Mental Health, Brain Health and Substance Use
Our work involves mental health promotion and the prevention of mental, neurological and substance use disorders. We support the expansion of access to affordable, quality care for everyone who needs it.
Self harm and suicide
Evidence-based recommendations for management of self harm and suicide in non-specialized health settings
- Assessment for self harm/suicide in persons with priority mental, neurological and substance use disorders
- Safety planning interventions
- Removing means for self-harm
- Usefulness of regular contact
- Problem solving approach
- Use of social support
- Hospitalization for persons with self-harm
- Reducing access to means of suicide
- Reducing the availability of alcohol
- Responsible and deglamourized media reporting
- School-based interventions for reducing deaths from suicide and suicide attempts among young people
- Digital interventions
Related health topics
Publications
24 June 2019
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...
1 January 2008
mhGAP Mental Health Gap Action Programme
Mental, neurological and substance use disorders are highly prevalent and burdensome globally. The gap between what is urgently needed and what is available...