Mental Health
WHO's Executive Board adopted draft resolution on mental health EB130.R8
At the recent 130th executive board meeting of the WHO, a new resolution -“Global Burden of Mental Disorders and the Need for a Comprehensive, Co-ordinated Response from Health and Social Sectors at the Country Level (EB 130.R8)” - was adopted by Member States.
Resolution EB 130.R8 requests the Director General to strengthen advocacy and develop a comprehensive Mental Health Action Plan in collaboration with Member States and as appropriate with international, regional and national nongovernmental organizations, international development partners and technical agency partners.
Through this resolution countries are also urged to adopt a comprehensive human rights and multisectoral approach to addressing mental health.
Launch of Mental Health Atlas 2011
The WHO Mental Health Atlas 2011 represents the latest estimate of global mental health resources available to prevent and treat mental disorders and help protect the human rights of people living with these conditions. It presents data from 184 WHO Member States, covering 98% of the world’s population. Facts and figures presented in Atlas indicate that resources for mental health remain inadequate. The distribution of resources across regions and income groups is substantially uneven and in many countries resources are extremely scarce. Results from Atlas reinforce the urgent need to scale up resources and care for mental health within countries.
World Mental Health Day: 10 October 2011
World Mental Health Day raises public awareness about mental health issues. This year the theme is "Investing in mental health". Financial and human resources allocated for mental health are inadequate especially in low resource countries. The majority of low- and middle-income countries spend less than 2% of their health budget on mental health.
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Secretary-General's message
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WHO launches mhGAP Intervention Guide for mental, neurological and substance use disorders in non-specialized health settings.
WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP)
The WHO Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) aims at scaling up services for mental, neurological and substance use disorders for countries especially with low and middle income.
WHO urges more investments, services for mental health
Mental health is defined as a state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or her own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to her or his community. WHO is appealing to countries to increase their support for mental health services. The appeal is part of a series of six reviews on global mental health which was published in the journal The Lancet.
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Neurological Disorders: Public Health Challenges
20 January 2012 -
Research capacity for mental health in low- and middle-income countries: Results of a mapping project
17 January 2012 -
WHO-AIMS Instrument Version 2.2
17 January 2012 -
Mental health systems in selected low- and middle-income countries: a WHO-AIMS cross-national analysis
17 January 2012 -
Mental Health Atlas 2011
7 October 2011 -
Clinical management of acute pesticide intoxication: prevention of suicidal behaviours
10 August 2011 -
Prevention of suicidal behaviours: feasibility demonstration projects on community interventions for safer access to pesticides
27 January 2011
