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Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders
Mental Health Gap Action Programme (mhGAP) guideline for mental, neurological and substance use disorders
Guidelines
Mental Health Virtual Courses - October 2023
Brochure - Mental Health Virtual Courses
Brochures
WHO Policy Brief on the health aspects of decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts
WHO Policy Brief on the health aspects of decriminalization of suicide and suicide attempts
Policy briefs
Preventing suicide: a resource for media professionals - Update 2023
Preventing suicide: a resource for media professionals - Update 2023
Guidelines
Mental Health Atlas of the Americas 2020
Mental Health Atlas of the Americas 2020
Technical Reports
A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas. Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas. Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
Technical Reports
A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas: Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
Executive summary: A New Agenda for Mental Health in the Americas: Report of the Pan American Health Organization High-Level Commission on Mental Health and COVID-19
Technical and Scientific Products
Contextual factors associated with country-level suicide mortality in the Americas, 2000-2019: a cross-sectional ecological study
Contextual factors associated with country-level suicide mortality in the Americas, 2000-2019: a cross-sectional ecological study
Technical and Scientific Products
Policy for Improving Mental Health
Policy for Improving Mental Health
Mandates and Strategies
Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools
Promoting Wellbeing and Mental Health in Schools
Field guides
Mental health at work tips for employers
Mental health at work: tips for employers
Brochures
Mental health at work
Mental health at work: policy brief
Policy briefs
Mental health guidelines
WHO guidelines on mental health at work
Guidelines
Mental Health in the Americas: Suicide Prevention. September 2022
Mental Health in the Americas: Suicide Prevention. September 2022
Fact sheets
Guidance on community mental health services: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches
Guidance on community mental health services: promoting person-centred and rights-based approaches
Field guides
World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all
World mental health report: Transforming mental health for all
Technical Reports
mhGAP-interventiegids bij psychische, neurologische stoornissen en aandoeningen door middelengebruik in niet-gespecialiseerde zorginstellingen: Actieprogramma voor geestelijke gezondheid (mhGAP) - versie 2.0
mhGAP-interventiegids bij psychische, neurologische stoornissen en aandoeningen door middelengebruik in niet-gespecialiseerde zorginstellingen: Actieprogramma voor geestelijke gezondheid (mhGAP) - versie 2.0 [in Dutch]
Training materials
Mental health and COVID-19: early evidence of the pandemic’s impact: scientific brief, 2 March 2022
Mental health and COVID-19: early evidence of the pandemic’s impact: scientific brief, 2 March 2022
Other publications
The COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErs Study (HEROES): Regional Report from the Americas
The COVID-19 HEalth caRe wOrkErs Study (HEROES): Regional Report from the Americas
Technical Reports
Strengthening mental health responses to COVID-19 in the Americas: A health policy analysis and recommendations
Strengthening mental health responses to COVID-19 in the Americas: A health policy analysis and recommendations
Other publications
Suicide Mortality in the Americas. Regional Report 2015-2019
Suicide Mortality in the Americas. Regional Report 2015-2019
Technical Reports