Our Story
Discover the journey of CMHWB and our commitment to mental health and community well-being.
About CMHWB
At the Centre for Mental Health and Well-Being, we are dedicated to promoting mental wellness through community engagement and education.
The Center for Mental Health and Wellbeing is a Pakistan-based initiative dedicated to advancing mental health awareness, research, and community-level action. We are building a platform where evidence-based knowledge meets the realities of low resource, high burden settings, where mental health crises are common, specialists are scarce, and the need for practical, scalable solutions has never been greater. We are a growing community of mental health professionals, researchers, students, and advocates who believe that mental health is not a luxury. It is a right. And addressing it requires education, honest conversation, policy engagement, and research grounded in the populations we serve.
What We Do
We work across three interconnected areas:
Research and Knowledge Generation
We conduct and support research on mental health in Pakistani contexts, with a particular focus on populations that are underrepresented in global psychiatric literature. Our work addresses the intersection of disaster, conflict, chronic stress, and mental health in communities like the one we come from.
Training and Capacity Building
We design and deliver workshops, seminars, and educational programmes for mental health students, trainees, and professionals. Our goal is to strengthen the workforce that already exists while building capacity for more.
Advocacy and Community Outreach
We engage communities, institutions, and policymakers on mental health literacy, stigma reduction, and the structural barriers that keep people from seeking help. We are particularly committed to reaching young people, students, early-career professionals, and those who have never had a space to talk about mental health at all.
Join Our Journey
Support CMHWB in empowering minds and building inclusive communities through your contributions and involvement.
Our Team
Agha Uzair Khan Adv
Co-Founder CMHWB
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Committed to addressing Pakistan's mental health crisis, he founded and directs the Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing, working to break stigma and make mental health support accessible to all. A recognised young leader, he has represented Pakistan at two international conferences on youth development and innovation.
His work brings together law, human rights, and mental wellbeing — driven by the belief that every person deserves dignity, justice, and care.
Dr. Ahmed Sheraz
Co-Founder CMHWB