Latest publications

Mental health action plan 2013 - 2020

The action plan recognizes the essential role of mental health in achieving health for all people. It aims to achieve equity through universal health coverage and stresses the importance of prevention.

Investing in mental health: evidence for action

What governments and other stakeholders can do to reshape social attitudes and public policy around mental health.

Building back better

Emergencies, in spite of their tragic nature and adverse effects on mental health, are unparalleled opportunities to build better mental health systems for all people in need. This WHO publication shows how this was done in 10 diverse emergency-affected areas.

LIST BY TOPIC

• Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP)
• Mental Health Policy, Services, Law and Human Rights
• Mental Health Systems and Resources
• Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies
• Mental Disorders Prevention, Promotion and Management
• Epilepsy and other Neurological Disorders
• Suicide Prevention
• Mental health and gender
• Child and Adolescent Mental Health
• Substance Abuse Publications
• Mental Health Financing and Economics
• Mental health and development

Mental health publications can be downloaded from the links below or ordered from the WHO bookshop. If you encounter difficulties in downloading any of these documents please contact us at mhgap-info@who.int.

• WHO Book Shop