Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives
Mental health strategic planning & coordination unit
This unit has been set up to help establish an institutional framework and launch a coordinated effort to mainstream mental health as a national priority as envision in the National Economic Transformational Plan.
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MHPSS service model
Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) service model is a digital, rights-based and scalable solution to address the critical gaps in existing mental healthcare and scale up MHPSS services in Pakistan. It aims to strengthen the existing mental healthcare system by utilizing evidence-based resources to build the capacity of a mental health workforce outside tertiary care hospitals; supervise this workforce to provide MHPSS services; establish a referral pathway; and collect relevant data.
News & updates
Mental health of children and adolescents
March 12, 2026
Newsletter 42 presents supervision data from 107 child and adolescent cases (under 18 years) reported from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. It highlights that most cases are girls in late adolescence, with depression and stress conditions being the most common diagnoses, driven largely by family and education-related stressors.
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Türkiye-Pakistan Experience Sharing Program on Health
March 5, 2026
Under the Memorandum of Understanding on the Knowledge Sharing Program with the Government of Türkiye, the Health Section of the Ministry of Planning, Development and Special Initiatives organized a webinar on 23–24 February 2026 to facilitate the exchange of health sector experiences and strengthen bilateral cooperation between Pakistan and Türkiye.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Severe mental disorders in the community
February 24, 2026
The Hamdard Force members in the districts of Haripur and Kohat are helping to identify people with mental health needs, offer basic psychosocial support, and refer them to the MHPSS service. The specialist mental health services in the districts are limited to tertiary care hospitals that are not easily accessible and are costly in the private sector.
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Our resources
Comprehensive evidence-based printed and digital resources have been developed for MHPSS services in Pakistan. Through robust methodological frameworks, well-established international guidelines were contextualized, adapted and translated to achieve the objectives of MHPSS service.
Mental Health Strategic Planning & Coordination Unit Health Section Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives