An 8-week online course to learn about effective global mental health interventions
Effective Mental Health (EMH) is hosting a Global Mental Health Fellowship!
One in eight people worldwide lives with a mental health condition, yet essential care remains unattainable throughout much of the world. You can help change this. This 6-week, discussion-based fellowship prepares learners to drive meaningful change in global mental health with their careers, including emerging interventions and methodologies. The course will start late March 2026.
Come with questions, your expertise and to meet other comrades in Global Mental Health initiatives! EAs, Mental Health professionals, policy makers, international applicants and those curious to make an informed impact are welcome.
Apply directly here! Deadline: March 22 2026
Meetings
Time: Mondays at 2:00pm UTC
Syllabus Overview
Each week will include an introduction, icebreakers, key thoughts and questions from the resources, activities and discussion, and final reflections and take-aways.
Week 1: What is Effective Global Mental Health and why should we care?
Welcome to the Global Mental Health fellowship!
Week 2: The Measurement of Wellbeing
Pair & Teach: Quantification Methods
WELLBYs & Cost Effectiveness
Sins of Psychology & the Replication Crisis
Week 3: Interpersonal Micro Interventions
Theories of Change
Scaling Lay Therapy
Other Intervention Types
Week 4: Digital Interventions
Tools we’ve used
Pros & cons of digital interventions
Week 5: Macro Interventions
Mental health macro-landscape in our home countries
GDP vs other measures of national wellbeing
Paradigm shift
Week 6: Your career & how to have impact for GMH
Knowledge and Skills you’d like to continue upskilling in
Career Planning
Course organisers
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We are building this fellowship off the back of previous successful fellowships, growing and honing the content. Our aim is to then share this as a resource, so that others can lead and offer this fellowship, expanding the reach and impact of these materials.
Announcements
For more information or expression of interest, feel free to reach out to: DaminCurtis@gmail.com
