Thanks to the success of the community-based depression care pilot program in Thai Nguyen, despite major disruptions due to the COVID pandemic, BasicNeeds Vietnam continues to be trusted by the Johnson and Johnson Foundation, which…

BasicNeeds Vietnam, with funding from Victoria’s Secret & Co, has partnered with K Hospital’s Tan Trieu facility to design and implement the project, with the hospital’s Social Work Department serving as the implementing partner. The…

An increasing number of adults and school-age children presently suffer from clinical depression, but do not receive proper care and diagnosis, leading to many tragic and heartbreaking suicides. How can those who suffer from this…

Below are YouTube links for the highlights of Project Strengthening Health System Capacity on Community Based care for Effective Depression Management in Hoa Lư district – Ninh Bình province – Vietnam. Project Summary Video: Link…

BasicNeeds Vietnam won Zero Project Award 2019 (United Nation Vienna) on outstanding model to support Independent Living and Political Participation of people with psychosocial disabilities. On behalf of BasicNeeds Vietnam, Ms.Tam Nguyen received this Award…

It is a 1-year project (started in March 2020) with Thai Nguyen Department of Health and Thai Nguyen Mental Health Hospital, Hanoi Medical University as key partners. BNVN aims to implement the Collaborative Stepped Care Model…

Mental illness is the second largest contributor to years lost due to disability (YLDs) in Asia-Pacific. Nowhere, though, do more than half of those affected receive any medical treatment. Across the region, policy makers and…

Edited by: Laura Davidson Purchase the book on: Routledge Book Description Mental health has always been a low priority worldwide. Yet more than 650 million people are estimated to meet diagnostic criteria for common mental disorders…

1M US$ funded by the NIMH: It is a 5 year project (started in 2019) with RAND Corporation, CUNY (City University of New York), Thua Thien Hue, Thai Nguyen and Ninh Binh Department of Health…

Abstract In this article, we discuss the Vietnam Multicomponent Collaborative Care for Depression Program, which was designed to provide evidence-based depression care services in low-resource, non-Western settings such as Vietnam. The article provides the program…