Mental Health Atlas 2005

by World Health Organization. Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, World Health Organization. Mental Health Evidence and Research Team

2005 · World Health Organization

This atlas is aimed at collecting, compiling and desseminating information on mental health resources in the world. It presents updated and expanded information from 192 countries with analyses of global and regional trends as well as individual country profiles. Newly included in this volume is a section on epidemiology within the profiles of all low and middle income countries. It shows that mental health resources within most countries remain inadequate despite modest improvments since 2001. Availability of mental health resources across countries and between regions remains substantially uneven, with many countries having few resources. The atlas reinforces the urgent need to enhance mental health resources within countries.

Enhancing mental health pre-service training with the mhGAP intervention guide

by World Health Organization

2020 · World Health Organization

This publication by the World Health Organization focuses on enhancing pre-service training in mental health using the Mental Health Gap Action Programme Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG). It aims to address the global burden of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders by expanding the mental health workforce, particularly for children and adolescents. The document provides guidance for educators and health authorities on integrating mhGAP-IG materials into existing curricula to equip future health professionals with essential clinical skills. It emphasizes a sustainable approach to workforce expansion and outlines a phased implementation strategy for educators. The document targets educational leaders, health professionals, and students in medical and allied health fields, advocating for improved mental health care delivery through comprehensive pre-service education.

WHO Resource Book on Mental Health, Human Rights and Legislation

by Melvyn Freeman, Soumitra Pathare, World Health Organization

2005 · World Health Organization

This publication highlights key issues and principles to be considered in the drafting, adoption and implementation of mental health legislation and best practice in mental health services. It contains examples of diverse experiences and practices, as well as extracts of laws and other legal documents from a range of different countries, and a checklist of key policy components. Three main elements of effective mental health legislation are identified, relating to context, content and process.

Advocacy for Mental Health

by World Health Organization, Alberto Minoletti

2003 · World Health Organization

This volume is part of a series of publications which contain practical guidance to assist policy-makers and planners in member countries with policy development to address public mental health needs and service provision. This volume highlights the importance of advocacy in mental health policy and service development, a relatively new concept, aimed at reducing stigma and discrimination, and promoting the human rights of people with mental disorders. It considers the roles of various mental health groups in advocacy and sets out practical steps for implementation, indicating how governments can support advocacy services. The full package of eight volumes in the series is also available (ISBN 0119894173).

Multiaxial Classification of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Disorders

by World Health Organisation

1996 · Cambridge University Press

An essential guide to clinical description of child and adolescent psychiatric disorder.