mhGAP Intervention Guide for Mental Neurological and Substance-use Disorders in non-specialized Health Settings Mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP)

"The mhGAP-IG has been developed through an intensive process of evidence review. Systematic reviews were conducted to develop evidence-based recommendations. The process involved a WHO Guideline Development Group of international experts, who collaborated closely with the WHO Secretariat. T...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: World Health Organization. (corporate author)
Corporate Authors: World Health Organization. Mental Health Gap Action Programme. Corporate Author (corporate author), World Health Organization Content Provider (content provider)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Geneva : World Health Organization 2010.
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Table of Contents:
  • COVER; Copyright; Table of contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and Symbols; Introduction; General Principles of Care; mhGAP-IG Master Chart: Which priority condition(s) should be assessed?; Modules; Depression; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention Details; Psychosis; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention Details; Bipolar Disorder; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention details; Epilepsy / Seizures; Assessment and Management Guide » for Emergency Cases; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention Details; Developmental Disorders
  • Assessment and Management GuideIntervention Details; Behavioural Disorders; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention Details; Dementia; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention Details; Alcohol Use and Alcohol Use Disorders; Assessment and Management Guide » for Emergency Cases; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention Details; Drug Use and Drug Use Disorders; Assessment and Management Guide » for Emergency Cases; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention Details; Self-harm / Suicide; Assessment and Management Guide; Intervention Details; Other Significant Emotional or Medically Unexplained ComplaintsAssessment and Management Guide; Advanced Psychosocial Interventions; Behavioural activation; Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT); Contingency management therapy; Family counselling or therapy; Interpersonal psychotherapy (IPT); Motivational enhancement therapy; Parent skills training for parents; Problem-solving counselling or therapy; Relaxation training; Social skills therapy; About four out of five people in low- and middle-income countries who need services for mental neurological and substance-use conditions do not receive them. Even when available the interventions often are neither evidence-based nor of high quality. WHO recently launched the mental health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) for low- and middle-income countries with the objective of scaling up care for mental neurological and substance-use disorders. This mhGAP Intervention Guide has been developed to facilitate mhGAP-related delivery of evidence-based interventions in non-specialized health-care sett