The project's primary goal is to identify and adapt effective mental health interventions targeting depression, suicide, and non-clinical distress for vulnerable populations. A digital manual, the Modular Mental Health Toolbox (MH-Toolbox), will guide EU Member States in implementing these interventions. The MH-Toolbox will include evidence-based practices developed in previous and ongoing EU-funded projects and will be tailored for specific vulnerable groups through a co-creation process involving health professionals, ministries, and patients.

MentBox will focus on the mental health needs of vulnerable groups such as migrants, displaced individuals, the unemployed, and, for the first time, the Roma community. The project will develop and test tailored interventions in collaboration with a stable Romani community in Seville, addressing the unique challenges faced by the Roma, including discrimination, social exclusion, and inadequate access to healthcare.

This three-year project will be carried out by a consortium coordinated by the European Alliance Against Depression (EAAD) and four European partners with extensive and multidisciplinary expertise. The Consortium includes experts in mental health, mental disorders, suicide prevention, mental health in the workplace, and public policy: the World Health Collaborative Centre for Mental Health Services Research at the Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), the Andalusian Health Service in Seville, the Slovene Centre for Suicide Research at the University of Primorska and the Global Alliance of Mental Illness.

Advocacy Network Europe (GAMIAN). MentBox is co-funded by the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA).

For more information concerning this project, please contact mentbox@uam.es