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Mental health is critically important to everyone, everywhere. All over the world, mental health needs are high but responses are insufficient and inadequate....
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mhGAP Intervention Guide - Version 2.0
This is the second version (2016) of the mhGAP Intervention Guide (mhGAP-IG) for mental, neurological and substance use (MNS) disorders in non-specialist...
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Doing What Matters in Times of Stress
Doing What Matters in Times of Stress: An Illustrated Guide is a stress management guide for coping with adversity. The guide aims to equip people...
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More than 700 000 people lose their life to suicide every year. The world is not on track to reach the 2030 suicide reduction targets. WHO advocates for...
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Global report on children with developmental disabilities
Developmental disabilities are common. Yet, children with developmental disabilities have been neglected in health systems planning and policy provisions...
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Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) v1.0
The Global Scales for Early Development (GSED) is an open-access package specifically designed to provide a standardized method for measuring development...
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WHO guide for integration of perinatal mental health in maternal and child health services
Supporting good mental health can improve health outcomes, and the quality of maternal and child health services for all women can be improved by creating...
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Brain health is a rapidly expanding field. WHO’s position paper on optimizing brain health across the life course is a technical complement to the...
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