ABSTRACT
This chapter provides background on the link between depression and poverty, and reviews a number of innovative programmes developed in Vietnam. It describes how the 2030 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and particularly SDG3 which is focused on health and wellbeing, might be met through community-based interventions that address both poverty and mental health. Asia’s rapid development and large population make it a strategic and key player in global mental health and development due to its growing political and economic influence on the world stage. Three major service development initiatives have been progressed in Vietnam that have shaped the evolution of community-based mental health services. These are the Multicomponent Collaborative Care for Depression model in Da Nang and Khanh Hoa province, the BasicNeeds Vietnam Mental Health Development project in the province of Thua Thien-Hue, and the Livelihood Integration for Effective Depression Management in Da Nang.
