Main Projects
Other Projects
- Invited by the National Cancer Hospital to support the hospital on establishment of the Psycho-Oncology Department in the hospital
- Invited by MOLISA to deliver online training for health workers on Stress Management during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Invited by the Vietnam National Institute of Mental Health and Hanoi Medical University to deliver training on Behavioral Activation for their selected lecturers, nurses and doctors
- Appointed by MoH to be one of the Secretary Board members for development of standardized mental health service packages to be covered by a national health insurance scheme
- Invited by the WHO, MoH and National Mental Health Program to be involved on the protocol development for community-based management of Anxiety and Depression, and to be on the Reviewing Board for protocol development for community based management of epilepsy
- Invited by MOLISA to be on Reviewing Board for model development and capacity building for social worker for the National program on community based social supports and rehabilitation for people with mental illness
- Collaborate with RAND (rand.org) to work in partnership with RAND, Da Nang Department of Health, the Women’s Union, and the Psychiatric Hospital, on a study about integration of depression care and the income generation services for women in Da Nang (LIFE DM phase 1 and 2)
- Establish and facilitate the collaboration between Da nang Department of Health, Khanh Hoa Department of Health, Da Nang Psychiatric Hospital, Khanh Hoa Psychiatric Hospital, Hue Psychiatric Hospital, Thua Thien Hue Women’s Union with various partners in Taiwan to support the information exchange among partners, capacity building in the areas of Occupational Therapy, Recovery Models for people with severe mental illness, community based mental health care, mental health promotion, telemedicine
- Received funding from CSIP (csip.vn) to pilot a platform for mental health promotion, psychoeducation and treatment
Main Achievements
BN works with adults and children with mental illness and epilepsy and their carers. BN runs its projects in 12 countries: India (North and South), Ghana, Sri Lanka, Laos, Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Nepal, Vietnam, China, Pakistan, UK and has its representative offices in UK, US, and Australia.
One of BN’s most significant achievements is the development, testing and roll-out of the Model for Mental Health and Development, which has been recognised and recommended by a number of stakeholders including the WHO and the Advisor to the UN Secretary General on the MDGs, Jeffrey D. Sachs, who notes:
“Through its model, BasicNeeds has proved that by working with people with mental disorders and their families in a holistic and participative way, their mental health can be improved and their levels of poverty reduced… I am truly grateful to see the efforts of organisations such as BasicNeeds in helping to translate [the millennium] goals into reality.”
BN is a key player in international mental health forum with founding membership in the WHO sponsored Global Forum for Community Mental Health and the lead organisation on advocacy for the Movement for Global Mental Health which emerged from the Lancet Global Call for Action to which BN contributed. BN is currently working in partnership with DfID and the University of Cape Town on a research project, The Mental Health and Poverty Project, across four African countries, sitting on the Advisory Committee and providing field sites in Kenya and Uganda for the research. Emerging conclusions highlight a clear link between mental health and poverty; these findings will be used to influence national and international policy influencing around the financing of mental health.
Scientific Publications
Below are links to international standard scientific articles/ chapters describing programs that BasicNeeds Vietnam coordinated and/or lead and/or involved in that related to mental health care service development and research in Vietnam.
- Do, M. T., Pham, A. T., Nguyen, L. T. T., Nguyen, T. T., Le, N. M., & Tran, H. T. T. (2024). Pilot implementation of group-based psychotherapy led by non-specialists for lung cancer patients with depression at Vietnam National Cancer Hospital. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 34(3), 100501. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2024.100501.
- Do, M. T., Nguyen, T. T., & Thi, H. (2023). Twelve-month trajectories of depression after group-based psychotherapy led by nonspecialists at primary health centers: A case study from Vietnam. Journal of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy, 33(3), 169–178. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbct.2023.09.002.
- Do, M. T., Nguyen, T. T., & Tran, H. T. T. (2022). Preliminary results of adapting the stepped care model for depression management in Vietnam. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.922911.
- Ngo, V. K., Weiss, B., Lam, T., Dang, T., Nguyen, T., & Nguyen, M. H. (2014). The Vietnam Multicomponent Collaborative Care for Depression Program: Development of Depression Care for Low- and Middle-Income Nations. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 28(3), 156–167. https://doi.org/10.1891/0889-8391.28.3.156.
- Davidson, L. (2019). The Routledge handbook of international development, mental health and wellbeing. London; New York Routledge, Taylor Et Francis Group.
