MENTAL HEALTH
Evidence for Equity seeks to highlight which interventions work and which don’t work (and may be harmful) and to provide this information to people making decisions about health to improve health equity.
On this page you'll find links to summaries of systematic reviews of interventions for improving mental health. Click on the icons in the table below.
These interventions are influenced by personal characteristics captured by the acronym PROGRESS-Plus including place of residencce 
, gender/sex 
, and additional characteristics such as age 
. Read more about PROGRESS-Plus.
| Interventions | Outcomes | ||||
| Depression response | Anxiety response | Positive mental health | Depression symptoms | Prevention of PTSD | |
| Antidepressants |  | ||||
| Collaborative Care | | | |||
| Kinship care |  | ||||
| Psychological and psychosocial interventions (postpartum) |  | ||||
| Relaxation |  | ||||
| Single session psychological debriefing |  | ||||
| Legend | |
| Adult female |
 | Adult male |
| Children/Adolescents |
 | Does not work for female adults |
 | Does not work for male adults |