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ArticleThe lancet. Psychiatry2025

Competency-based training and supervision: development of the WHO-UNICEF Ensuring Quality in Psychosocial and Mental Health Care (EQUIP) initiative.

Brandon A Kohrt, Gloria A Pedersen, Alison Schafer, Kenneth Carswell, Fiamma Rupp, Mark J D Jordans, Elise West, Josephine Akellot, Pamela Y Collins, Carmen Contreras and 11 more

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors.

Brandon A KohrtCenter for Global Mental Health Equity, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. Electronic address: bkohrt@gwu.edu.
Gloria A PedersenCenter for Global Mental Health Equity, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
Alison SchaferDepartment of Mental Health, Brain Health, and Substance Use, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Kenneth CarswellDepartment of Mental Health, Brain Health, and Substance Use, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
Fiamma RuppMental Health and Psychosocial Support Team, Child Protection, UNICEF, New York, NY, USA.
Mark J D JordansAmsterdam Institute of Social Science Research, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Center for Global Mental Health, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, UK; Research and Development Department, War Child Alliance, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Elise WestSystemSeed, Dover, DE, USA.
Josephine AkellotHealthRight, Kampala, Uganda; Vrjie University, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Pamela Y CollinsBloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Carmen ContrerasSocios En Salud, Lima, Perú; School of Social Work, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Jerome T GaleaSchool of Social Work, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA.
Frezgi GebrekristosCenter for Victims of Torture, Tigray, Ethiopia.
Muthoni MathaiUniversity of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya.
Kristina MetzBloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Naser MorinaUniversity Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Mwamba Mwila MwengeCentre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia.
Frederik SteenResearch and Development Department, War Child Alliance, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ann WillhoiteMental Health and Psychosocial Support Team, Child Protection, UNICEF, New York, NY, USA.
Mark van OmmerenDepartment of Mental Health, Brain Health, and Substance Use, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
James UnderhillDepartment of Mental Health, Brain Health, and Substance Use, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland.
EQUIP Consortium

Funding

RESHAPE Diversity SupplementR01MH120649 · NIMH · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI KOHRT, BRANDON ALAN · 2019 to 2023
$3.5M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH120649NIMH NIH HHS R01MH120649–02S1World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, there has not been a standardised approach to ensure that the growing number of people who are not licensed clinicians but are delivering psychological interventions and mental health services have the competencies to deliver those interventions and services safely. Therefore, WHO and UNICEF developed Ensuring Quality in Psychosocial and Mental Health Care (EQUIP). EQUIP is a free resource with a digital platform that can be used to guide competency assessment. We describe EQUIP's 5-year development (2018-23) and the rationale supporting its contents and use. Development phases included establishing consensus for competency-based strategies; selecting foundational competencies; evaluating feasibility of assessments, role plays, and technology; piloting EQUIP when training non-specialists; and public dissemination and ongoing adaptations to increase scalability. From the public launch in March, 2022, through to March, 2024, EQUIP's digital platform has been used in 794 training programmes in 36 countries with 3760 trainees resulting in 10 001 competency assessments.

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Clinical CompetenceMental Health ServicesWorld Health OrganizationCompetency-Based EducationHealth PersonnelHumans

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PMID39250925
PMCPMC12056314

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