Table 1.

The Emerald programme capacity-building interventions

Target groups	Interventions for mental health system strengthening
Mental health service users and caregivers	•Country-specific, multi-faceted approach •Workshops for service users and caregivers to raise awareness and mobilise for greater advocacy and involvement •Workshops for primary care workers and managers to support greater involvement of service users •Ph.D. linked interventions to develop and pilot models of service user involvement in mental health system strengthening
Policy-makers and planners	•Workshops focused on mental health awareness-raising, the chronic care model and mental health system planning •Ongoing dialogue and developing collaborations with the aim of providing technical support and increasing capacity over time
Mental health researchers	•Short-courses in health systems research, implementation science and service user participation in research (co-developed with service user representatives and a non-governmental organisation http://www.basicneeds.org) •Nine Ph.D. students linked to Emerald (Ethiopia n = 3, India n = 2, Nepal n = 1, Nigeria n = 1, South Africa n = 1, UK n = 1), 7 of whom have external supervisors from other Emerald academic institutions. •Development and adaptation of 27 modules on mental health systems for integration within Masters programmes •Fellowships for the MSc in Global Mental Health at King's College London and London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine •Mentoring of post-doctoral and mid-level mental health researchers •Participation in the Emerald consortium meetings, with opportunities for mid-level researchers and doctoral students to present their work and participate in writing workshops