GlobalMentalHealth@Harvard is an interdisciplinary initiative that aspires to elevate the profile of mental health as a fundamental public good and universal human right. GMH@Harvard was launched in response to the unmet needs for mental health care in all countries. The world needs radically scaled up efforts to promote mental health—through policy, prevention, treatment, and other actions to enable recovery from mental disorders—and to reduce the colossal suffering and loss to individuals, families, communities, and nations.

The GMH@Harvard Initiative is a joint effort of the Harvard Medical School, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Global Health Institute. We envision a world where mental health is valued and realized for all. We work towards this goal by focusing on transforming global mental health through education, research, innovation, and engagement.

Vision

Our Vision is a world where mental health is valued and achieved for all.

Mission

Our Mission is to foster a collaborative and cross-disciplinary academic community dedicated to transforming mental health of the world’s population through education, research, innovation, and engagement.

We Aim To

• Foster student and faculty engagement, mentorship, and networking to promote innovative approaches to mental health;
• Offer novel educational opportunities across the range of learning needs from community health workers to post-doctoral researchers;
• Catalyze interdisciplinary research to address the grand challenges in prevention and care;
• Work with governments and civil society to protect the human rights of persons affected by mental health problems and scale up mental health programs