Global Mental Health Collaborative

Our vision is to impact mental health inequities globally through locally-embedded research. ​

Our mission is to convene an equitable, diverse collaborative to respond to mental health challenges in changing societies.

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The Global Mental Health Collaborative is convened by the University of Edinburgh and seeks to facilitate Global South leadership and equitable ways of working.

A key strength of the Collaborative is our interdisciplinary breadth, including social and medical anthropology, social work, genetics, sociology, public health, policy studies, creative arts and mental health clinical disciplines. We also recognise the importance of non-academic knowledge and welcome implementers, policymakers and people with lived experience of mental health conditions as vital contributors to relevant and impactful research.

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​Working together, we are interested in understanding how the ‘local’ and the ‘global’ intersect and shape one another in contextually-grounded global mental health research. We aim to be sensitive to the structural dynamics of power, politics, and economics that shape global mental health research - and mental health itself. Our focus is on resources and strengths within individuals, families, communities and organisations that seek to support mental health and recovery.

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Our Collaborative has partners in diverse settings in Africa, South Asia and Latin America. You can read about some of our research programmes and activities here.

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The Collaborative seeks to nurture the next generation of global mental health researchers. We have close links with the MSc in Global Mental Health and Society at University of Edinburgh, the alumni network, and with Edinburgh Mental Health. PhD and Early Career Researchers are embedded in the Collaborative.