"Every life matters: Time for Action. What each of us can do" is an illustrative book that includes positive affirmations, and illustrations that brings...

“Every Life Matters: Understanding suicide and its impact" is an illustrative book in which artists from WHO South-East Asia Region have given messages...

Member States of the Region have initiated processes to strengthen leadership and governance for mental health. Several countries have developed and...

The WHO South-East Asia (SEA) Regional Collaborative Framework for a coordinated response to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) in emergencies...

Adolescents constitute an important social and demographic group in the WHO South-East Asia Region, accounting for almost one fifth of the total population...

WHO estimates that even though millions of people suffer from mental, neurological, behavioural or substance use disorders, only a fraction of these patients,...

Promotion of mental well-being is distinct from programmes on treatment of mental illness. Whereas programme to address mental illness will benefit only...

Dementia is an umbrella term for several diseases that are mostly progressive, affecting memory, other cognitive abilities and behaviour that interfere...

Towards a dementia plan: a WHO guide provides useful information to Member States for creating and operationalizing a dementia plan. This might involve...

Drug use or substance abuse as it is often called has become a serious problem in many Member States of the South-East Asia Region of the World Health...

Alcohol consumption has many negative impacts on all dimensions of health – physical, mental, social and spiritual. The Regional Action Plan to implement...

Harmful use of alcohol is a risk factor for many diseases and injury conditions, there are untold stories of the loss of loved ones and income, of family...

This publication outlines public health aspects of alcohol use and harm inWHO South East Asia Region Countries. It summarizes Global Regionaland country...

This report on 'Alcohol Policy in the WHO South-East Asia Region' enumerates the progress made in alcohol policy development in WHO South-East Asia Region...

The countries of the South East-Asia Region, which until recently had low levels of alcohol consumption are moving towards higher levels of consumption,...

South-East Asian societies are in transition amidst changing states of growth and development due to macro and micro level influences. The shift from...

Historically, disease burden has been based on mortality statistics. However, these statistics underestimate the burden from non-fatal conditions such...

This publication is a report of the comprehensive study of 28 507 individuals from four population groups of (‎rural, town, slum and urban areas)‎...

The effects of alcohol use depend on a number of internal and external influences. At the societal level, availability, accessibility, affordability and...

Among the youth, alcohol use usually begins as 'experimentation' often initiated in peer groups. School friends often form the first group in which alcohol...

Harm from alcohol use has a significantly adverse impact on the lives and most notably, on the health of affected persons and their families. Simultaneously,...

This document is a compilation of currently available information on alcohol related issues in Member States and will form the basis for design and development...

The Tsunami disaster has imposed a huge burden on the community not only in physical terms but also in terms of the psychological trauma they have suffered....

Workers participating in rescue and relief work after a disaster are exposed to stress which may affect their own emotional well-being. It has been observed...

The Mental Health Atlas, released every three years, is a compilation of data provided by countries around the world on mental health policies, legislation,...

 The Mental Health Atlas series is considered the most comprehensive resource on global information on mental health and an important tool for developing...

The first Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS 2016) in Bhutan was conducted among school children of the age of 13–17 years attending...

This regional meeting of experts on impact evaluation of the ongoing projects to strengthen the primary health-care system for mental health-care was convened...

There is now increasing awareness among policy makers in Member States of the South-East Asia Region that the burden of disease from learning and behavioural...

WHO defines health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. The...

This meeting of experts was convened to develop community-level programmes to address harm related to alcohol use. Experts from India, Sri Lanka and Thailand...

The role of health promotion in mental health is embedded in the WHO definition of health (1948): “Health is a state of complete physical, social...