated and agreed for 2021-2030, UNICEF launched its flagship State of the World’s Children Report (focusing on mental health for the first time ever) and there has been increasing research and reporting on the impact of COVID-19 on mental health.
#MHForAll Webinar: Leave no one behind. No health without mental health
On 30th November, our #MentalHealthforAll webinar invited panellists to discuss the crucial need for the integration of mental health into universal health coverage (UHC) and the challenges faced at the national level in doing so.
#MHForAll Webinar: The case for decriminalising suicide
our panellists emphasised how the criminalisation of suicide continues to be a key issue across the field of global mental health. Earlier
#MHForAll Webinar: The data gap in mental health
It was clear from all of our speakers that closing the mental health data gap is crucial to stepping up progress for mental health globally, and that there is an urgent need to strengthen systems and capacity building around this.
#MHforAll Webinar: How do we truly leave no one behind? Substance use, Mental health and Covid-19
Earlier in the week, we had the pleasure to welcome our viewers to a webinar entitled Substance use and mental health: challenges, opportunities and first lessons during the COVID-19 outbreak. The session was part of the ongoing series, co-hosted by United for Global Mental Health and its partners, and was organised with the support of the WHO.