Publications

Suicide

Every life matters: Time for action – What each of us can do

"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

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

Mental Health and Psychosocial Support

Mental Health action plan

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

WHO SEA Regional Collaborative Framework for coordinated response to Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (‎MHPSS)‎ in emergencies

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

Mental health status of adolescents in South-East Asia: evidence for action

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

Strengthening primary care to address mental and neurological disorders

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: pursuit of happiness

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

Dementia

Towards a dementia plan: a WHO guide

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

Alcohol

Voice of the Children: Alcohol in the eyes of the young

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...

Epidemiology of alcohol use in the WHO South-East Asia Region

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

Reducing harm from alcohol use: good practices

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

Burden and socio-economic impact of alcohol: the Bangalore study

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

Alcohol control policies in the South-East Asia Region: selected issues

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

Alcohol ... use and abuse .. what you should know

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

Reducing harm from use of alcohol community responses

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,...

Current information on use and harm from alcohol in the South-East Asia Region

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...

Manuals/guidelines

Data/Surveys

Mental Health ATLAS 2020

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

Mental Health ATLAS 2017

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

Meeting reports

Addressing mental and neurological disorders: Impact evaluation of ongoing projects to strengthen primary health-care : Report of the regional meeting of experts

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...

Meeting of experts on community-based approaches to autism

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...

Meeting of regional experts on promotion of mental well-being

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

Community action to reduce harm from alcohol use : Report on meeting of experts

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...